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How is a cat or dog spay done?

February 11th, 2010

Today was another day full of spays!  I thought I would describe for you guys how a spay is done.
Anesthetic
The animal is given a sedative first.  We often use a mixture of drugs called hydromorphone, acepromazine and glycopyrrolate.  After about 10 minutes the animal is usually quite sedate.
We then place an IV catheter.  The IV [...]

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