Euthasol is approved for euthanasia only and in 15years in the veterinary field I have never heard of it being used off label for sedation....it would be far too dangerous. It contains phenobarbitol which IS a sedative but it also contains a paralytic that is designed to stop heart and lung function. Was this the vet telling you what they used? Or an assistant (Banfield does not make good use of lisenced or certified techs, so limited trained assistant may not have known correctly)
As for injectables in Yorkies, I have sedated, literally hundreds of toy breeds with injectables with no issues. I would reccomend Ket/Val or even better Propofol. If this is for dental they will use these to get them under enough to place a endotracheal tube in to deliver gas anesthetics.
Gas alone has the chance of causing a reaction, due to irritation of the airway, I have actually seen this happen more than once. |