Animal Welfare Professionals

Hello,

We run a monthly TNRM clinic and started in 2008. We currently give each cat the following:

• Spay/Neuter
• Ear Tip
• Tattoo
• Clean Ears-treat for mites with ivermectin if needed
• Give a Penicillin Shot before surgery
• Give gabapentin rectally before surgery
• Lidocaine injection at surgical site during surgery
• FVRCP
• One year Rabies
• Post surgery gabapentin rectally if kitten
• Post surgery Meloxicam injection if adult
• Flea Treatment Revolution/Frontline 

Can anyone else update their protocols on what their community cats receive in their TNRM program? 

We have read penicillin is obsolete, but our vet says it does help with cats that have severe dermatitis from fleas, lice or mange? Do you give B12 shots prophylactically?

What else can we offer the cats? I would love to be able to afford topical de wormer but do not know of a cost prohibitive option. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

#Medicine,SurgeryandSterilization

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Sandra Hill
Operation CatSnip of Kentucky, Inc
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Our meds protocol is a little bit different.

We don't do testicular block on cats because by the time the lido takes effect on the testicles the cat would already have come out of surgery.  I think gaba is a good idea if you could administer it a couple of hours before  but we don't have that kind of time at our clinic. Our pain meds are meloxicam for males and tramadol and meloxicam for females. We administer before surgery so that it can take effect before the animal wakes up.

There is no single correct answer and it depends on your veterinarians, your process, and your local population. 

Last year at Maddie's (2023) there was a presentation on anaesthesia and prep protocols for HVHQ and it was a little different too.  

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Ursula Hendel
Founder
Granos de Arena
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