Deb Rebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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>Properly administered, and monitored, anesthesia is safe, and
>the animal will recover fine if they are otherwise basically healthy.
>By the next day, you probably wouldn't be able to tell that the
>animal was put under and operated on...or very close to it.
>
If done properly, anaesthesia is not risky with gerbils. We have had
over thirty gerbils operated on and only one, who was already very ill
died as a result. The rest have been back to normal an hour after the
operation.
It is very important to make sure the vet uses gas anaesthesia. Using
injected anaesthesia is very risky and should always be avoided for
small rodents.
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>Book the surgery ASAP with the first vet. Bleeding is not a good
>sign. Even at 2-3 years old, scent gland tumor removal is pretty
>straightforward, and the animal recovers quickly.
>
I agree. it is important to operate soon to avoid a painful death.
--
Julian
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
