What would you say are the most important drug metabolism differences in cats versus dogs that maybe we as general practitioners would need to understand?

Yeah, there are a few drugs where there are some differences.

The first I'll start with is gabapentin because seemingly we are all using it to help cats be calmer when they come in the clinic, right? So we ask an owner to give gabapentin at home.

And there have been some differences.

It's cleared from the kidney.

So just to know that.

We don't really change how we practice, but to know that it is cleared from the kidney and so that cats with renal disease, especially if it's serious, may prolong the clearance of that drug.

Next, I want to ask you about something, again, that I think induces maybe anxiety in some of us when it comes to cats, and that is talking about the feline airway, laryngospasm, and how we should be thinking about intubation and the airway differently in cats than we might in dogs.