Team handout: 7 clinic accommodations for feline oldsters
Dont let your veterinary practice commit these feline faux pa(w)s with old, painful cats.
Click on the image to download full-size PDF.How many times have you described an older feline patient as being as pliable as a pad of butter? Ever?
For CVC educator Robin Downing, DVM, MS, DAAPM, DACVSMR, CVPP, CCRP, butter-like cats are the norm thanks to a few tweaks to both her clinic and her approach. Click here or on the image to download a printable handout of her top adjustment advice for old cats (which will make feline youngsters purr too).
Dr. Downing saved her most important tip for last: Use the least amount of restraint as possible-a recommendation that becomes more and more attainable with each accommodation from the handout you implement.
