Idea Exchange: Easing recovery from declaw surgery

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After an onychectomy, we routinely place the patient in a cat bag for short-term recovery.

After an onychectomy, we routinely place the patient in a cat bag for short-term recovery. The bag combined with analgesic administration greatly reduces the shaking of paws and dislodging of bandages.

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Dr. Laura Hopper

Asheville, N.C.

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