Message Number: SG112 | New FHL Archives Search
From: mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2002-07-05 02:43:08 UTC
Subject: RE: Drawing Blood
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <6766061.1025836988353.JavaMail.root@scandium>

Where were they trying to get the blood? If not the jugular, then perhaps that's what they want to try next. Sometimes my vet can get it from there without putting them under, but it is a little more difficult if the ferret is not cooperative and often requires a whiff of iso to get the blood.

mike

> They want to put him under anestisha to try to draw
> blood. My question is what difference does this make?
> He wasn't squirmy or uncooperative in any way. He laid
> there patiently until they were done sticking him.