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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Likely her vet has treated tiny toy dogs before and knows even a six month old tiny can drop standing in the middle of the floor due to hypoglycemia so fasting has to be handled differently. I'd be certain to question how the vet handles aspiration during surgical anesthesia just in case, so she can know how prepared they are for that contingency.
I'm pretty certain they'll carefully question her about what, when and how much food/water was ingested at the small, pre-op breakfast but if not, insist on speaking to the surgeon first to tell him/her so they'll know exactly what they are dealing with and be as certain as they can the stomach has cleared of all content before anesthetizing. |
Generally at that age even being small a healthy pup shouldn’t be having hypoglycemia. I’m sure that veterinarian offices have something to deal with hypoglycemia. I imagine it can happen but I think it’s probably not a huge thing. I think more of a concern is blood pressure and temperature. There was a mix breed 4 or 5 pound puppy that was neutered the day I shadowed my vet and he was fasted. It is definitely something interesting to research. I just don’t think force feeding is ever a great idea unless the vet as instructed it and the same with water because one wrong slip and they aspirate it and you are looking at possible pneumonia. If forced some dogs will even throw it back up.