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PRE-SURGERY PREPARATIONS
- Do NOT feed your pet after 9:00pm the night before they are scheduled for surgery.
- Dogs MUST be on a leash or in a carrier.
- Cats MUST be in a carrier. If you do not have a carrier, cardboard cat boxes can be purchased.
- If your pet has been vaccinated for rabies, please bring their rabies certificate with you when you drop them off.
If proof of rabies vaccination cannot be provided (animals over 4 months of age), the vaccine will be administered at
an additional cost.
- Drop off Monday through Thursday is 8:00am.
- Pick up for cats is the same afternoon at 4pm. Pick up for dogs for surgeries performed Monday through Wednesday is the following morning at 7:30am. Pick up for dogs for surgeries performed on Thursday is the same afternoon at 4pm.
- If pets are left a half hour after their designated pick-up time, a late fee will be added to your bill.
- If pets are left an hour after their designated pick-up time, a boarding fee will be added to your bill, and an
additional fee will be assessed for each day the animal is left at the clinic.
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If you think your pet has a medical emergency, please contact
Fresno Pet Emergency & Referral
Center, Inc.
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POST-OPERATIVE CARE: SAME-DAY SURGERY
- Do not feed until 7:00 pm.
- Allow free access to water as pet desires;
- Begin feeding small amounts at 1-hour intervals, as anesthesia upsets some pets' stomachs;
- Stop feeding if vomiting occurs, and begin feeding small amounts the next day;
- If your pet is still sick the next day, or behaves otherwise abnormally, please see your regular veterinarian as it may have a serious problem.
- Restrict activity for 7 days.
- Your pet(s) just had a MAJOR surgery and will not heal properly unless they stay quiet;
- Your pet may be groggy for a day or so, but even when the pet feels better, DO NOT ALLOW HIM/HER TO PLAY FREELY;
- NO swimming, bathing, or mud for 2 weeks!
- Provide dogs controlled walking on leash mixed with kennel or indoor house rest, keep other pets separate;
- Keep cats indoors and separated.
- Keep animal from licking/scratching surgery site.
- The stitches and glue that hold your pet’s incision together may irritate the pet;
- Look at the surgery site at least twice a day. If you see skin edges, sutures, redness, or wetness, you MUST get a "lampshade" (Elizabethan collar) and keep it on your pet ALL THE TIME for at least a week;
- We will be happy to recheck the incision site for you, but go to your regular veterinarian or an emergency vet hospital if the incision opens up or you are concerned. If we find that the pet has licked open its incision, you will be CHARGED for us to mend it! Prevention is the cheapest, best, and safest!
- Serious consequences, including DEATH, can result if your pet chews at its surgery site.
POST-OPERATIVE CARE: THE DAY AFTER SURGERY
- Feed your pet its normal diet.
- Your pet was offered food and water last night;
- If your pet will not eat, vomits, or behaves otherwise abnormally, please see your regular veterinarian as it may have a serious problem.
- Restrict activity for 7 days.
- Your pet(s) just had a MAJOR surgery and will not heal properly unless they stay quiet;
- Your pet should be feeling fairly normal today, but
- DO NOT LET YOUR PET PLAY AS MUCH AS IT WANTS.
- NO swimming, bathing, or mud for 2 weeks!
- Provide dogs controlled walking on leash mixed with kennel or indoor house rest, keep other pets separate;
- Keep cats indoors and separated.
- Keep animal from licking/scratching surgery site.
- The stitches and glue that hold your pet’s incision together may irritate the pet;
- Look at the surgery site at least twice a day. If you see skin edges, sutures, redness, or wetness, you MUST get a "lampshade" (Elizabethan collar) and keep it on your pet ALL THE TIME for at least a week;
- We will be happy to recheck the incision site for you, but go to your regular veterinarian or an emergency vet hospital if the incision opens up or you are concerned. If we find that the pet has licked open its incision, you will be CHARGED for us to mend it! Prevention is the cheapest, best, and safest!
- Serious consequences, including DEATH, can result if your pet chews at its surgery site.
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