On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:57:31 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" <pmcook@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
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>"Gandalf" <g.gandalf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> My 12 1/2 year old cat needs a dental cleaning; she has gingivitis, as
>> well as some tartar build up.
>>
>> Of course I'm worried about the anesthetic; she had a dental cleaning 4
>> years ago. But there's a big difference between an 8 year, and a 12
year
>> old cat
>>
>> I had saved a long thread on anesthetic agents, but I LOST ALL of my
>> ROCH+B threads that I have been saving ('locked threads')for 7 or 8
>> years.
>>
>> So instead of just being able to go and read the information I had
>> carefully saved for just this day, I am asking for advice.
>>
>> I had the vet use isoflurane the last time my cat needed dental
>> cleaning.
>>
>> Is there anything that might be safer for my older cat?
>>
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>That's the best there is.
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>> I have a pretty low opinion of ketamine, BTW. It's a hallucinogen; when
>> cats wake up from it, they are often in pretty bad shape. "Whacked out"
>> it the term that comes to mind. Mild mannered cats can turn into
'psycho
>> attack cats'. And, they take a long time to 'come out of it'. I've seen
>> this first hand, BTW, many times. I've given ketamine to cats, many,
>> many times. Vets like it because it's cheap, and easy to administer.
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>Demand Isoflurane. They can do a sensitivity test on the cats blood
sample
>before the surgery to see how it will react. Isoflurane is reversed with
>pure oxygen so it is very safe.
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>> Any first hand advice is welcome.
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>I had a 16.5 year old cat anesthetized several times with Isoflurane with
no
>complications.
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>Paul
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Thank you for the information!
If your 16.5 cat had no problems with isoflurane *several times*, I feel
much, much better about my younger cat getting it.
I'm certain I heard about isoflurane right here on RPCH+B, since the vet
I worked for NEVER used it. But that was many, many years ago.
I read on wikipedia that the patent on it ran out, so it is much cheaper
than it used to be.
I don't care about the cost, of course. I just want to be sure my cat
has a minimmaly 'bad time' from the anesthesia; and most of all, comes
home in her carrier, not in a box.
I greatly appreciate your input!
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