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| Not a vet, but my brother is. Not a big fan of sedation. Especially for a move. Make them comfortable, put them in a carrier, and keep it shaded. Make sure they've got ventilation and the temperature is comfortable. |
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| quote: Originally posted by sns3guppy:
Not a vet, but my brother is. Not a big fan of sedation. Especially for a move. Make them comfortable, put them in a carrier, and keep it shaded. Make sure they've got ventilation and the temperature is comfortable.
I wish it were that easy. It isn't. |
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| quote: Originally posted by slabsides45:
For crabby kitty travelers, I try to avoid harder hitting meds like acepromazine. I do like things like gabapentin, and find they take the edge off without making the cat a zombie for a week after the trip. One capsule about an hour before travel will do the trick usually. Might be worth talking to your vet about.
Thanks, I was planning on doing that nearer the time, but it's good to have some idea of what they're talking about and what to ask. I am much obliged. |
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| Over 40 years ago, one of my old girlfriends would sedate her cat with marijuana smoke breathed up his nose. Worked very well for displacement anxiety and seemed to result in no undesired consequences (although it did make the girlfriend kind of horny). Just a suggestion. |
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| quote: Originally posted by architect:
Over 40 years ago, one of my old girlfriends would sedate her cat with marijuana smoke breathed up his nose. Worked very well for displacement anxiety and seemed to result in no undesired consequences (although it did make the girlfriend kind of horny). Just a suggestion.
That might work. Is she still around and willing to travel? |
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| quote: Originally posted by PowerSurge: ^^ I’m guessing the cat is dead. 
Yeah, but what about the girlfriend? |
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| quote: Originally posted by Pyker: quote: Originally posted by PowerSurge: ^^ I’m guessing the cat is dead.
Yeah, but what about the girlfriend?
Do you really want her at that age? LOLOLOLOL |
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| quote: Originally posted by jimmy123x: quote: Originally posted by Pyker: quote: Originally posted by PowerSurge: ^^ I’m guessing the cat is dead.
Yeah, but what about the girlfriend?
Do you really want her at that age? LOLOLOLOL
It’s for the cat, man!
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| quote: Originally posted by Haveme1or2:
I mediated mine and they slept 11 hrs. Worked out perfectly.
A cat vet prescribed it.
Mediation is always preferable to conflict.
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| Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) works pretty well for generally happy campers, and I dose it around 1mg/lb of body weight. Since it comes in either 25 or 50mg tablets, that makes it convenient for dogs. For gatos, the OTC gets iffy, because they don't usually weigh 25lbs. If you get the tablet version of the 25mg, you can cheat and split it in two for larger framed cats (12 lbs or so) and it works fine. That leaves the rest of the kitty legion, who are smaller sized. So for them, we often look to the children's elixers, which have 12.5mg per tsp, or about 2.5mg/ml. So that doses out at one ml per 2.5lb, or about 4 ml for the average 10lb cat. Sounds easy, but cats generally find any liquid that you force upon them to be noxious (even water at times!), so they drool like fiends. Also, and this is a big one, always double check the ingredient list to be sure there is no artificial sweetener called xylitol in the product. Xylitol in minute amounts is deadly to animals, and it's in many gums, elixers, etc.
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| quote: Originally posted by slabsides45:
Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) works pretty well for generally happy campers, and I dose it around 1mg/lb of body weight. Since it comes in either 25 or 50mg tablets, that makes it convenient for dogs.
For gatos, the OTC gets iffy, because they don't usually weigh 25lbs. If you get the tablet version of the 25mg, you can cheat and split it in two for larger framed cats (12 lbs or so) and it works fine. That leaves the rest of the kitty legion, who are smaller sized. So for them, we often look to the children's elixers, which have 12.5mg per tsp, or about 2.5mg/ml. So that doses out at one ml per 2.5lb, or about 4 ml for the average 10lb cat. Sounds easy, but cats generally find any liquid that you force upon them to be noxious (even water at times!), so they drool like fiends. Also, and this is a big one, always double check the ingredient list to be sure there is no artificial sweetener called xylitol in the product. Xylitol in minute amounts is deadly to animals, and it's in many gums, elixers, etc.
Thanks Doc. Neither of my gatos comes close to 25lbs, one is 7.4 and the other is 13.5. I'll be getting my stuff from the Vet's office. I think I'll see about the Gabapentin since even a quick 10 minute car ride sounds like someone playing the bagpipes in an oil drum! |
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