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I just talk to two other vets, and they say that since dental cleaning is a routine procedure it isn't needed a blood test. But don't they need it to calculate how much anesthetic to use?

thanks everyone for your replies. Now I'm more relaxed.

Is fasting a normal recommendation before a dental cleaning? If so how long? with or without liquids? My vet said, 12 hours and no liquids. I don't see why.

have you tried walking him? Show him the safe places around the house. I believe that when he satiate its curiosity he won't try to run away anymore, he won't get so easily afraid either and so won't hide.

When I read about the disadvantages of dry food I made this. It may be helpful. Liver paste in the size of dry food, then I started making my own paste of chicken liver (not boiled just in a pinch of hot water and a spinach leaf in the blender), then just raw liver in pieces as treats. It was a...

I don't know what you have tried but maybe this will help with your sleep. Give him right before you sleep meat (around 15-20gr not seasoned). Cats don't chew they need to rest to digest it, so at least that would give you some hours of peace. You could even try to left another portion somewhere...

We usually associate purrs with happy cats, but they also purr to soothe themselves, reduce pain and heal. Actually, there are a lot of studies describing how and why the healing powers of purrs work, plus a lot of recorded anecdotes of cats purring on sick people healing them, but none relating...

I wondered about the same when I had to neuter my cat. As recommended as it is, it doesn't take away the fact that it is a procedure that mutilates a cat for the owners comfort, so they don't have to clean the cat's marking and because the probabilities of a happy come back home after an epic...

Hi I've been living with my cat Coco for eight wonderful years without much knowledge of cat care, I want to rectify that and be prepared for his seniors years so I'm here to learn from your experience.

Hi everyone, I red that cats trill when they want to be followed so I though it could be useful to recognize the sound. Is this trillling? I also started imitating it, and when I do it accurately he does follow me, he even answers me sometimes. I'm not crazy, I mean he emits sounds that are...