Unweaned kittens in animal shelters. Almost all animal shelters will immediately kill unweaned kittens, as they do not have the resources to feed the kittens around the clock. The Austin Animal Center calls APA! when an unweaned kitten comes in and our volunteers immediately transfer the kitten(s) to our Neonatal Kitten Nursery.
The typical outpatient surgical procedure for cyst removal is to numb the area around the cyst with a local anaesthetic, then to use a scalpel to open the lesion with either a single cut down the center of the swelling, or an oval cut on both sides of the centerpoint. If the cyst is small, it may be lanced instead.
Surgery for arachnoid cysts is generally safe, with good outcomes. There are three surgical options for treating an arachnoid cyst: A pediatric neurosurgeon may place a permanent drainage system, a type of shunt, to drain fluid from the cyst and reduce pressure on the brain. A permanent shunt drains fluid from the cyst into the abdomen, where it is reabsorbed harmlessly into the body.