They put the trap/carrier into a box that has the gas flowing into it.
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 1:01 PM, MaiMaiPG <cougarcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > What do you mean "boxed down?" > > On Feb 15, 2012, at 2:58 PM, Kathryn Hargreaves wrote: > > I agree on the Ketamine. I always ask for gas, and for ferals to be > boxed down. > > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Lee Evans <moonsiste...@yahoo.com>wrote: > >> >> >> *From:* Lee Evans <moonsiste...@yahoo.com> >> *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 15, 2012 1:30 PM >> >> *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] Dublin woke up from surgery blind >> >> Ask the vet if he used Ketamine. This is an injected anesthesia and many >> times results in dilated pupils. The dilation lasts anywhere from a day to >> a week. Baby Face, a cat I had long ago came out of spay surgery with >> dilated pupils. I didn't notice it until the Sunday after the surgery. We >> have an animal eye specialist here. He came into the office just to check >> Baby Face for high eye pressure. She was normal. Then he asked what type >> of anesthesia had been used. I didn't know so he called the vet who had >> done the spay. It was Ketamine. This drug has since been banned or >> cautioned for use on humans but vets are still using it on cats and >> dogs because it's less expensive and quicker for them to use. I always >> ask for the gas method of anesthesia because of Baby Face's experience with >> this drug. It could also be the cause of Dublin's agitation if he has a >> sensitivity to the drug. If you have an animal eye specialist in your area >> take Dublin to that vet. He will put some drops in the eyes and test the >> pressure. Dublin could actually have come to you with mild glaucoma since >> you say that his pupils were mostly not responsive to light.. Glaucoma in >> animals can be controlled with special eye medication similar to what >> humans use to control eye pressure. Lee >> *From:* Anne Myles <anne.my...@uni.edu> >> *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 15, 2012 11:32 AM >> *Subject:* [Felvtalk] Dublin woke up from surgery blind >> >> I am devastated -- my FeLV boy Dublin had major dental surgery yesterday >> to remove the rest of his teeth due to severe stomatitis and feline >> resorptive lesions (his third dental surgery in six months). He came >> through OK it seemed, and his bloodwork turned out to be very promising >> (his mild anemia around December had reversed with his hematocrit in the >> middle of the normal range). But something seemed off with agitation and >> his eyes and the vet realized that Dublin seems to be blind. He did all >> the ocular tests they do and nothing physiologically can be found wrong -- >> no detached retina, no bleed, no evidence of hypoxia, etc. But only his >> left eye is even minimally reactive to light. The vet believes the >> blindness to be related to the FeLV, although I'm still totally confused >> about the suddenness of this all. >> >> Dublin has always had something weird about his eyes -- the pupils stay >> mostly dilated and while they constrict a little it's definitely not like a >> normal cat. I wondered if he had an eye problem and could see well even >> before I adopted him and learned he was FeLV+. But he seemed to see fine. >> >> While Dublin is physically stable he is apparently extremely agitated and >> the vet wants to keep him at the hospital until he settles down and begins >> to adapt. He was with him until 10:30 last night and says that Dubbie has >> scarcely been out of a tech's arms since. (He is the most loving, >> people-oriented cat, and is not stressed just from being at the vet -- it's >> almost a joke how much he likes it there.) I am crazy with distress and >> also with anxiety about bringing him home (have another cat, pretty rowdy, >> and a dog), though everyone says blind cats can do well. >> >> I'd appreciate any encouragement -- or in particular any insight into a >> FeLV-blindness link. >> >> Anne >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> >> > > > -- > ---------------------------- > Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal! > > Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by > implementing the No Kill Equation: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/ > > Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.org > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > -- ---------------------------- Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal! 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