Cat Laser Declaw
The Benefits Of The CO2 Laser Feline Declaw
SAVE $100 through August 2010
Completing "Laser Only" declaw procedures since year 2000! The laser surgical method provides the most humane, state-of-the-art technique for decalwing cats in veterinary practice today.
Why do it by any other method?
Cat's scratching is a normal behavior that not only helps shed dead nails; it also provides feline communication by depositing scent from glands between their toes on to the scratched object. While natural to the cat, we at Anasazi understand when behavior modification (ex: scratching posts, nail trimming, catnip, etc.) has not been effective in deterring your feline friend from using its claws inappropriately and offer Laser Declawing.
Onychectomy (or more commonly called "declawing") is the term given to the surgery involving the permanent removal of the distal portion of the claw. Declawing is completed under general anesthesia. After the distal extremity of each front nail is removed, the paws are usually bandaged.
But . . . bandaging is not necessary when using the Laser!
A brief post surgical stay in the veterinary hospital is often necessary in order to avoid complications. The front paws may remain sore for several weeks. In order to promote normal healing, special non-irritating kitty litter should be used for 2-3 weeks.
Laser Declawing offers the safest and most humane method for declawing your feline friend.
Using the CO2 laser instead of a scalpel provides surgery with a significant decrease in post-operative pain and swelling. The laser cauterizes blood vessels as it cuts and sears the nerve endings, this allows our veterinarians to perform surgery without the use of a tourniquet and no postoperative bandaging is required.
Combining laser technology with local nerve blocks (localized pain medication), pre and post-operative pain medication your precious feline is back to normal activities much sooner than traditional surgery with a scalpel would allow. Call our office for more details.
If you have made the decision to declaw your feline friend . . . please have it done safely and humanely with Anasazi's CO2 laser technology!
Free Presurgical Exam
If you live in the Gilbert, Chandler, Mesa, Tempe, Scottsdale, Phoenix AZ or surrounding cities, please call us today to schedule a FREE presurgical examination to discuss the benefits of the laser cat declaw procedure. We will not complete the cat declaw by any other method!
The Laser Feline Declaw procedure includes:
- Presurgical examination
- Pre-anesthetic blood work
- Pre-anesthetic assessment
- Pre-anesthetic sedation
- Pre-anesthetic pain medication
- Pre-operative antibiotic injection
- IV catheterization
- IV fluids
- Precision IV infusion pump
- Anesthesia isoflurane
- Electronic monitoring of vital signs
- Anesthesia monitor - Electrocardiogram
- Anesthesia monitor - Pulse oximetry
- Anesthesia monitor - C02 measurement
- Anesthesia monitor - Blood pressure
- Separate (redundant) respiratory monitors to provide an additional auditory determination
- Surgical assistant
- Local anesthetic nerve blocks
- Surgery - Laser Feline Declaw
- Post operative pain injection
- Post operative anit-inflammatory injection
- Post operative phone call to owner from doctor
- Patient recovery and nursing care overnight
- Patient surgery discharge to owner and communication with doctor, 24 hours post operative
- Oral pain medication for 5 days to go home
- E-collar to go home to prevent licking of paws
- Post operative phone call from nurse 1 day after patient arrives home
- FREE medical progress examination with doctor in 14 days
(All veterinary clinics DO NOT provide all of the above items or the same level of veterinary care.)
Expect More!
In addition to the above items and in order to help you compare "apples" to "apples," listed below are just a "few," but not all of the additional items that Anasazi Animal Clinic includes. But some veterinary clinics do not provide or include these in their quoted prices:
- DO NOT provide a FREE Presurgical Examination with a veterinarian to examine the patient and answer all your questions.
- DO NOT include preanesthetic bloodwork - extra fee.
- DO NOT include IV catheter and IV fluids - extra fee.
- DO NOT include post operative pain injection - extra fee.
- DO NOT include post operative pain & anit-inflammatory injection - extra fee.
- DO NOT include pre-operative antibiotic injection - extra fee.
- DO NOT provide a patient discharge with a veterinarian - i.e. you will not see the doctor at discharge.
- DO NOT include a FREE Medical Progress Exam with a veterinarian in 14 days.
If you are shopping for prices, be sure to ask the other veterinary clinics if they provide and include ALL of the above items (both lists) in their quoted prices . . . or you are not comparing apples to apples. Feel free to call us and discuss the information received from other veterinary clinics. We are happy to help with the comparison and point out the differences.
Please call us today to schedule a Free Presurgical Examination with an Anasazi veterinarian and get all your questions answered.
Anesthetic monitoring during procedures
Board Certified Anesthesiologist available upon request, Dr. Victoria Lukasik, DVM, DACVA
Procedure Costs - comparing "apples" to "apples"