As your cat’s best health advocate, you need to make the most of the time spent in the veterinarian’s clinic. Here’s how.

Information circles the globe almost instantaneously, but when you must communicate face-to-face with your cat’s veterinarian, the exchange may slow to a standstill. “Some people are intimidated by the veterinarian,” says Drew Weigner, DVM, whose practice is The Cat Doctor in Atlanta, Georgia. The veterinarian’s use of technical terms, the effort to fit everything into a short exam period, not knowing what to ask or dealing with a feline emergency — all can have an adverse effect on how well you both communicate. …

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