{"id":2736,"date":"2019-02-03T20:15:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T20:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/?page_id=2736"},"modified":"2024-09-25T00:25:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T07:25:22","slug":"before-and-after-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/before-and-after-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Before and After Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;About Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;80px|0px|60px|0px|false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fold&#8221; animation_intensity_fold=&#8221;16%&#8221; fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_4,1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.0&#8243; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;services&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.29.3&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Lora||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Lora|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_font_size=&#8221;34px&#8221; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; header_5_font=&#8221;Oswald|||on|||||&#8221; header_5_text_color=&#8221;#d29f68&#8243; header_5_letter_spacing=&#8221;3px&#8221; header_5_line_height=&#8221;1.7em&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||30px|&#8221; text_line_height_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.0.0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Care Before and After Surgery<\/span><\/h5>\n<h3>Before Surgery<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>You must have an appointment<\/strong>.\u00a0Making your <a href=\"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=2597\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appointment online<\/a>\u00a0is the fastest and best way.<\/li>\n<li>Cats should receive no food after 9 p.m. the night before surgery. Water is OK until 6 AM on surgery date.<\/li>\n<li>Keep pets inside the night before their appointment so we can be certain they will not find anything to eat.<\/li>\n<li>Cats must be in individual carriers.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Payment is due upon check-in. We accept cash, credit, and debit cards.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Drop off is between 7:30 and 8:30 am.\u00a0 You will receive a phone call the night before your appointment with the exact time for you to arrive.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">For the safety of your pet and staff, all call cats must be in a carrier. If you do not have a carrier, SNYP can provide you with one at a nominal cost.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>After Surgery<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The night of surgery keep your kitty in a quiet place where he\/she can recover from the anesthesia undisturbed. A small amount of food and water is recommended.\u00a0 He\/she may vomit.<\/li>\n<li>The next day you can let your cat into the house but keep them indoors and very low activity for 10-14 days.\u00a0 Things need to heal before they run the marathon!<\/li>\n<li>NO LICKING of the incision!\u00a0 If your cat licks you need to get a cone or Elizabethan collar (e-collar) to prevent complications.\u00a0 You can buy the cone here or elsewhere.\u00a0 We don\u2019t need to see the cat again; so please prevent the need to return with a problem!<\/li>\n<li>If there are signs of swelling, discharge, redness, or opening of the incision site, please contact us during business hours at 541-858-3325.\u00a0 You may also take pictures of the site and email them with a message to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:clinic@spayneuter.org\">clinic@spayneuter.org<\/a>, or you may contact your primary care veterinarian.<\/li>\n<li>You will be given pain medication and instructions on how to administer it when you pick your cat up after surgery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; _i=&#8221;1&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.1&#8243; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_sidebar area=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.1.0&#8243;][\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;About Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;80px|0px|60px|0px|false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fold&#8221; animation_intensity_fold=&#8221;16%&#8221; fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_4,1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.0&#8243; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;services&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.29.3&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Lora||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Lora|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_font_size=&#8221;34px&#8221; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; header_5_font=&#8221;Oswald|||on|||||&#8221; header_5_text_color=&#8221;#d29f68&#8243; header_5_letter_spacing=&#8221;3px&#8221; header_5_line_height=&#8221;1.7em&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||30px|&#8221; text_line_height_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.0.0&#8243;] Care Before and After Surgery Before Surgery You must have an appointment.\u00a0Making your appointment online\u00a0is the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2736","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2736"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4219,"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2736\/revisions\/4219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}