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Everyone with babies, while you’re normalizing touches please pay special focus to their paws, mouth, ears, being picked up, and placed on their back and side. “Inspect” their paws in weird ways, extend kitty claws (trim ur pets NAILS!!), spread their toes. We use their feet for nail trims, mobility exercises, wounds, pricks, etc. Every foot!! Make sure you’re able to comfortably look in their mouths, puppies are difficulty 100. We inspect teeth for gum irritation, tartar buildup, abscesses, tooth decay, fractures, and deciduous teeth. We also use their gums to help determine hydration status and circulation! With kitties and string toys, they’re destined for a foreign body so make sure to pry that thang open, gently. All listed above is also applicable to felines. Some breeds are prone to ear infections, we gotta be able to comfortably manipulate the ear to take cytologies/clean/generally examine. Applies to any cat or dog. You should be cleaning your pets ears routinely or at least after any encounter with a lot of water, ie swimming/heavy rain or a bath. Their wax builds up too, they get bacteria and other friends in there. Being placed on their back is helpful for getting a urinalysis, which is a urine test. The most sterile way to obtain urine is via the bladder, so we use a long needle guided with an ultrasound to grab it. The most common way is with the pet on their back, easier to access/visualize. Some do/have to do with the pet on their side. For kitties, we draw blood commonly from their back legs, we lay them on their side for this. Also wonderful when taking x rays and the pet needs to be on their side/back. Thank you for listening😆
2026-09-08 23:58:28