{"id":12219,"date":"2026-01-17T11:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T03:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/?p=12219"},"modified":"2026-01-17T11:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T03:23:10","slug":"what-do-i-need-to-prepare-before-my-animal-undergoes-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/en\/what-do-i-need-to-prepare-before-my-animal-undergoes-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"What do I need to prepare before my animal undergoes surgery?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12219\" class=\"elementor elementor-12219 elementor-12212\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eea32ad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eea32ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bacc41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0bacc41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Website-article-banners-2026-01-17T111840.370-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-12214\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Website-article-banners-2026-01-17T111840.370-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Website-article-banners-2026-01-17T111840.370-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Website-article-banners-2026-01-17T111840.370-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Website-article-banners-2026-01-17T111840.370.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2e647e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a2e647e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bc7a4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bc7a4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is very case specific. 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