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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. |
He’s between eight and nine months old now, not that it likely makes much difference since he hasn’t gained an ounce since he was six months old. (His surgery has been delayed by the pandemic, as the vet hasn’t been doing elective surgeries for several months.) He hasn’t ever had an attack of hypoglycemia, even when he was teeny tiny (only 26 ounces at 12 weeks), so I hope that means his constitution is pretty strong. I probably won’t be able to talk to anyone other than the receptionist or a technician on the morning of the surgery, though, since I won’t be allowed into the building. That bothers me a lot, since it limits the information I can pass along to the surgical team.