drooling cat

Re: drooling cat

sofia matias — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:58:41 GMT

hum... were any bloods run? one of the cardinal signs of liver shunt in cats is ptyalism... did he seem to have a porr recoveruy to the Ga?

Sofia

Re: drooling cat

Martin Atkinson — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:01:48 GMT

[quote user="Thomas Ward"]

i was considering a dose of atropine - how much would you give?

[/quote] I'd go with 30ugm/kg (0.03mg/kg).

Re: drooling cat

Mark Hedberg — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:26:57 GMT

Minimal premed dose should be fine - 0.01-0.03 mg/kg according to bsava formulary.

Re: drooling cat

Tom Ward — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:43:27 GMT

i was considering a dose of atropine - how much would you give?

Re: drooling cat

Martin Atkinson — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:39:20 GMT

I would have thought it a bit premature to suspect pancreatitis at the moment and I can't see how what you did would have triggered it anyway but that is a separate issue you may have to address. However I've found hypersalivation does occur sometimes in cats sedated with Alpha 2's (someone may be along soon to tell us the mechanism) and it may be a combination of that and stress. I have to say a shot of atropine seems to sort them out.

Re: drooling cat

Mark Hedberg — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:37:49 GMT

For what it's worth, I got this out of persians a few times post sedation - one version I heard (completely anecdotal and may be complete bollocks) was that it had something to do with the alpha 2 receptors. The other version was that it was pain from a sore throat caused by an endotracheal tube. It usually went away by the next day.