Not exact matches
Forceps births tend to be
more painful and uncomfortable and you are
more likely to need a regional or
general anesthetic.
«
General anesthetics do
more than put you to sleep.»
If the exposure was
more than an hour or so before treatment, the attending veterinarian might choose to perform a gastric irrigation under
general anesthetic to remove as much toxin from the patient's digestive system as possible.
When extractions or other treatments are indicated, regional blocks (numbing) are also performed, allowing
more extensive treatments to be performed without increaseing
general anesthetic depth.
This is a
more serious (and expensive) surgery than the usual castration, as the vet will have to use a
general anesthetic and exploratory surgery to find the undescended testicle and remove it.
This allows the veterinarian to use less
general anesthetic thereby improving the safety of the
anesthetic procedure and allowing your pet to recover
more quickly and with less pain.
veterinarians will have their own opinions on this, but in
general, after a rabbit is 6 years old,
anesthetics and surgery become
more risky.