One practice that I relief in never sedates their patients (cats/dogs) for euthanasia which does not always go over well for the patient. Everything I’ve read agrees that a light sedation is the humane way to go. I’ve been in practices where they use Ketamine, Valium or Telazol, even our local SPCA sedate prior to euthanasia. Do you agree in sedating? What do you use?
One practice that I relief in never sedates their patients (cats/dogs) for euthanasia which does not always go over well for the patient. Everything I’ve read agrees that a light sedation is the humane way to go. I’ve been in practices where they use Ketamine, Valium or Telazol, even our local SPCA sedate prior to euthanasia. Do you agree in sedating? What do you use?
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I really appreciate the
I really appreciate the effects of sedating the patient for euthanasia as I believe the owner and patient do too. They are already in a calm state and hopefully minimal if no restraint will be needed to hit a vein. Of course some drawbacks are limited vein access due to bottomed out blood pressure, but Telazol is nice for that as it amps of the heart quite a bit in many patients, but still sedates nice and quickly. Sometimes we use a bit of Propofol but again the fear here is this can cause some apnea and depending on how very sick your patient is can push them over the edge before the family is prepared for the actual euthanasia.
I really appreciate the
I really appreciate the effects of sedating the patient for euthanasia as I believe the owner and patient do too. They are already in a calm state and hopefully minimal if no restraint will be needed to hit a vein. Of course some drawbacks are limited vein access due to bottomed out blood pressure, but Telazol is nice for that as it amps of the heart quite a bit in many patients, but still sedates nice and quickly. Sometimes we use a bit of Propofol but again the fear here is this can cause some apnea and depending on how very sick your patient is can push them over the edge before the family is prepared for the actual euthanasia.
One of our doctors sedates
One of our doctors sedates with every patient, and the other sedates as he feels it is indicated depending on the anxiety level/temperament of that particular patient. Most of the time we use torb/ace at about 0.2-.3 mg/kg SQ or IM, for both cats and dogs The rare really nasty dog might get dexdomitor/torb IM; for a feral cat some kitty magic lite works nicely.
One of our doctors sedates
One of our doctors sedates with every patient, and the other sedates as he feels it is indicated depending on the anxiety level/temperament of that particular patient. Most of the time we use torb/ace at about 0.2-.3 mg/kg SQ or IM, for both cats and dogs The rare really nasty dog might get dexdomitor/torb IM; for a feral cat some kitty magic lite works nicely.
Thank you both for your time.
Thank you both for your time. Do you find that the torb/ace combo lowers the blood pressure too much making venipuncture difficult? Or is the dose so low it doesn’t make a difference?
Thank you both for your time.
Thank you both for your time. Do you find that the torb/ace combo lowers the blood pressure too much making venipuncture difficult? Or is the dose so low it doesn’t make a difference?