I believe anything used for euthanasia is a controlled substance. When I volunteered at the shelter that's how it was.
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"Gloria B. Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Gloria B. Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Excellent subject - I wondered that too before my doggie Sweetie died last
week. She went on her own, but I was talking to various people about
options. I think that Phenobarb has to be administered IV, so that is a
limitation. Apparently, the two-step process is to do a deep sedative
(which is not IV, maybe sub-q? I don't know) before trying to find a vein
and doing the Phenobarb. I kind of liked that idea.
But then Sweetie took matters into her own hands -
Gloria
At 05:53 PM 11/29/2004, you wrote:
> > I wish someone who loves me
> > enough, could do the same
> > for me when the time comes.
>
>Nina, I have to reply to this, as this is exactly the
>same thought that went through my mind after Semuta
>passed. It became shockingly apparent to me that
>illness before death can be ve! ry ugly, brutal, and
>painful (Semuta "crashed" 3 days before his last day -
>it was a frightening experience). After seeing how
>phenobarbital can so easily and seemingly painlessly
>rescue an animal from the physical pain of death, I
>kept thinking for weeks about how unfair it is that we
>have to see our human loved ones suffer in the same
>way without the same relief.
>
>I certainly don't mean to open a philosophical or
>moral thread with this, just that I would never want
>to see an animal or human suffer unnecessarily and
>that I was grateful to have had the option, and the
>very sympathetic and kind vet that night, to give my
>beloved friend a painless death.
>
>I wonder if any of you have administered phenobarbital
>at home (if that is even legal?) I was fortunate to
>have an emergency clinic with greiving rooms so that I
>could sit on a carpeted floor and hold S! emuta while he
>was injected, instead of being in a brightly lit room
>with a metal table. I didn't have the option at 2am
>to have a vet come to the house (I was sure he would
>crash again before morning) but I wondered at the time
>if there is a way that we can do this at home,
>especially when you and your vet know that death is
>imminent?
>
>I hope this email doesn't seem overly morbid but I
>think the next time I have an animal showing signs of
>severe illness and the vet agrees, I'd like not to
>have to stress him more by taking him to a clinic to
>have him euthanized. Plus there's that whole
>difficulty of trying to drive while crying!
>
>Jill
>
>
>--- Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
> > Kerry, thank you for taking the time during your
> > grief to acknowledge
> > our emails. Something else that gives me a small
> >! bit of comfort when I
> > feel compelled to help my animals cross, is the fact
> > that I can help end
> > their suffering. I wish someone who loves me
> > enough, could do the same
> > for me when the time comes. I absolutely believe
> > there is life after
> > death and when our bodies become our enemies the
> > kindest and most humane
> > thing we can do is help them escape their pain and
> > speed their
> > transition in an atmosphere of love and compassion.
> > Holding on, when
> > hope for recovery is lost, is something we do for
> > ourselves, not for
> > them. Having gotten to know you from reading your
> > postings, I'm sure
> > you made the decision based on love, and I'm sure it
> > was the right one.
> >
> > About using Doxycycline, from what I've been told,
> > it's more
> > encompassing in it's effect on different types of
> > bacteria than
> > Clavomox. My vet called in the prescription to my
> > local pharmacy and it
> > is quite inexpensive. The tabs I get have to be
> > quartered and therefore
> > loose the protective coating on two sides. It is
> > pretty nasty tasting,
> > (I always taste any meds I give the kids), and it
> > also has the potential
> > to do damage to the esophagus if not swallowed all
> > the way. My vet's
> > liaison told me a story about a human friend of hers
> > that swallowed it
> > dry and burned a hole in his throat! It also can
> > cause stomach upset.
> > When I first started giving Grace Dox, she would
> > vomit a few minutes
> > later. I experimented with lots of different ways
> > to coat the quartered
> > pill, but what seems to w! ork the best is using a
> > paper thin coating of
> > taffy made with corn syrup, and then roll it in
> > chicken fat (kept in a
> > small dish in the freezer), or butter. Now I know
> > that giving Grace
> > sugar is not the best thing for her, but it helps
> > hide the taste and she
> > hasn't had any problems with vomiting since I began
> > doing this. I also
> > follow the pill with an eye dropper of water
> > squeezed gently into the
> > corner of her mouth, I give her time to swallow and
> > as far as I can tell
> > it washes the pill down pretty effectively.
> >
> > Nina
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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