Cat heartworm is an internal parasite that causes significant lung damage. Cats become infected by being bit by mosquitoes.

Yes, your cat can get a microchip anytime, but certainly during the spay and neuter time is quite often when we do them.

Once the animal's prepped for surgery, we can have a cat spay done in less than 20 minutes. Cat neuters can usually be done in less than five minutes, but there's the prep time, surgery time, and then the post-op care. We pride ourselves on our post-op care, keeping your patient warm and pain-free, and monitoring them closely as they recover from the anesthesia.

The most common and very benign complication we see with the spay is sometimes there'll be a slight reaction to the suture that we use. There might be a tiny bump at that site, which will go away over a matter of a couple of weeks. It's extremely rare to have any kind of complication from a spay or neuter in a cat. I can't even think of one happening here in our hospital ever.

These days, we use such good pain medication, as it’s safe and effective for cats. There's no reason for any cat or dog ever to have discomfort.

They’re generally performed the same way as the cat spay. The cat will be under a short-acting general anesthetic so that they do not feel any pain or feel anything going on during the surgery, and we're also going to use post-op pain medication for them. The recovery is quite simple and, by that afternoon, the cat will probably be ready to start playing again.