Message Number: SG7305 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: "Ulrike"
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 22:37:55 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Pre Med question
Message-Id: <15779934.1073432835711.JavaMail.nobody@magnesium.smartgroups.com>
Thank you for your reply. My vets use isoflurane for surgery. When our new
vet started and did my first ferret, she used injectable anaesthetic and I
almost freaked. Baby took so long to come round and then hours to recover
from it. Then I asked the vet to use gas and she was amazed how much better
it was. She read up on ferrets and started using Atropine. She is a very
good surgeon!
You said if the operation is sterile, no need for antibiotics. Not even
when it's something big like surgery for a blockage or tumour?
With IV fluids, is there danger of fluid building up in the lungs? Like if
you give too much fluids?
Ulrike
West Wales Ferret Welfare
E-mail: ulrike@ferretlove.co.uk
http://www.ferretlove.co.uk
Last update 06/12/03
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Atropine helps keep the heart working well during anesthesia and never a bad
idea, it is not always used when only inhalant anesthesia is used. The
other is a pain medication also not a bad idea for any surgery...
Hope this helps.
Dr. Sue
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