Vet Professionals Podcast

In this podcast, Dr Sarah Caney explains how to calculate resting energy requirements in cats and how to plan the first few days of tube feeding support.

In this podcast, Dr Sarah Caney provides some tips for care of sick cats at home including how to provide a cat friendly environment, encouraging sick cats to eat and drink and how to medicate cats. 

In this podcast, Dr Sarah Caney provides some tips on placing oesophagostomy tubes in cats. 

In this podcast, Dr Sarah Caney explains that telemedicine includes consultations done over the phone, video or email. Sarah explains how carers can increase the success of a telemedicine appointment by providing their vet clinic with as much clinically relevant data as possible.

In this podcast, Dr Sarah Caney provides some tips on placing naso-oesophageal feeding tubes in cats. Sarah also discusses the pros and cons of these tubes and how they can be of value beyond nutritional support.

In this podcast, Dr Sarah Caney talks about the options for management of hyperthyroidism including oral medications, an iodine-restricted food, surgery and radioiodine.

In this podcast, Dr Sarah Caney talks about hyperthyroidism – a common condition of older cats. Sarah explains what is known about this condition, what clues of illness a carer can spot and how vets can confirm the diagnosis.

In this podcast, Dr Sarah Caney provides some tips on encouraging voluntary food intake in anorexic cats – from finding and fixing causes/complications such as dehydration and electrolyte imbalances to using appetite stimulants.

In this podcast, Dr Sarah Caney provides some tips on assessment of anorexic cats – when to worry, when nutritional support is urgently needed and how to get the best out of your history, physical exam and routine lab tests.

In this podcast, Dr Sarah Caney discusses how to interpret BP readings: what’s normal, what’s low and what’s high plus how to decide whether a patient has situational hypertension or genuine systemic hypertension.