What to expect when your cat is recovering from anesthesia

[@ChefMimsy]

I love Dr Uri's gentle manner with his cats. He's such a wonderful role model for how to handle your kitties.

[@lorrie2878]

He's a love.

[@HelpfulVancouverVet]

Thank you! If I’m helping people feel closer to their feline companions, I’m happy.

[@lorrie2878]

@@HelpfulVancouverVeti accidentally have 13 kitties (and 4 dogs) love your show. If I ever catch up on pet food I will contribute❤️

[@deniseg812]

He gives kisses, i love that.

[@tammyredding4029]

A1A1

[@tardisdance1236]

Mine decided that my lap was the perfect place to go after her dental extraction. And ever since then, she’s now a clingy lap cat. She never once went in my lap before this, only slept against my legs.

[@TheLirJEt86]

She loved what she felt lol, and probably was thankful her tooth pain was gone

[@chiefxluna]

My cat had a full teeth extraction (due to stomatitis). I brought her home and she instantly went in my lap to sleep. She has always been such a sweet baby

[@farizazahid234]

@@chiefxlunacan you please tell me if your cat had any complications after a full teeth extraction? my cat may have to get one but im very nervous. can you basically explain if your cat can eat properly and if their life quality is worse than before when they did have teeth?

[@chiefxluna]

@farizazahid234 well we took my cat to a very good vet. There were no complications during or after and it's been a year later and her gums have healed perfectly

[@farizazahid234]

@@chiefxluna that’s great to hear! would you say your cat is much happier now than before? how about her food?

[@aussieevonne7857]

What I've found from my cats coming out of anesthesia is that you want to feed them and put them somewhere warm and comfy, but all they want to do is stumble around drunkenly, go down the stairs, go up the stairs, fall off the couch, scrabble back onto the couch, stumble into the food bowl, eat something, go back upstairs, go back downstairs... In short, you have to watch them like a hawk and anticipate their needs. They don't want to just rest. They're a bloody liability to themselves for quite a few hours. Bless them.

[@amulango1995]

You can put them in a small room or even in the carrier if they try to run

[@nicole-ls4jb]

One of the (many things) I love about Dr. Yuri's videos is that he let's his cats just be, for the most part. That's a good Feline Companion right there.

[@jkuhn6569]

You mean feline associate ;)

[@wombat.6652]

I admire that when he does move them, they just relax into it. They totally trust him.

[@jools99caithness17]

Many years ago my lovely first cat had an op to deal with a dental issue. When she got home, my dad put her on his bed to recover. She got off the bed, walked in the direction of the stairs and fell through the gap in the bannisters. My poor mum was horrified. A second trip to the vet confirmed she was so relaxed she had sustained no harm.

[@jucicat]

That's lucky!

[@lorrie2878]

Too funny!

[@limiv5272]

Ouch. We always kept our cat on the ground floor after any procedure involving anesthesia. When he was well enough to climb the stairs, he was well enough not to fall off

[@papermintairplane]

Should we be calling Mr. Pirate Dr. Pirate now?

[@hester9311]

YES

[@peterclarke7240]

Yes. Although he didn't do as well in his final exams as he would have liked. He only got high Cs.

[@zakkymiftahurrahman1665]

@@peterclarke7240 I c what you did there

[@peterclarke7240]

@@zakkymiftahurrahman1665 One might even say "High Sea" what you did there... 🤣

[@miriam4235]

I wish vets would explain what to expect when back home. It can be so scary when you have a recovering cat at home and you don't know what is normal and expected. This is so helpful.

[@wombat.6652]

My vets did explain, many years , many cats, many different procedures. It is a very stressful time, and they should give you written explanations as well. Because it is hard to remember when we are scared.

[@cassaleelee]

I agree. The first time my cat was sedated I ended up spending the night on Google seeing if it was normal that she was wide awake and seemed to be seeing things. She didn't close her eyes until 6am the next day. Turns out that happens, too. Close to the same the second time, but she seemed more at ease about it, and I sure was. Seems we need to advocate for our pets and ask many questions and keep notes. So I do!

[@brigidtheirish]

Yeah. The bit about food was new to me. Given my personal experience with general anesthesia up to that point (wisdom teeth removal), I thought feeding my cat would be a bad idea, at least until she stopped acting loopy, because of nausea.

[@NickeshaRodgers]

That’s why I’m here. My cat woke up, tried walkin, then slowly went back to sleep and i was scared. Then it woke up again lol

[@saraemily7397]

​@@wombat.6652Mine didn't.

[@amythomas1124]

Years ago, my young male cat was neutered at a local Veterinarian clinic. They sent my baby home still not woke up from anesthesia. I was very concerned. They told me he’s gonna wake up soon. I’ve never brought a cat home from being fixed that looked dead like he did. I held and sang to this cat, rocked him in the rocking chair. I talked sweetly to him. When he hadn’t woke up within an hour after I got him home, I called the clinic back. Just give him time they told me. My sweet kitty didn’t wake up till 2 and a half hours after I got him home. I called another veterinarian clinic, and I was told they probably gave him too much anesthesia. 😡 I now use this other veterinarian, and they told me they NEVER send an animal home with their owners until they’ve woken up.

[@justanotherjessica]

WOW, that is crazy. My vet definitely never sends my cats home until they are fully awake. That's why they do surgeries and dental cleanings as early in the day as possible. We usually drop them off at 7am and they come home around 2pm, sometimes a bit later. I have 2 cats and they get their dental cleanings on the same day so they are never apart from one another.

[@ladyylavender]

This sounds so super scary. Im so sorry you and your kitties received poor care. I love that you comforted your kitty with singing and cuddling. Im sure they appreciated it!

[@donnabaardsen5372]

Years ago my late cat went for her yearly care, which required anesthesia. She came home literally acting brain damaged. The vet said he and his wife were heading to the Bahamas, and he couldn't see her. Nope, I said I gave you a well cat, and she didn't come home that way. You WILL see her. Turned out she had inner ear issues, required IV fluids and steroids. They didn't leave for the Bahamas when planned!

[@dianalondono5599]

omg that sounds super scary im glad he woke up

[@makachi8006]

What happened after that

[@PatrickVRegan]

The cats read from their buts comment has me LOL.

[@lorrie2878]

Mine help me text! Lkkiihgtewsz

[@trace9657]

Same, I have always said my cat Grace helped write my Master's Thesis.

[@tundrawomansays5067]

Right?! A feline who has studied via a “knowledge colonoscopy ;-)”

[@peterclarke7240]

Me to my cat: "Geoffrey, why are you sat on my text book?" Geoffrey: "I'm anal-ising it."

[@karindickinson7993]

I love the upright tail passing from time to time in front of the camera. When our first two cats, sisters, got their " snip" , TRINE always loved to move , the first thing she did coming home, walked upstairs into our bedroom. JACKSON, a she, loved eating. Her first steps immediately to her bowls and started to eat. Guess how I felt ? Everytime they were walking, going upstairs, I held my belly and said : ouch !!!! Brave girls. We still love you, little girls although it's a long time ago, 21 years !!!! R.I.P. TRINE AND JACKSON💖💖💖🐈🐈💖💖💖

[@ankita1333]

Dr. Yuri's voice is just so soft and pleasant. Any number of audibooks or soft spoken ASMR from him would be a blessing 🦋⭐

[@pomaceous2056]

My kitty got spayed yesterday. She was ravenous when she came home, but she was eating so fast I was worried she would make herself sick. I forced my poor baby to eat slowly by only giving her a pinch of food at a time

[@HelpfulVancouverVet]

Nothing wrong with that! Taking it easy keeps cats from regurgitating (and then eating it again).

[@Pe-S]

@@HelpfulVancouverVet Eeeew! xD

[@davidhollenshead4892]

@@HelpfulVancouverVet Food Escape.... To quote the Cat in Red Dwarf...

[@maryann7619]

Do we mind if Claudia grooms her sweet kitty self in front of the camera? Silly Vancouver Vet.....you *know* we love it!!! 🐯🥰

[@foxwaffles]

I wish I could learn by sitting on books...

[@justanotherjessica]

The last time one of my cats had anesthesia, she was super out of it afterwards. She was alert and walking around but definitely like a furry little drunk person. She fell in the litter box...right onto her fresh poop. 🤦 She has long fur and it was really stuck in there so the poor girl had to get a partial bath. Luckily she was still out of it so I don't think it traumatized her as much as it would have normally.

[@karindickinson7993]

All our cats we had, occasionally got an anaesthetic. They were walking, as if they were drunk. Something I still love to tell people. One of our first cats, JACKSON, a she , came home from an OP. The sun was shining into our lounge, JACKSON found the sun, her head bending down and with her nose on the carpet in the sun. And their she remained for a while. We didn't take a photo, I only have to open a draw in my brain and out comes this beautiful image. 💖🐈💖

[@deniseg812]

Poor thing

[@glubtier]

I have nothing useful to say, I just really love Mr. Pirate 😭😭

[@crochetology12]

Twenty-five years ago I was owned by a calico diva who fell out of a window and into the windshield of a BMW. She needed stitches and the removal of a cracked tooth. (And before anyone says I was irresponsible, I had no idea she could open the window.) Anyway, I picked up up from the clinic after forking over three weeks of paychecks and take her home. On the taxi ride home, she scooted as far back into her carrier as she could so that I could not touch her. And as soon I opened the carrier she stumbled/staggered/jumped on my bed and peed on my pillow. While looking straight into my eyes. She then worked her way out of her cone of shame and tried to chew her stitches out. I was prepared and taped the cone back on her. She refused to allow me to touch her for three days. I would stroke her, and she would immediately move just out of my reach. She was MAD. She lived for another 18 years, and I don’t think she ever really got over the indignity of that time.

[@emp6985]

Cats are escape artists, can't fault you lol, such a diva kitty XD I'm glad you had a long time with her

[@TabithaStarfield]

My cat had 10 teeth extracted today. The level of pain they can endure without us knowing is truly incredible yet sad, I knew something was wrong so I brought him in, so glad I did but he’s 3.5 years old… his brother (my secret favourite) I had to put to sleep because after taking him to a vet and them either not knowing what it was, or the cat reacting badly to the treatment, he suffered. For three days I waited for it to improve and he never did. It was sad to give up my baby but I had to; cats can’t talk and their pain tolerance is so, so high man they just deal with it until they can’t anymore and only then is when most of us can tell. I just have so much respect for cats, and will always do my small part in helping them. The other day it was dark and a cat ran in front of my car, I slammed on the breaks and it was the worst feeling, but it was fine. I freaked out, looking under and around the car and then got back in and was so relieved; I look over and it’s just staring at me (it did a slow blink too omg I felt so blessed) but it was saying like “Chill, bitch…I was never scared.” 😂❤❤❤ And fostering kittens is the most rewarding experience because after two weeks/ a month you give them back to the Humane Society ready for their life :)

[@blabla9845]

My cat Toby died hours after being sedated. When we brought him home from the vet he was a bit wobbly and we laughed that he was still feeling the effects of the anesthesia. A few hours later his heart stopped and he never woke up. 😥 Personally, I think it's a bad idea to sedate a cat unless it's absolutely necessary (surgery). To sedate a cat for travel, grooming or teeth cleaning is asking for trouble. With Toby the older he got the longer it took for him to recover. There's a reason why you have to sign multiple wavers at a vet before they sedate them.

[@riyayaduvanshi3355]

I got my cat neutered today and he came home an hour ago, now he is walking like he's drunk and after reading your comment I'm so scared for him, he is not even a year old yet.

[@aditi2159]

​@@riyayaduvanshi3355 same with my cat but slowely the sedative is wearing out he is colliding walls with his e collar , i hope ur cat is recovering well too

[@fairydust-ky4oc]

I'm so sorry so for your loss.

[@smartguygiyo]

I can't imagine what you would have felt. I am sorry. I feel terrible and heartbroken seeing my cat after spaying. Today is second day. I thought I am a hardened man, now I weep like a baby.😇

[@nattensmadrigal6138]

My cat (first time owning a pet) was spayed this Monday and this is her 100%, I wish this had come out a couple of days ago so I could have spared a few worries!

[@cherylmcnutt9905]

At least you’ll know for next time!

[@nattensmadrigal6138]

@@cherylmcnutt9905 Yeah, she was SO high, kept having her head rocking back and forth, losing her balance and just dragging herself everywhere. And she did pee a lot but didn't poop. Glad to hear it was all perfectly normal though (and we did see the vet anyway so)

[@janereel1903]

Clawdia's ears! Love it.

[@MrKaypet]

I had a cat, Hungee, that had a dental clean and a front incisor removed. Had arranged to have a the senior vet, great fast working etc., but he had to be elsewhere so they had a replacement.I was told this the day before and the incisor was very painful so I reluctantly went ahead. Great dental work from this still less experienced vet, but he must have had the cat under anaesthesia for a prolonged time. My cat as a result ended up with having bouts of walking in circles that upset him. It took many months to diminish. Once a senior vet decided to use an antinflamotory medication, my cat my cat kept improving till this condition abated. This cat having been a stray had a history of other susceptibilities from reoccurring mouth ulcers and less robust immune system making him more deliCAT for any recovery if not treated by the 2 senior vets, and nearly senior vet on maternity leave.

[@lynneaeckhoff9918]

Your videos are always so helpful, especially for anxious pet parents like myself. When my cat Gatsby was about to go in for a lipoma, the vet clinic staff were incredibly patient with me as I asked them a million questions! Gatsby did great and I brought a bouquet of flowers (no lilies!!) to the surgeon to thank her for doing such a wonderful job with my baby. He was pretty out of it when he came home but he's doing well now. 💗

[@bryantsteury8910]

I love this so much. Having a cat boss who needed 10 teeth taken out, I wish I would have seen this after his surgery

[@SassmasterMaxie]

I could listen to you read the dictionary while Mr. Pirate and Clawdia play in the background! Your voice is relaxing to listen to and I appreciate the education!

[@notheretoargue2885]

I couldn't focus on the video at all! I'm so mesmerized watching Mr Pirate and Clawdia

[@Dogrin]

My old lady cat has no chill. When we give her gabapentin she gets so energetic. Her GI pain goes away, and she's extremely wobbly, but for some reason she thinks that's the time to launch herself into orbit from the top of the stairs. We have told her that this is no way for a 19-year-old to behave, but she did not listen because she was too busy trying to climb the cat tree like the world's drunkest baby.

[@stereofobija]

I wish I had this video after my cat's tooth extraction! I was pretty worried about my cat because she wasn't acting how the papers said she likely would post-procedure. She was doing that wide-eyed stare at everything (and nothing, for that matter) and that repetitive pacing you mentioned. Good to know this was typical behavior!

[@cassaleelee]

Mine too! She seemed to hallucinate, couldn't get comfortable at all, and didn't so much as shut her eyes until 6am the following morning (procedure happened at 9am). I felt terrible for her. Next time, we only schedule procedures on Fridays since we won't be sleeping.

[@ettinakitten5047]

@@cassaleelee My dog had knee surgery and I think she was hallucinating afterwards.

[@saraemily7397]

Did they give your cats Zorbrium? That caused my cat hallucinations, total insomnia, and extreme terror for 3 days. It is a 4-day transdermal medicine and horrible.

[@thirteenways3420]

My cat Mabel came back this evening from an anesthetic dental procedure. We had to remove the majority of her teeth due to resorptive dental lesions. She is still very loopy, but purring louder than I've ever heard!

[@cosmicpolitan]

Please tell Clawdia and Dr. Pirate that I love them! ❤️❤️❤️

[@wrenhadley2727]

One thing I have noticed when my cats have undergone anesthesia is that the other kitties we have will hiss or growl at them and not want to be around them for the first day or two afterwards. Not all of my cats will react this way, but when my cat Oscar had a cyst removed from his neck, two of my cats treated him as an imposter of sorts for the next couple of days. Gabe was the only one who didn't seem to think there was a problem, and he actually cuddled Oscar and tried to comfort him while he was drunk and woozy. The vet said that the other cats just didn't like the smell of the anesthesia and that's why they acted weird until it wore off.

[@alhamdullilah78]

My indoor cat had a fight with a stray cat and got bitten by the stray cat, the vet told us that he will have to put her under anesthesia because she was really traumatised and aggressive, after an hour she didn't wake up so the vet told us to go home and wait for her to get back to her senses so we after an hour called the vet but they said she isn't awake yet, we called 4-5 times after 1 to half an hour but she didn't wake up which terrified me because I've heard cats sometimes die under anesthesia after some time she woke up but was really out of her senses, we took her home and now she is resting I hope she gets well soon, I love her so much 💗

[@quilliana_1472]

Pirate is so peaceful 🥰

[@jessicax1993]

I wish sooo much that I could find a vet like Dr. Uri for my sweet girl.

[@erikjrn4080]

Never apologize for tails! There's no such thing as a bad tail! When my last cat woke up from anesthesia once, he immediately and furiously attacked his hind legs. That might've been cute from a kitten, but this was a full grown, >8 kg tomcat, and he might've hurt himself seriously. I had some frantic seconds, getting control of him. This may be uncommon (I hope it is), and some things should be expected more than others, but expect, at least to some degree, anything and everything. Cats are weird enough when they're not stoned; when they're high, all bets are off.

[@andreah6379]

As always, Doc, you are the go to guy for the best and most sound advice on all things "Cat". You do know Mr. Pirate has a face contentment I have never seen before in a cat. It's unmistakable that he knows he's loved. Now I'm going to cry...

[@teleioswonder]

My 9 year old cat went in for a dental yesterday morning, he had 1 upper canine extraction and I believe no local anesthetic or nerve blocker. The vet didn't speak to me or call me to let me know everything. Just the receptionist called to say he had a tooth infection and it was extracted and when to pick him up. He also didn't get an IV. I asked the vet to use her discernment on how to proceed with his care after a pre op blood test. His creatinine was 1.6. The vet gave him no fluids. I'm now devastated that a) I didn't insist on an IV non negotiable, and b) that this clinic performs dentals without an IV in the cat and I trusted them

[@emptythoughts3060]

This intro kills!! You’re my favourite vet on KZbin 😂

[@Blue-pb7kz]

I tell all my friends with cats to make sure the litter box is changed and absolutely pristine on the day of, because my cat started rolling around on her back in hers when we got home. She was also super cuddly, but then, she always is - just maybe in a less drunk-seeming way!

[@MrKaypet]

Much later on Hungee had to have more extractions, leaving him tooth less, he had in a few days ended up in major pain, a touch of bacteria (minor could be scraped away) his kidneys were failing major. Before he had no known kidney disease or symptoms of this. Desperately cat was hospitalised and put on a drip treated twice with hydration, for a week, but kidney function couldn't be restored and was euthanised. Only as I write this I wonder if some one unaware that the cat had been given a long acting injection of prendisinole for a mouth ulcer gave him an antiflamotory pain killer, (despite my telling the main vets the situation) forgetting /unaware cat must not yet be given this type of medication causing his kidney damage or it was the anethestetics or maybe creating teeth bacterial entry to the blood stream from the dental work? Cat had the most loving care and attention from this practice, he was a loved respected cat, while hospitalised in his last week, any human in a hospice situation would have envied. Hungee was loved an so interesting and more, I loved him the most( and still do), like a real partner in life no one could ever replace, like you love Pirate.

[@GenerationJones-zq6sg]

Just brought my boi for his neuter surgery this morning. Found this at the purrfect time! Thank you!

[@tishie42]

My little boy Oso just got neutered yesterday and he came home ready to play..😂 literally like nothing happened. I had the bathroom set up for a night of rest and he wanted nothing more than to actually play with his fishing pole and struggle with the E collar. I put it on his harness though so no chance getting it off. I highly recommend if you have your cat harness trained and they got neutered. No way he can get it off. He was hungry and I fed him a full scoop of dry and half a can of wet and he was so happy. He was very lovey dovey and snuggled a lot more than usual but I am pretty sure he was just high.😅 He peed and pooped same night. I am super impressed with the vet that did her work on him and she sent him home with 2 days of NSAIDS for him. Internal sutures and the little empty pocket looks good. She called this morning to check on him and I thought that was cool too. She gave me an emergency number to call as well. I dont think he got IV fluids for his neuter, he is only shaved on the surgery site and his abdomen a bit. So unless thats where they put the IV, I dont think he did. I didn't ask. I honestly didn't think they would for a young, healthy neuter. I like that this video isn't ridiculous click bait and actually answers some concerns. Mr Pirate learning through Assmosis is a pretty cool trick. 😂 I think all cats learn to read that way. Thank you.

[@SandraCat22]

He’s an adorable 🥰 little kitty She’s also an adorable 🥰 little kitty

[@laurajaynedean6097]

What a lovely catman. Great info too

[@belmum1689]

Great advice about intravenous fluids with surgery for cats. The other day my son woke up to find our cat was sick on his pillow right next to his head lucky he didn't roll in it, I told my son the cat must've panicked and she went to him to try to wake him up but I am classing it as a one of thing but if she does it again anytime soon I will take her to my local vet about it.

[@margotrosendorn6371]

Okay I cracked up at Mr. Pirate shoving his face into the food bowl like a pig in swill. XD

[@smitelf]

Thanks for another great video! I appreciate this one since my cat gets extremely violent at the vet since her dental surgery years ago, which seems to have traumatized her :( She needs to be sedated for even basic treatment. When I got her back from some blood work, she just sat on the bed staring at the wall. I pet her and she just fell over in the same position she was standing in, like a stuffed animal. Vet called to see how she was doing, I told them she was fine but super stoned, and they said yeah, maybe they overdid it a little. Can't blame them, she tore the huge, thick gloves off the vet tech last time they tried to handle her unsedated. She seemed much less out of it after her next sedation, so I guess they need to tweak to find the best sedation for each kitty. She's perfectly lovely at home, but if sedation didn't exist, they wouldn't be able to get near her.

[@wombat.6652]

All cats are different. GOOD vets will work out solutions, even if it takes some difficult experimenting. Some humans get like this also with anesthetics. Current cat is HORRIBLE when they have to take blood. .... Going to ask them to sedate him just a bit before with a tablet, or muscular injection first next time. MAYBE if you give the vet / nurse your cats favorite treat to offer her ??

[@BohdanChub]

The day we brought our cat home after neutering was crazy. She wanted to sit high but her body couldn't follow her mind. It was kinda fun to watch but she needed constant supervision.

[@littleczbear]

Got a dental procedure for my kitty tomorrow and even though I’m a trainee veterinary nurse this still helped to put me at ease! The comment about warning clients of balconies and staircases is something I hadn’t really thought about since I live in a ground level unit. I’m reading some other peoples comments and I’m absolutely horrified; pets that have gone home cold and still not awake, vomiting. What kind of clinic could send a pet home unconscious?! Gross negligence!

[@emptythoughts3060]

Hello, how long will they be in pain after an extraction. What should i ask the vet (apart from the basics like meds, eating etc)

[@aesaphyr]

In my country it's very common to give anaesthetic agents IM and not even put an IV line in, as well as not intubate, for procedures that are 1-2 hrs long. My little kitten had to have an enucleation done (he was a rescue and his eye was done for already from infection when I caught him and took him to the vet). I asked a lot of vets and they all said they would do the procedure this way. I'm a paediatric doctor, to me it seemed completely crazy as we would never anaesthetise our patient without putting in an IV line, intubating and giving fluids. Anyway, the vet returned my kitten to me when he had just started to wake up... so as I am driving on the motorway he starts having the uncontrollable movements, I didn't even know what was going on as I hadn't been told to expect this... thankfully everything calmed down after half an hour but that was a terrifying half hour on the road... He was so thirsty when he woke up properly. Poor thing hadn't had any liquids for a whole 24 hours (fasted for 12 hrs beforehand). I wish we had your standard of vet here.

[@ladyylavender]

This video came just in time, thank you (and mr. Pirate)! I'm hoping to have my kitten spayed soon. Her blood results came back with a coagulation issue, so we're getting her tested further.

[@GlamMusicLuvr]

My babies are both getting fixed today. Thank you for the information!

[@bethkibble9534]

Thank you!! My boy was hugely dopey after his GA yesterday (the daft lad got grass in his soft palate) and your video was massively reassuring.

[@ZadenZane]

I remember when my cat got spayed years and years ago she was lying on a giant cushion all evening purring and purring. With a great big raw-looking wound stitched up all down her side. It didn't seem to hurt her at all and she just carried on purring.

[@banditobambino]

Cats purr when they're in pain or injured because the frequency heals them on a cellular level, so she was sefl-soothing and helping herself heal :)

[@natalieorourke5073]

Claudia is the beautiful lady and she is right in putting herself center stage.

[@stellakearns7809]

He is fabulous!

[@KatrinaTapio]

My cat just got neutered, so this was helpful. He was totally fine and everything went well, he's very young and it's fine, though of course it's always a little scary to do these things, but we're currently having cuddles and his older brother is keeping an eye on him too. He also got a microchip so that's great.

[@scottpittendrigh3718]

I love your blog it is so helpful. Although I have a very young cat, I am paying attention.

[@sallyhofman8711]

When I brought my kitty home from an operation earlier this year I noticed (when she yawned) her tongue was all shredded on the right hand side. I took her back to the vet and unfortunately she'd been biting her tongue as she woke up. The vet said tongues heal quick - and it did - but now her tongue is a bit disfigured.

[@galaxygamerman]

My cousin's cat came home from the vet after removing a fish bone lodged in his throat and while he was gaining back consciousness, he suddenly decided he would now be a shoulder cat. My cousin was scared coz she thought he was going feral and going to attack her face😂

[@HelpfulVancouverVet]

Hilarious!

[@donnamack6797]

My cat had dental surgery yesterday and it was so helpful to get this information. He really nailed it. Thank you!

[@rosalindhambleton9012]

Great advice Dr ! always a pleasure to see those gorgeous cats of yours. From a little snowy Québec city, Canada ! Have a great day.

[@icouldjustscream]

Our kitty is getting spayed tomorrow, this was very helpful. Thank you.

[@ikeekieeki]

setting them up in a soft, warm place is good advice

[@sterlingstars1679]

I want to be reincarnated as this man's cat.

[@steffietv9238]

3 of my 4 cats recently had surgery and are now cancer free. I dropped them off at 8am and got them back at 4pm and they acted like nothing happened, just a bit drowsy. They didn't have any issues with their stitches either and recovered nicely. However, I don't think my vet used IV fluids on any of them. 😱 they leave it up to me if I want an IV catheter for my cats or not. I always say yes since I want them to have fast and easy access in case of an emergency. But now your comment really makes me think. I had no idea. 🤷‍♀️

[@lettylynton1932]

The last time I took my cat in for a dental extraction, initially she was dopey as described in the video, then about 3-4 hours after arriving home she behaved as though she was high. Purring constantly, rolling around on the floor, rubbing up against me non-stop. I didn't know whether it was the painkiller or she was just relieved to be home!

[@emptythoughts3060]

She was like , thank you for bringing me back. Ily if i havent expressed it yet, don’t ever take me back lol

[@SongbirdCollageArts]

Thank you for showing this process! Mine was extra cuddly as she was waking up, with the signature floppy pink tongue lol.

[@TeeJayDeluxe]

The first vet I took my cat too, didn’t give fluids and gave him back to me completely unconscious. He felt cold and I had to put him on my chest to warm him. He didn’t come round for almost five hours. Vet had gone home.

[@sophd8655]

I got my cat back unconscious too after she had a quick surgery to remover her tumor. Surgery took about an hour but she didn’t wake up from surgery until about 4 hours later. It’s been 6 hours. I am trying to get her the best monitoring. Any advice? Thought she would be kept overnight

[@JackieGreeneBeauty]

Thank you this helped I have a 13 + year old cat recovering from animal bite anesthesia picked up from dr 43 hours ago still stumbling around but eating

[@sheenawilliams9370]

My cat died after having being sedated to clean an infected busted paw...I can't understand... there was alot of thick fluid coming from her mouth 😢 and I tried to position her in a way for the liquid not to enter her nose...but just within an hr by the time I got home she was gone...my kids and I cried.. Cinnamon we miss you so much..

[@KatharineNg]

Thank you for this video. My cat is having surgery next week and will be under anesthesia so this is very helpful!!

[@chefsabbaa7896]

Look at Mr. Pirate loving on you... and Claudia joins the fun.

[@MiMi-is4tr]

Thank you so much for letting us know with this video. Our cat just got kitty magic and eating, drinking , peeing a lot. We started to worry about her. Now we feel a lot better after listened from you. Thank you

[@MelindadelosSantos]

Look how adoringly Mr. Pirate looks at you!🤗

[@veryberry39]

I already knew all these things, yet it's still reassuring to hear a vet talk about it. Thank you for the video!

[@Separikakku]

When my cat was recovering from his neutering anesthesia he was climbing on my pc tower like two hours after we got home even though I was trying to get him to recover properly, cats are weird.

[@limiv5272]

If the cat can climb he's probably not too drunk

[@spheresartis1782]

Thank you! Just got my girl spayed and this video was very informative. Love your energy Doc!

[@waltersobchak7275]

All six of mine come home with pupils blowed out from Ketaset. Usually other than the fleeting moment of K-hole they are normal. Not very hungry. I have to say I was quite jealous of them. Not because of the 🌰 removal though. What effects cats in the strangest way is buprenorphine. They will sit or freeze in an awkward position for sometimes 10 minutes. Like leg hiked up licking and they stop and are in deep thought. It is hilarious. Glad to see Mr Pirate and Clawdia are doing well.

[@HelpfulVancouverVet]

The cat freeze is real! And hilarious.

[@jamesgonzalez1774]

Thank you i feel alot better knowing this I appreciate your video

[@HelpfulVancouverVet]

You are so welcome

[@smugmeister]

Some of my favorite content, currently with 100% likes from 30% of all views!

[@niyl2188]

We have a lot of cats and have some experience with how they can be after anesthesia - they are all neutered, most of them are girls. Last time one of our cats got injured and he needed surgery on his eye we decided to buy a large rabbit cage (I could fit in it) and have the cat in there until he gets a bit more alert. We put a small litter box in one end, a bed in the other end and a small bowl of dry food and some water near the middle, closer to the bed. We put it next to the radiator so it's nice and warm in there. At first I was worried he was going to be very nervous in there, but the food convinced him that is was a nice place to be, then he groomed himself and decided to rest.

[@Cwgrlup]

Thanks for this video. Your cats are adorable. I had a kitten who had a CT and surgery for excision of nasopharyngeal polyp (traction/avulsion) at six months old. It was a huge polyp, and the surgeon was concerned we may have to do the more invasive ventral bulla osteotomy. Luckily he was successful with the former. During the anesthesia for the CT however, I was bringing my little one home and he began drooling so much that he had a bowel movement in the car and he began meowing- I figured he was extremely nauseous. This reasoning was because I’m an RN, and he was exhibiting signs of what I could only perceive as extreme nausea. It was really stressful for me to see as a pet owner and a very different experience from what I had as a nurse. I found it a lot easier to watch humans suffer with post-anesthesia side effects than little kittens.

[@4mpersan]

Thank you for sharing. Five years ago, my cat had a dental cleaning and extraction and was peeing an incredible amount when he got home. I trusted my instincts and took him back to the vet, who found he was in acute kidney failure (an ultrasound later found a stone blocking one of his ureters). Thankfully he was nursed back to health after a couple days of clinic care, and he’s had chronic kidney issues since. It’s come time for him to have another dental (resorption this time), and the vet is working on a kidney-safe protocol for induction and anesthesia. I really hope he will do better this time, but I’m still worried. Other than extra pee, are there any kidney-specific signs I should look out for after he comes home?

[@angelsmokee]

You are so lucky and smart to catch that in time ! As he said on the video extra pee is to be expected due to the iv fluid they give them . Did you get to the vet again since then ?

[@lovelyana4003]

Thank you so much, very helpful. My cat had surgery yesterday (removal of obstruction in small intestines) would like to see a video on surgery after care, specifically when the cat has to use a cone for 14 days. It's challenging for a cat to drink water. I have to hand feed him. Thanks again! Love your videos!

[@justineoldersong0923]

I love that Mr. Pirate has an honorary degree given to him ^_^

[@18rabbit31]

Love your videos they are informative and enjoy your humor is coming I am a crazy old cat lady and appreciate what to expect when my kitty comes home from surgery hugs and kisses to all your fur balls and thanks again happy holidays🐾🐾⛄🎄🦌🦃🍗

[@wombat.6652]

I think you might like a poem called approximately "when I am an old woman I shall wear purple" You are not crazy, you are caring :D.

[@TheRealBambihooves]

I'm in love with Mr. Pirate ❤❤❤

[@P4brotagonist]

My cat has had dental issues a few times. Every time I've had to make sure he basically doesn't drown in his own water since he always falls into it face first.

[@joemazza1011]

Thank you so much my cat Tigger was just neutered and his head was bobbing up and down I was a bit worried about it and just got ketamine this video was very helpful thank you

[@sharonroconnellandcritters]

He he, Claudia steals the show!

[@meganrosen32]

This video helped so much! We had to use a vet we don't usually use because it was an emergency, and they were closest to us. The whole experience has been traumatic. We picked our cat up after surgery and he was like a rabid animal, and he was really scary looking. He was hurting himself thrashing around and it didn't seem normal to me. It took him a long time to get back to himself. It's been a week of monitoring him with a cone on with another week to go until surgery to remove stitches. I'm dreading the anesthesia aftermath, but this helped immensely. I'm just going to pretend like he's my very drunk friend haha.

[@robertmcwhorter7312]

Thank you for sharing this video!

[@zehrafazal233]

So so helpful. Thank you for your content!!!!

[@largeladsteve25]

Thank you so much for this video, I'm still really worried for my boy but this has disspelled some of my main concerns

[@irhonda31]

Another very informative video. I loved Clawdia video bombing!

[@rickbear7249]

"Treat them like a drunk friend", 🤣🤣🤣. 😿!

[@shethewriter]

"Mr. Pirate is very quallified--oh, Claudia. You're here too." LOL

[@dannyyates7208]

Great imformation. Thanks for video.

[@bennaustin6632]

I would like to get my cat’s teeth checked, but he’s 22 and seems like he’s developed cognitive issues and has the odd seizure. Last time they said only worry about the seizures if they become more frequent. The time before, he was so scared when they took him away out back to take blood that he lost bladder and bowel control. He also hates car rides and gets so stressed. I feel like it’s better to keep him home in a familiar environment that is not stressful for him unless he’s really showing signs of distress or discomfort (eg not eating, not drinking, not urinating or defecating, hiding, change in personality). He’s 22, he can’t have that much time left, I don’t want to stress him out for little benefit. Mind you, I would like to get him some meds for pain, (eg arthritis) which I’m sure he must have at his age, anything that might slow down the progression of dementia or reduce seizures. It’s hard.