Surgery

All surgery is performed under general anaesthesia, so there is no pain during the procedure. Calming premedication is administered before anaesthesia, to prevent anxiety, and pain medication is administered at the start of surgery, so that they wake up from surgery with good pain control already fully effective. Depending on the severity of each procedure, we may prescribe various combinations of pain medication post-surgery, to effectively keep your pet as pain-free as possible.

Most medical insurance options will cover surgical procedures fully, but this should ideally be negotiated in advance with the pet medical aid.

Surgery is performed under general anaesthesia, which is generally very safe. However some procedures have to be performed on pets with compromised health, such is heart, liver or kidney disease, which makes anaesthetics more risky. Full health checks are performed before surgery, and sometimes blood panels are advised to check for conditions which may not show up clinically, and all anaesthetics are monitored and controlled carefully to minimise risks.