For the years that we have been going to our vets they have always used the gas as an anaesthetic and have intubated the buns. We are happier with this as they always come home an hour or two later and are fine, bouncy and start to eat and drink right away.
The last vet that we used would not use gas and refused to intubate so we lost two of our precious buns
As said, for the last few years we have been really happy with the operations that have been done with the gas and intubation.
A few months ago our little tiny Hoggle needed a dental and when he came back home he was very wobbly, cold and out of it It took hours for him to come around properly but we thought that maybe it was due to his size - he only weighs 800g - bless him
A couple of weeks later our Timmy-Tickles needed a dental and he came back very woozy and out of it - he is a brain damaged bun and we put it down to that - thankfully he recovered well after a few hours.
Today, Mr Benn had to have a dental and as this is a regular thing (he has a molar that doesn't grind down), we where worried as usual but not exceptionally as Mr Benn is usually home and bouncing about with Elliot straight away. Not today He could hardly stand up and it took hours for him to come around properly
John got onto the vets and it was only then he was told that the last three times our buns have had dentals that they have had injectable aneasthetic:shock: They know not to use this on our buns as we are not happy with it - and we also found out that the buns had not been intubated:shock:
We have been in such a deep shock today and have complained to the Practice Manager who has said that she will speak to the head vet about it - she said it was a clinical decision I don't know if that is the truth but we are going to get to the bottom of this
It's just our preference - we know that the buns get over any ops quicker when using the gas and are intubated - we also know that due to most of our buns being elderly or disabled that we are not putting them through the discomfort of staggering around and not being able to eat for hours due to the aneasthetic.
Although it has not been our faults, we feel as though we have failed Hoggle, Timmy and Mr Benn If we had known that the injecions where going to be used they wouldn't have got their hands on our buns
The last vet that we used would not use gas and refused to intubate so we lost two of our precious buns
As said, for the last few years we have been really happy with the operations that have been done with the gas and intubation.
A few months ago our little tiny Hoggle needed a dental and when he came back home he was very wobbly, cold and out of it It took hours for him to come around properly but we thought that maybe it was due to his size - he only weighs 800g - bless him
A couple of weeks later our Timmy-Tickles needed a dental and he came back very woozy and out of it - he is a brain damaged bun and we put it down to that - thankfully he recovered well after a few hours.
Today, Mr Benn had to have a dental and as this is a regular thing (he has a molar that doesn't grind down), we where worried as usual but not exceptionally as Mr Benn is usually home and bouncing about with Elliot straight away. Not today He could hardly stand up and it took hours for him to come around properly
John got onto the vets and it was only then he was told that the last three times our buns have had dentals that they have had injectable aneasthetic:shock: They know not to use this on our buns as we are not happy with it - and we also found out that the buns had not been intubated:shock:
We have been in such a deep shock today and have complained to the Practice Manager who has said that she will speak to the head vet about it - she said it was a clinical decision I don't know if that is the truth but we are going to get to the bottom of this
It's just our preference - we know that the buns get over any ops quicker when using the gas and are intubated - we also know that due to most of our buns being elderly or disabled that we are not putting them through the discomfort of staggering around and not being able to eat for hours due to the aneasthetic.
Although it has not been our faults, we feel as though we have failed Hoggle, Timmy and Mr Benn If we had known that the injecions where going to be used they wouldn't have got their hands on our buns