Need urgent help with anesthetics!

[Atari's Mommy]

Atari is scheduled to be neutered tomorrow morning and I am freaking out because my vet is using a combination of Ketamine and Ace to induce and sedate and then isoflurane gas to maintain. A friend who works in a vet suggested to do a combo of Ketamine and Valium but my doctor does not do Valium. My friend said they have seen bad things with Ace and every cat that they lost, had it. So I researched and now am reading not to use ketamine! I am so nervous and really don't know what to do!!!!

Anyone who has had their savannah's neutered, please give me some feedback. If it makes a difference, he is an F3 male 6 months old

 

[Patti]

My personal feeling is if I can avoid Ketamine I do, but I have had a few later generation (e.g., F4 or later) kittens neutered using Ketamine as an induction agent. I'm much more nervous using it in the early generation (F1-F3) cats. Having said that, I know there are vets who use it and have had no problems. I have also heard that using it in combination with other drug(s) smooths the onset and recovery from it. However, I've never heard of using Ace as an induction agent.

 

[admin]

My personal feeling is if I can avoid Ketamine I do, but I have had a few later generation (e.g., F4 or later) kittens neutered using Ketamine as an induction agent. I'm much more nervous using it in the early generation (F1-F3) cats. Having said that, I know there are vets who use it and have had no problems. I have also heard that using it in combination with other drug(s) smooths the onset and recovery from it. However, I've never heard of using Ace as an induction agent.

I have never heard of using ACE either...ketamine as an induction, yes...