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09-08-2006, 08:27 AM | #16 | |
Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California
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09-08-2006, 08:36 AM | #17 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pennsauken , NJ
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| her casual attitude scares me. what if she was too casual and messed up his procedure or wasn't quick enough to acknowledge a problem during surgery. go find a new vet. one you feel confident with. i understand. romeo is 3 yrs old and never neutered. he has collapsed trachea and i'm scared they will hurt him. |
09-08-2006, 11:17 AM | #18 | |
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09-08-2006, 12:21 PM | #19 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alabama
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| You have already gotten a ton of great advice and much reassurance, I will add my I would be interviewing vets in search of one who is familiar with Yorkie protocol. I thought it was just standard procedure to do blood work to rule out liver issues prior to using an anestetic. Several other considerations are: 1) Be sure that the vet does the intubating and not the vet tech. Life threatening injuries and death can be caused by improper intubating. 2) Unless there are newer safer drugs, Isoflurane is the anesthetic of choice. 3) Be sure that no barbituates are used |
11-28-2007, 10:45 AM | #21 |
Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida
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| I'd definetly be going somewhere else. Anywhere else.
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11-28-2007, 11:25 AM | #22 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| Not really. Most vets probably use tubes. The safest anesthesia is in gas form and that is given through the tube. They could maybe use a mask instead but I believe there are some drawbacks to this. Usually vets give an injection of another anesthesia before they intubate, so they can intubate. Sometimes though they will use a mask and give gas and then when the animal falls asleep they take the mask off and use the tube.
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11-28-2007, 12:00 PM | #23 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Carolina
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| I can't imagine a vet telling you it's not necessary to do bloodwork before a procedure requiring anesthesia. My vet requires it the first time a puppy is put under, usually for the spay or neuter, and for dogs over six. They strongly recommend it for all dogs, though. Definitely get him neutered if only for the health benefits, but I'd find another vet if it were me. |
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