I heard a similar thing, too. How will the
vet sedate her, by injection? -----Original
Message----- When we were taking Gypsy
in for her tests she was still very feral. We tried to dose her with a
sedative to calm her enough to put her in a carrier. She was so drunk
that we thought it would be easy. Not so. It seemed like her being
that drunk only made her more upset. She was fighting so hard that we
were very lucky she didn't hurt herself, (my poor husband did get bit!).
I think not being in control of her body made her even more anxious about the
capture. The next time we took her to the vet, we didn't sedate
her. It was actually easier to capture her, and she didn't try to bite
either of us. I would either knock her out with enough medication to keep
her sedated until they do the blood work, (ask your vet), or use the Feliway
and Rescue Remedy to help calm her. If Buddha is as feral as it sounds,
and because she's been through so much lately, I'd think about having a
house-call vet come. Give her the RR, (you can use it like a transdermal
on the inside tip of her ear, don't get it in her ear canal), put her
somewhere that's been heavily sprayed with Feliway and wait for her to be calm.
Then have the vet sedate her, then take the blood. That will save her the
stress of a car ride and having to go to the vet's office. Just my 2
cents. I need an advise from you – I am planning to take
Buddha (squeekie) for blood test to make sure that everything is ok before I
merge her with mine – I can pet her, but she is not completely socialized
– and here’s a sort of my dilemma as to how to get blood out of her
– One way to anthetize (?) her first so that she doesn’t have
to be awake when they do that, and another thing is to give her drowsy drug
(called Acepromazine) to make her bit sleepy prior to the appointment (risk: it
can cause a seizure) – so I am not sure what to do – any
suggestions – I really hate to do either – but also I hate the idea
of stressing her out trying to get a blood out of her, and it might not even be
possible. |
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