Pet Euthanasia at Home
It's always so hard to make the call on when to let a pet go. We actually had an appointment for this service last year, but before the time came, Rosie's CHF became acute and we had to take her to p...
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Pawz4me wrote:
Dr. Doug, I have a question for you that I've meant to ask my own vet but have never gotten around to.
Let's say you have a long-time client with a very elderly pet or one who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. If that client called and said it's time for euthanasia but I'd like something I can give my pet at home to heavily relax/sedate him prior to bringing him in the final time -- would that be do-able?
It seems to me that having the pet already at least partially sedated would really help a lot (both the pet and their person/people) when coming for that final visit. It seems to me to be a humane approach all around.
We did this all the time. The only caveat was that most sedatives also lower blood pressure and that makes the whole procedure from our end a little more difficult, but that is a very small consideration to make the whole thing easier for all involved.
