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Zen Cat Clinic - Dr. Kate

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Zen Cat Clinic - Dr. Kate

I love educating on the topic of feline medicine and surgery and sharing interesting cases. Kate loves where she works and the people she works with.
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“Even the smallest feline is a masterpiece” Dr. Kate is our resident feline veterinarian and is so passionate about helping her kitty patients and their families. Striving to bring quality veterinary care to all cats, she achieved the designation of Gold Standard Cat Friendly Practice for Family Pet Hospital in 2013. Dr. Kate feels lucky to have strong roots in Southern Alberta where she was born

and raised on a beef farm. Even from a young child, she was determined to become a veterinarian. Kate received her Bachelor of Science in Biology at the University of Lethbridge and then her life long dreams were realized when she attended the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon. She left her mark there by starting the Feline Medicine Club and then graduated in 2012 with distinction and the honor of the American Association of Feline Practitioners student award. Kate practices medicine with a gentle, quiet care and enjoys developing life long relationships with her patients and their families. In 2019, she was deeply grateful to be recognized as the Canadian Small Animal Practitioner of the year. She loves educating about feline topics and has written for several local publications as well as providing seminars for the public. When she is not enjoying her kitty patients, she is home with her teenage daughter, 7 cats, and jungle of houseplants.

09/13/2024

Ohhh the truth behind this! 😂🐾

We hope you have a wonderful weekend as our autumn weather rolls in! 🍂🍁🌾

09/11/2024

Please share!🐾🫶❤

09/10/2024

Olive AKA Bean Vs. Work to be done

Bean: 1
Work to be done: 0

Some of the "hurdles" we have at Zen Cat or shall we say perks! 😏🐾😻

09/09/2024

🌟 Happy Monday! 🌟

Did you know we’re also on Instagram? 📸 Come join us over there for even more updates, behind-the-scenes glimpses, and exclusive content!

Follow us at zencatclinic and let’s stay connected across both platforms.

We can’t wait to see you there!

09/05/2024

Oh Hannah! You are just the cutest! 😍

09/05/2024

What standards can you expect from a Cat Friendly Clinic?

😻Veterinarians and veterinary technicians/nurses in the clinic must undertake at least 3 hours per year of cat specific formal study.

😻The clinic must have suitable and up to date books and journals freely accessible to all staff.

😻 Feline friendly handling. Minimizing stress during handling, examinations and procedures. Recognizing fear and anxiety in cats.

😻Because cats feel safer high up, shelves, benches, tables or stands should be available so cats (in their carriers or baskets) can be placed safely above floor level.

😻 Zen Cat has chosen our colours (scrubs and walls) and music that helps calm felines and lower their cortisol levels. We also avoid reflective surfaces, cat pictures and florescent lighting (kitties can actually hear it! 😮) in our clinic. Another thing we do here at Zen Cat is we have low/no scent cleaning products and have Feliway diffusers all though out or clinic that we change monthly to help calm our little kitty patients. ❤🐾

08/29/2024

🎉 Thank You for Making Our Grand Opening a Success! 🎉

We are thrilled to share that our grand opening was an incredible success, and it's all thanks to YOU! Your support, enthusiasm, and presence made the event truly special.

We had a blast celebrating with everyone and are excited to continue this journey with such an amazing community. If you missed it, don’t worry – we have plenty of exciting event ideas instore!

Here’s to new beginnings and making great memories together! 🥂✨

Thank you once again for your wonderful support!

08/27/2024

🎉 Reminder: Grand Opening Tomorrow! 🎉

We're excited to see you at the grand opening of Zen Cat Clinic tomorrow, August 28th! 🌟

🕒 Join us between 5pm - 8pm

📍 Location: 1022 20th Street South Lethbridge Alberta

We can't wait to celebrate with you. 🎈

See you there!

08/23/2024

My sweet patient Petey is missing!! He is a very special boy :( Please everyone watch for him! He’s very senior and needs to get home to his family.

UPDATE: Petey is home and safe 🥰

08/22/2024

🎉 Happy Birthday, Christie! 🎉

Today (a couple days before her actual birthday), we celebrate not just a fantastic team member, but an incredible individual who makes our workdays brighter, run smoother and make them alot more fun! 🥳✨

Your dedication, work ethic, creativity, and positive attitude are truly appreciated, and we’re grateful for everything you bring to Zen Cat.

Enjoy your special day!

Let’s all join in to wish Christie a fabulous birthday! 🎂🎈🎁

08/21/2024

🎉 Exciting News! Grand Opening is Almost Here! 🎉

We’re thrilled to announce that the grand opening of Zen Cat Clinic is just around the corner! 🗓️✨ Your support has been instrumental in bringing this dream to life, and we can’t wait to share this special moment with you.

A huge THANK YOU to all our amazing donors who have made it possible to have some pretty amazing door prizes. Your generosity and belief in our mission have been a driving force behind our success. 🙌❤️

Join us on August 28th for an evening of celebration, fun, and community. We’ll have door prizes and yummy refreshments!—and, of course, a chance to connect and celebrate with all of you!

Stay tuned for more details and get ready to be a part of this incredible milestone.

We couldn’t have done it without you! 🥰🐾

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08/12/2024

🌟 Thank You for Your Support! 🌟

We want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to all our amazing clients for supporting Zen Cat! Your trust and enthusiasm inspire us every day, and we couldn’t do this without you.

Thank you for being part of our journey. 🐾❤️

08/09/2024

🎉🎈 Exciting News Alert! 🎈🎉

We’re thrilled to announce the GRAND OPENING of Zen Cat Clinic! Join us on August 28th at 5pm for a evening full of fun, laughter, and get to know our wonderful team! 🎊✨

Come explore our new space, learn about why Zen Cat is so special, enjoy complimentary snacks, and enter to win some fabulous prizes! 🎁🥳

Bring your friends and family—let’s celebrate this new adventure together! We can’t wait to see you there!

📍 1022 20 Street South, Lethbridge AB
🗓️ August 28th
⏰ 5:00PM - 8:00PM

08/08/2024

Our lovely and so so sweet resident kitty Olive aka Bean would love to wish everyone a wonderful International Cat Day! 🐾😻

Make sure to give your kitties a little extra love today and appreciation for all the joy they give us with just existing! ❤️

08/07/2024

08/06/2024

We are thankful for your reviews ❤️ The response from the community for Zen Cat has been so wonderful and just affirms that what we are doing is so important for our sweet kitty patients. So when you write us a review on google or Facebook we post it in our pharmacy as a reminder for our whole team ❤️

08/05/2024

Just incase you didn't know! 😏

07/24/2024

Hello our wonderful Zen Cat clients! 🥰

Quick reminder: we've got some modified hours coming your way. Check out the details below. 🌞

Tomorrow - Open from 9am to 5pm for food sales and medication pick up.
Friday July 26th - Closed
Saturday July 27th - Closed
Sunday July 28th - Closed
Monday July 29th - Closed
Tuesday - Back open our regular business hours 9am - 8pm

We hope you all have a great weekend soaking up this wonderful summer sun with people who match your vibe!☀🐾

07/22/2024

Thank you for the nomination! Vote for Zen Cat Clinic! 🫶🏻 The more nominations we get, the more likely we are the reach the voting stage! ❤️ Also - you can nominate every day! 😻

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07/19/2024

📣Attention to all of our lovely Zen Cat clients 📣

We are going to have some modified hours at the end of next week so our staff can have a few extra days off to soak up the summer sun with family and friends. ☀️☀️☀️

Thursday July 25th - Open from 9am to 5pm for food sales and medication pick up.
Friday July 26th - Closed
Saturday July 27th - Closed
Sunday July 28th - Closed
Monday July 29th - Closed
Tuesday - Back open our regular business hours 9am - 8pm

We hope you are having a wonderful summer so far! We can't thank you enough for all the love and support you have shown Zen Cat over the past couple of months since opening! 🥰🐾😻

07/18/2024

Your Zen Cat ladies are rocking our beautiful hot pink scrubs on this hot Wednesday from Simply Scrubs Lethbridge! The last few weeks have been so crazy busy we decided that we deserved our favorite pizza from Two Guys And A Pizza Place (sorry about all that road construction that was going on 😬).

We feel so lucky to be able to work in such a beautiful office space all week where we get so many compliments on our neon sign made by True North Neon Co. and our plant towers hooked up by Pro Plant CareHappy Moss Factory 😍🌱

07/12/2024

Do you remember our post about Stem Cell Therapy? Gretel was our first patient to receive the therapy for a torn calcaneal tendon (Achilles tendon). She was experiencing a lot of discomfort. After several failed surgeries and MANY weeks of being splinted to try and repair the tendon, it had been suggested that amputation may be the next step. Gretel’s mom knew there had to be other options. After her stem cell therapy she is more comfortable than ever before. She still has an abnormal gait (the way she walks) but she is doing things she hasn’t done in a very long time. She has also started successful weight loss since she is not so sedentary. Now we have started her on Class 4 laser therapy. Class 4 laser increases tissue regeneration which allows for faster healing but it also accelerates soft tissue and bone repair.
Gretel is the best little patient!

07/03/2024

Good morning lovely lovely people. We are in search of a long term registered veterinary technician (part time/full time)
No weekends.
No on-call.
Really amazing benefits for full time (think $700 a year for each paramedical 😍).
A super organized clinic with all the bran new fun equipment - we aim to utilize you to the fullest and make your life easy (for example our anesthetic machines upload all vitals to the patient file so you can focus on the patient and not writing stuff down and we book all 2nd and 3rd kitten vaccines as technician lead appointments among other things)
A relaxed, fun working environment where we really are family.
No need to get Starbucks in the morning - we have a fancy coffee maker and a fully stocked snack drawer!
If you think you know cats...just wait until you meet them in the truly cat friendly environment we have created - it's like nothing you have ever seen!

💕Apply now to [email protected]💕

Address

1022 20th Street South
Lethbridge, AB
T1K2C9

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 8pm
Tuesday	9am - 8pm
Wednesday	9am - 8pm
Thursday	9am - 8pm
Friday	9am - 8pm

Telephone

+14033205200

Website

http://kindredcats.com/, http://zencatclinic.com/

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Drop by and say Hi! We are here until 8pm. 1022 20th St South.

I’ve been thinking about doing a video of how I trim nails on my own cats. A different video for each cat…spread out of a few months. Boring? Somewhat interesting? Let me know! This is Jack with his tolerant stink eye.

Alright all you purrrfect people who love learning about cats! This is part 2 of 2 videos showing how I do extractions. Both videos are around 12 minutes long. Video 2 steps: 1. I trim the edges of the mucoperiosteal flap - nice straight edges are another key for my neat closures. You can elevate a bit more tissue or even go into the buccal mucosa (cheek tissue) with a partial thickness flap to release tension. 2. I begin my suture pattern - trying to start and end within healthy tissue with good secure bites of the tissue. I have an oopsie here and cut both ends of the suture accidentally! Have to start over 🤦‍♀️😂 It happens. 3. I try not to disturb blood clots in the sockets - this is FULL of healing properties. 4. Maintain good visualization - dab away blood frequently - and try to keep your sutures equal. The End! ❤️

Alright all you purrrfect people who love learning about cats! This is part 1 of 2 videos showing how I do extractions. Both videos are around 12 minutes long. Video 1 steps: 1. Make a single releasing full thickness (mucoperiosteal) flap to expose the alveolar bone. It is important to elevate on both sides of the teeth (the buccal and lingual side) because to will help protect both sides of your flap when you are removing the teeth. Failure to do this will make a neat tidy closure more difficult after. 2. Using a high speed drill, I burr away the bone surrounding the roots and cut the double rooted teeth into individual roots (cats have 1 triple rooted tooth on the top). 3. The roots are loosened using a dental “elevator”. The periosteal ligament holding teeth in the socket is meant to withstand fast acute pressures like chewing BUT slow steady pressure will break that ligament down. This isn’t a great example because most of these roots are already loose and diseased so they didn’t need that kind of slow steady pressure but the key to not breaking roots is this slow, gentle, patient pressure with the elevator. Sometimes I sing a little song 😂 Other keys to avoiding broken roots: good root exposure/visualization, knowing what the root is doing through pre-op dental x-rays, and having sharp tools. In this video the very front root is partially resorbed into the bone - a common disease process in cats - and I just remove as much root as I can. 4. The remaining alveolar bone is smoothed and evened out with a “football bur”. This bur is gentle on the surrounding gingival tissue. This step is important to create clean and comfortable closures. We do not want sharp bone bits poking into the gingiva after. 5. Radiographs are done before closure to ensure nothing is left behind.