Many cat shovelers choose to sterilize cats when raising cats, but many people ignore the preparations before sterilization. So what preparations do cats need to make before sterilizing? What are the precautions before sterilizing a cat? Let’s take...
Many cat shovelers choose to sterilize cats when raising cats, but many people ignore the preparations before sterilization. So what preparations do cats need to make before sterilizing? What are the precautions before sterilizing a cat? Let’s take a look at what cats need to prepare before sterilizing.
1. Check whether the cat is in estrus? Before sterilization, you need to make sure that the cat is not in the estrus period, because the physiological organs will be congested during the estrus. If surgery is performed at this time, major bleeding will be more likely.
2. Vaccinate the vaccinated
Before the cat is spayed, all the vaccinated ones need to be vaccinated to ensure that the cat is in a healthy state. Because cats will lose their resistance after surgery, and not having enough antibody levels will easily become infected with some diseases.
3. Fasting, water ban
Before taking the cat to a pet hospital for sterilization, the owner also needs to fast and water for the cat in advance according to the appointment time, fasting for more than 8 hours and water for more than 4 hours to avoid food reflux during the operation, choking and causing suffocation. If you do not fast enough before the operation, it may cause food reflux during anesthesia, resulting in inhaled pneumonia, and in severe cases it will also endanger the cat's life safety.
4. Preoperative examination
Because sterilization surgery involves anesthesia, many cats do not choose to check, and the anesthetic cannot be metabolized and have not survived the surgical period. Therefore, before sterilization, a preoperative biochemical examination is needed to see if its liver and kidney indicators are normal and whether they can withstand the risks of anesthetics. This can understand the cat's physical condition and facilitate the surgeon to adjust the operation and anesthesia methods.
5. Prepare necessary items such as blankets, boxes, eye drops, etc.
After the cat undergoes sterilization, anesthetics may affect the cat's temperature regulation function, so the owner needs to prepare a warm blanket and a comfortable box. The size of the box allows the cat to lie flat. At the same time, wet wipes, special eye drops for cats, and iodine volts are also needed to provide care for the cat after surgery.
