Onsior for cat pain (info on side effects)
At the time this article was first published (2013) Onsior was a fairly new painkiller for pets. The active drug is robenacoxib. Before this drug became available in June 2012, a cat owner had...
Tagged: managing cat pain
Purring reduces pain in cats. Discuss.
Science indicates that purring can reduce pain in cats which is probably one of its purposes. Some scientists think that one reason for purring is that it heals the cat. The reasons why a...
What can CBD oil do for my cat?
I’m going to primarily rely a woman in America, Kat (a convenient and appropriate name in the context of this article!), who has gained personal experience of using CBD oil to treat dogs. I...
Veterinarians don’t know how much pain cats are experiencing or if the drug is effective
Veterinarians admit that one of the hardest things they have to do when managing animal care is to try and figure out how much pain the patient is experiencing or even if the drug is effective. We need to remind ourselves of that unpleasant thought.
Biased veterinarians give one third of spayed cats post-operative pain killers compared to three-quarters of dogs
There is strong evidence that UK veterinarians (it may be the same in other countries) are apparently acting in a biased way in giving cats postoperative pain killers after a spaying operation far less...
Three Ways To Tell Your Cat Is in Pain
We need to have a method which helps us to know whether our cat is in pain or not. This is because we know that cats do not show that they are in pain....
Declawing surgery: cats bounce off the walls because of excruciating pain
Just got this from Jennifer Conrad in an email. She quotes Dr. Nicholas Dodman, Professor of Behavioral Pharmacology and Director of the Behavior Clinic at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and internationally known...
The Daily Cat: Health Care
Can a Pain Management Center Help Your Cat? By Jennifer Viegas for The Daily Cat From dealing with bad knees to recovering from a recent surgery, cats nationwide are benefiting from new interest in...
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