Amazing the difference in vets. I've also used lactated ringer's sub-q a
whole lot, it's what several vets have given me, and I never had a cat
slough off any skin.
Gloria
At 11:22 AM 11/4/2005, you wrote:
I thought you couldn't give lactated ringer's sub-q because it would cause
the skin
to slough off. The vet I used to work for told me this... to be very
careful to not
get the lactated ringer's mixed up with the saline, because if you give
lactated
ringers under the skin, it does serious damage to the tissue, and can make
the cat's
skin actually SLOUGH OFF of their body. Maybe she was just trying to scare
me into
getting the right bag the first time...
Jenn
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