http://animalsheltertips.com/blog/health/ketamine-anesthetic-alert-read-and-forward/ Find funds, grants and volunteers. Involve kids and families to help homeless pets. Wed, 09 May 2012 22:05:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://animalsheltertips.com/blog/health/ketamine-anesthetic-alert-read-and-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-370 heathengirl64 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:29:19 +0000 http://animalsheltertips.com/blog/?p=1250#comment-370 As a vet tech years ago (Guess it has not changed) a mixture of ketamine and diazapam were used to temporarily sedate the animal,dog or cat, to bring the animal down for inserting a tube in the trachea for surgery. I noticed cats had the most adverse reaction when waking up suffering what seemed like hallucinations and sometimes aggression for many hours after the sedative affects had worn off. When I questioned the vet (most do not like that) I was treated as oversensitive and not having the chemistry or educational background to question such. Finally after many years the subject is coming up in studies I noticed it 17 years ago have not been a tech in 15 years thought their may have been advancements...guess not As a vet tech years ago (Guess it has not changed) a mixture of ketamine and diazapam were used to temporarily sedate the animal,dog or cat, to bring the animal down for inserting a tube in the trachea for surgery. I noticed cats had the most adverse reaction when waking up suffering what seemed like hallucinations and sometimes aggression for many hours after the sedative affects had worn off. When I questioned the vet (most do not like that) I was treated as oversensitive and not having the chemistry or educational background to question such. Finally after many years the subject is coming up in studies I noticed it 17 years ago have not been a tech in 15 years thought their may have been advancements…guess not

]]> http://animalsheltertips.com/blog/health/ketamine-anesthetic-alert-read-and-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Elaine Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:50:24 +0000 http://animalsheltertips.com/blog/?p=1250#comment-355 I had a 6 month old Kitten that died after his neutering operation in Oct. I'm going to ask my (former) vet if this is what they used. I had a 6 month old Kitten that died after his neutering operation in Oct. I’m going to ask my (former) vet if this is what they used.

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