Skunk spay

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Gillian Mostyn — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:17:43 GMT

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Hannah Wynne Richards — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:17:18 GMT

Well done

Wynne

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Robin Grimmer — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:13:54 GMT

Did the skunk spay today. All went fine. Gave triple using buprenorphine and then intubation. Surgery straightforward, nice recovery and eating straight away. Thanks for all your help.

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Marie Kubiak — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 14:54:21 GMT

0.2mg/kg, for 5-7d

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Robin Grimmer — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 10:01:40 GMT

What dose of Metacam do you use - cat or dog?

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Marie Kubiak — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 12:12:12 GMT

I use dom/midaz/bupre or dom/midaz then IV propofol but as Mark says venous access can be tricky in the fat ones! Lidocaine on the glottis then standard intubation, usually with a 2.5-3mm tube and they are much like cats in this respect. Reverse trendelenberg posture helps with ventilation under anaesthesia when they are obese.

If you are used to ferret spays then it should be simple, if anything they are easier as the ovarian bursa is less fatty and everything is a bit bigger.

They tend to be uncomplicated with post-op management as long as intradermals and post-op analgesia are used and there are no known cases of adrenal pathology post neuter.

Marie

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Robin Grimmer — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 21:45:02 GMT

Hi Mark,

That's fantastic. Thanks very much.

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Mark Naguib — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 19:49:28 GMT

Hi Robin,

Have done a few of these as well as GAs for other procedures. I've done a couple with an opiod premed plus intravenous propofol/alfaxan however the cephalic vein can be awkward in fat wriggly animals and I much prefer intramuscular medetomidine and ketamine. Ferret doses work well - I use 5mg/kg ketamine and 0.08mg/kg medetomidine. I tend to skip the butorphanol and use buprenorphine instead. Intubation and midline OVH is straight forward - just ensure you use intradermal sutures. I give metacam and fluids at time of the op and dispense metacam to go home. Try and feed as soon as possible once skunk is awake.

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Hannah Wynne Richards — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 16:20:11 GMT

Gassing down a skunk could cause some "aromatic unpleasantness"

Wynne

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Clive Ansell — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 15:25:12 GMT

Maybe dose for the weight she should be rather than the weight she is? then maintain with Iso/sevo

Alternatively, could give just an opioid and an nsaid as gas down

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Robin Grimmer — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 15:18:40 GMT

Thanks. I've done ferrets so assume will be similar. The main thing that concerns me is her weight. She's lost some but still pretty fat.

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Clive Ansell — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 15:13:49 GMT

I've successfully anaesthetised and intubated other Mustelids such as ferrets, mink, and otters, Used triple combo (dom/ket + buprenorphine) and reversed with equivolume antisedan without any problems at all