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| People bring their cats to the clinic in the morning. | |
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| Careful records are kept, and traps labeled at check in. | |
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| While cats are being checked in, the volunteers are finishing setting up their stations. | Just before starting the clinic, Michael explains how the cats are tracked, and how to monitor them |
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| Cat going into anesthesia room, | Since our clinics are for feral cats, they cannot be handled until they are under anesthesia. The cats are given their initial injection through the trap or carrier. |
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| The cat is then weighed and has its “toe tag” put on its leg so its medical records can be maintained throughout the clinic. | Then it is taken to be prepared for surgery |
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| In prep, the cat has protective gel put on its eyes and is injected with a pain killer. | Then it waits its turn to be shaved for surgery. |
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| The females are tied to a board to aid in the spay surgery. | Their bellies are shaved, |
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| and prepared for surgery. | The males wait their turn to be neutered. |
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| The females are placed on the “spay rack” to wait their turn. | Karen makes sure everyone waiting to be spayed is doing OK. |
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| Our instruments team keep the surgeons supplied with sterile instruments throughout the clinic | |
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| We have up to nine surgeons at a time working on the cats, all volunteering their time and expertise. | The surgery assistants are all veterinary students from our extern program with UC Davis. Without our volunteer vets and the UC Davis students, we would not be able to run our clinics! |
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| The cats are examined by a vet when they are in surgery, and any other heath concerns addressed. | The females get a green tattoo on the site of their spay surgery. |
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| We even do dental extractions when needed. | |
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| After surgery, the cats go to the “Ears and Vaccines” station, | where their ears are cleaned and notched, |
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| and they are given vaccines: an FVRCP to protect against common viruses,
and a 3 year rabies vaccine. |
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| Then they go to the “Recovery” station, | where they are treated for ear mites, |
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| and are flea combed and treated with Advantage (Generously donated by Bayer) . | When finished, the cats are put back into their traps, which have been cleaned and lined with fresh newspaper. |
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| The cats are taken out to the front room | where they are monitored as the wake up. |
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| Caretakers line up to pick up their cats. | When the cats are discharged, the caretakers are counseled on the proper recovery procedures for each cat. |
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| Sometimes kittens are brought in that are too young for the clinic. Kittens must weigh at least 3 lbs. and be in good health to go through our clinics safely. | |
Photos by Marshall Berman
Updated 6/26/09 by mn