Castration/neutering requires general anesthetic?

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John Doe - 23 Jul 2007 13:47 GMT

I think that's what my veterinarian assistant just told me.

Is that correct, does castration require putting the cat to sleep?

Thank you.

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Wendy - 23 Jul 2007 15:56 GMT

yes

> I think that's what my veterinarian assistant just told me.
>
> Is that correct, does castration require putting the cat to sleep?
>
> Thank you.

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dgk - 24 Jul 2007 12:52 GMT

>I think that's what my veterinarian assistant just told me.
>
>Is that correct, does castration require putting the cat to sleep?
>
>Thank you.

You think they're going to hold still for that under any other
circumstances?

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MoMo - 24 Jul 2007 14:12 GMT

A friend of a mine is a Vet Tech and she told me that where she works, they
just sedate the male cats (and numb them down there of course) and snip snip.
She said that it takes under 5 minutes to do. Each vet may do it differently
but I can't imagine they would put a cat under for an "operation" that takes
under 5 minutes. That certainly would not happen for humans.

>>I think that's what my veterinarian assistant just told me.
>>
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>You think they're going to hold still for that under any other
>circumstances?

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Lynne - 25 Jul 2007 02:09 GMT

on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:12:47 GMT, "MoMo via CatKB.com" <u27647@uwe>
wrote:

> A friend of a mine is a Vet Tech and she told me that where she works,
> they just sedate the male cats (and numb them down there of course)
> and snip snip. She said that it takes under 5 minutes to do. Each vet
> may do it differently but I can't imagine they would put a cat under
> for an "operation" that takes under 5 minutes. That certainly would
> not happen for humans.

I've had 4 male cats neutered, all by different vets, and in 3 different
parts of the country. They were all 4 put under general anesthesia for the
procedure. That said, if it was an option to comfortably do the procedure
without GA, I'd be all for it.

I knew a farmer in western Virginia who used to castrate the male barn cats
himself. Yes, he was a bit insane, but the cats fared well. He drugged
them up with something from the vet first, snipped the scrotum, pulled out
and cut the testicles, stitched 'em up and they were all done. (His
descriptions were horrifying to me at the time.) The cats were up and
running around the same day.

So this makes me wonder why more vets don't offer the scenario your friend
described to you; a middle ground between farmer surgery and general
anesthesia?

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