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travel sedation for cat
I need to sedate my cat for a flight. I tried Acevet but it didn't work. Any other suggestions and required dosages?
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Why do you need to sedate your cat? Will he/she be traveling in the cabin or in cargo hold?
Sedating pets on a flight can be dangerous, causing their blood pressure to drop to deadly levels.
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Also have to say I like your quote concerning our slaughterhouses. Like me, I am assume you are vegitarin. Any good veggie quick recipes you wanna share. Expecially sandwiches, if you got some. ACO22 |
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She will be traveling as carry on and will meow non stop if not sedated. That can't be good for health either. what is you expertise on blood pressure. My vet did not mentioned this.
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You're right, and I really hate using drugs on cats unless there's a profound reason to. The biggest difference though between cargo and cabin is that the cargo hold is not as pressurized as the cabin, so there tends to be a compounding effect on the drop in blood pressure. That's why it's even more dangerous for a pet in cargo to be sedated.
You betcha!! Both hubby and I are. There's a fantastic book you might be interested in by the founder (Gene Baur) of the Farm Sanctuary in the U.S., called: Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food. I wish I could get my non-vegetarian friends and family to read it but it seems most people would rather close their eyes to the institutionalized suffering of food animals. Gotta go do some stuff, but I'll pm you later!
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Thanks SGM. I will be reading the book that you recommended. And I have to agree with you on people's "out of sight, out of mind" mentality. I have family members that are always like "don't tell me about". It is frustating.
There is a quote that I love. If slaughterhouses had glass windows, everyone would be Vegtarin. ACO22 |
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Some less noxious things you can try would be to completely cover the carrier with a towel, some calming flower essences like Rescue Remedy or Australian Bush Flower Emergency Essence or Travel Essence, or some Feliway pheromone spray. If she's really loud, bring some packages of earplugs for your seat-mates.
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If it's just the noise you're concerned about, why not put the cat in the cargo hold, without sedation?
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Some airlines will not take live cargo that are sedated due to cabin pressure and temperature.
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