Sentences with phrase «perform declawing»

The AVMA believes the decision to perform declawing rests with the owner, in consultation with their veterinarian.

Many veterinarians who will not perform declawing for ethical reasons tell owners that they should not own a cat if they can not deal with unwanted cat behaviors like clawing furniture, but they routinely neuter pre-pubescent dogs to curb other unwanted behaviors.

The decision now makes it a crime to perform declawing surgery within city limits, except for therapeutic purposes such as removal of infected tissue.

This measure makes it a crime to perform declawing surgery within city limits, except for therapeutic purposes such as removal of infected tissues.

Your pet's safety and comfort are our primary concerns when performing a declaw.

Cat Hospital does not perform declaw surgery on our patients.

However, we do perform declaw surgeries using the best procedures and pain control measures.

If it is done, every attempt should be made to perform the declaw prior to one year of age.

Yes, a correctly performed declaw surgery does remove a cat's claws, but it doesn't stop there.

When we perform declaw surgeries at McLean Animal Hospital we use various methods to help reduce pain including adding pain medication in to the patient's intravenous fluids while in hospital, nerve blocks to freeze the nerves in both paws and anti-inflammatory medication to reduce inflammation and swelling.

We do not perform declaws, ear cropping, tail docking, or convenience euthanasias.

Many veterinarians in the U.S. have become accustomed to performing the declawing procedure without thinking about — or recognizing — the consequences.

Veterinarians should decline to perform declaw procedures except in the rare instance where all other humane alternatives have been exhausted.

Perform a declaw nerve block with lidocaine 1.5 mg / kg combined with bupivacaine 1.5 mg / kg as a total dose

Many veterinarians in the U.S. and Canada have become accustomed to performing the declawing procedure without thinking about — or even recognizing — the common complications.

When cats come in with tender or swollen paws, broken toe nails, evidence of a poorly performed declaw operation or a penetrating thorn always need to be looked for.

Not exact matches

Declawing refers to the surgery performed on cats to remove their claws to prevent them from scratching.

We perform routine pet spays, neuters, declaws, tumor removals, and other routine surgeries.

Some instances when declawing may be necessary might include cats scratching elderly owners or those owners on debilitating medications or situations where the cat may lose his or her home unless the procedure is performed.

If surgery is the route you would like to pursue, I'll walk you through the declaw process we perform at Christmas City that keeps any pain and associated risk with the procedure to a minimum.

Our doctors routinely perform the following procedures: Spay and Neuter Surgery, feline declaws (2 or 4 paws), soft tissue surgery, tumor removals, abdominal surgery, eye / ear procedures, orthopedic surgery, biopsy, endoscopy, and dental procedures.

If the owner elects to declaw, the surgical removal of a cat's claws is best performed at an early age.

Declawing cats is perhaps the most controversial surgical procedure performed by veterinarians today.

Declawing is a common surgical procedure performed on cats in the United States and elsewhere.

Declawing operations for non-medical purposes are performed solely for the convenience of the pet owner.

They still perform docking of tails and ears and declawing of cats.

In some cases, declawing is performed for medical purposes.

I will not have cosmetic surgery performed on my pet, such as tail docking, declawing, or ear cropping.

«While I do not encourage declawing, our hospital will perform the procedure if the owner can't control the clawing and is losing a relationship with the pet,» he said.

Tumor removal, foreign object removal, cesarean sections, sterilization procedures and declawing are all common surgeries that our doctors perform.

A fact sheet concerning declawing that was issued by the society mentions that if the procedure was performed on humans, it would be comparable to cutting off each finger at the last knuckle.

Declawing is a surgical procedure performed under a general anesthetic.

When declawing is performed, the Rascal Animal Hospital surgeons utilize a CO2 laser for the procedure.

Simultaneous s / n and declaw frequently performed.

At the Rascal Animal Hospital, we no longer perform cat declaws.

All elective procedures performed on cats over 8 years of age were declaws.

That being said, to keep costs low for shorter routine surgeries such as spays, neuters, and declaws, we do not routinely perform this unless your cat is older.

Declawing cats is one of the most common elective veterinary procedures performed in the United States.

(DENVER, Colorado) July 29, 2014 — The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has amended its policy on the declawing of domestic cats to clarify that the procedure is a major surgery that should only be performed after alternatives have been sought to prevent destructive clawing.

For too long, declawing has been treated as a routine veterinary procedure, even though it is an elective surgery that is largely performed to prevent scratching on furniture.

A new bill has been introduced in the California State Senators, supported by the California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) to prevent cities from banning declawing of cats, among other cruel procedures that veterinarians perform legally.

Declawing is the amputation of each front toe bone at the first joint (hind foot declaw surgery is not commonly performed).

At QCAH, we perform routine surgical procedures, like spays, neuters, declaws, etc., aesthetic surgeries, as well as the more specialized like orthopedic or neurosurgeries.

Iglesias estimates that her homey clinic performed about 55 laser declawings last year.

Recently, she has become fascinated in performing corrective declaw surgery.

It has been just over a year since the Bloor Animal Hospital decided that we wouldn't no longer be performing elective declaws in cats.

While the consideration given to pain alleviation in this surgical procedure is necessary and laudable, the ethics of performing this procedure as a routine practice to the extent that almost a quarter of the cat population in the US, (14 million) is declawed, according to these authors, surely need to be examined.

Declawing is the amputation of a cat's toes (with scalpel, laser, or even with claw clippers), usually performed to prevent furniture scratching.

Animal League America does not condone declawing or debarking and does not perform these procedures in our Alex Lewyt Veterinary Medical Center.

On November 20th, 2009 the city council of Los Angeles voted to ban declawing which means that our hospital will no longer be performing this surgery.