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How long to keep cat in after dental anaesthetic?

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singleandlooking · 09/10/2021 09:07

My daring girl had a couple of teeth extracted Thursday morning, and was up and about and eating by 11am on the day so it has been nearly 48 hours since the surgery and just a short anaesthetic. The vet didn’t say anything about keeping her in any longer than overnight, and there’s nothing on the discharge notes. She had another extraction/scale and polish in July and the vet said keep her in for 5 days, made the judgement call on day 4 to let her out and she was fine.

She is desperate to go out this morning and I’m wondering whether to let her. I could supervise but as soon as she dives over the back fence into the neighbouring garden obviously I cannot follow Grin she is jumping all over the furniture indoors with no issue, eating as normal…

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Pinkstegosaurus · 09/10/2021 09:09

I’d let her get on with it if you’re confident she’s herself again! My boy had a scale and polish about 2 weeks ago and recovered really quickly from the anaesthetic with no lingering after effects and was back to normal very quickly! He is a house cat though so I appreciate it’s a bit different!

vincettenoir · 09/10/2021 22:44

We let our cat out straight away in the same circumstances. The vet didn’t mention not to.

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