Quote Originally Posted by Donnaj4962
I love that Sassy and Sabrina were able to be in the same cage after their surgeries. Comforting for them both, I am sure.
I don't know about every vet hospital, but at least the one I work at....

If several cats come in as housemates, we ask the owners if they get along good. If the owner says yes, then we put them in the same cage, at least until they are actually waking up from the anesthetic then we have to separate them for a bit. We always watch them for a while when we put two or more animals together, because sometimes in their groggy state some cats can get cranky even at their best friends. We want to always make sure putting them together will be a calming experience for them, not stressfull. We've had as many as 4 cats in one cage before and they made one big cat pile the whole day! lol We have several sizes of cages, so when we have big cats or many cats together we use the biggest cage. The cage Sassy & Sabrina were in is the Large size one (we have small, medium, large and x-large cages). We never put large dogs together because they tend to get too active and even our biggest run isn't enough to be truely comfy for multiple dogs. Small dogs that can go in cages can be put together though.