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|Videos|August 30, 2021

Tips and tricks for getting anxious cats to the vet

Author(s)dvm360 Staff

Fetch speaker and pet expert Steve Dale, CABC, offers useful tips for helping to get more cats into your veterinary clinic.

For many cats, a visit to the veterinary clinic can be downright terrifying, largely because many felines hate being transported in a crate. During a recent video interview with dvm360®, Fetch speaker, pet expert, and dvm360 advisory board member Steve Dale, CABC, offered insight on this topic in hopes of helping your cat patients get the care that they need to thrive.


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