Did they administer any kind of pain killer? Our Pips had a slightly similar reaction after his "pain killer" injection...dilated pupils, and just generally rolling around obsessively...I could tell the pain killer was "good stuff"... :)
**************************************************** "But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world; You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed..." --Antoine de Saint-Exupéry "If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and what you do not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys." -- Chief Dan George ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, October 24, 2005 5:13 pm Subject: anesthesia question > Lucy had her surgery at about 12:30 today and came home at 2. > Since that > time (4 hours now), she has been wandering around in the room I > have her shut in, > staring eagerly at the walls and behind the furniture in a hyper- > alert state, > as if the walls were teeming with mice. She will let me pet her > for a second > or two but then resumes her wall hunting. I called the vet a few > hours ago > and they said the anesthesia is probably making her delirious, and > that it could > last a few hours. I just tried calling them again but they are > closed for the > night. Her eyes are also very dilated. Has anyone ever seen this > kind of > reaction to anesthesia? I have seen many animals undergo surgery > and have never > witnessed something like this. She does not seem to be in distress > particularly... if her eyes were not dilated and she had not just > had surgery, and if the > other cats were not ignoring her behavior, I might think she was > eagerly > listening to mice or something. But she seems totally insane. > Any info you can > provide on this would be helpful. I will do some internet research > too. > They had said she could drink at 4 and then eat, but I have been > afraid to > feed her while she looks so strange. > > Thanks, > Michelle >
