My breeder told me that Ragdolls can be sensitive to anesthesia. This concerns me because my baby boy goes for neutering on Monday. I feel like I have to trust the Vet, because he is the trained expert. Breeder says that Ragdolls tend to overdose on a regular dose. Anyone else of this opinion? Or any problems with the anesthesia used for your cat's neuter or spay? Thanks.
I had Daisy spayed last week, she's 21 months old and had lost weight and was down 5.5lbs but she was fine with the anaesthetic. Providing your boy has a healthy heart, which the vet should check for before proceeding, then he should be fine. I think the main problems are when the kittens are speutured at 12 weeks of age when they are small as I know from literature I have read on early speuter that too much anaesthetic can lower the body temperature of kittens putting them at risk. I'm sure your boy will be fine, just voice your concerns with the vet when you go to drop him off and if the vet can't reaasure you take him home and find another vet who can.
Ragdolls are no more sensitive to anesthesia than any other cat. You're right to just trust your vet to do what s/he is comfortable doing.
Pick the vet and let the vet select the anaesthesia. Although Ragdolls have no more trouble with anaesthesia than any other cats, you may want to advise the vet that the breeder indicated her cats may have some issues with it and she indicated it was the amount, feeling her cats are at risk of "overdosing." (This would be unusual, since shock reactions that might have a genetic element tend to be to particular classes of anaesthesia. However, the vet can factor this in as felt appropriate.) My guess is that if you asked the breeder for instances so that you could mention them to the vet you would find nothing or some typical problems. I would be disinclined to mention it because I would not want my kitten not to be fully anaesthetised for the surgery and castrations tend not to be put deep anyway, although they still have their share (small though they are) of adverse reactions.
I was wondering...was this your breeder's reason (or excuse) for not early altering?
Actually, the comment came not from the breeder for this kitten-- but for the new kitten I will be getting soon. The breeder for this kitten (Valentino) said she doesn't like the idea of early neutering, so I am taking care of it now. The new kitten I'll be getting will be only 12 wks. when he gets neutered vs. V. being 6 months. Perhaps the dosage of anesthesia needs to be monitored more carefully for a super young kitten, per FluffyHuffy's comment? I talked to the vet, and he assured me he will use the minimum necessary dosage along with pain medication.
My 2 kittens had the surgery yesterday, they are almost 5 months & did great. My new vet is a feline specialist, she has 2 PB cats herself & really familiar with Ragdolls in her practice, so i just trusted in her & got a good outcome. Good Luck.
CARagmama ~ Glad to hear your kittens did great!
Hope my boy does too!
(08-10-2010 01:20 PM)Edie Wrote: [ -> ]I was wondering...was this your breeder's reason (or excuse) for not early altering?
V.'s breeder said she felt their little bodies were not ready to take the trauma of the surgery...It seems like pretty standard procedure to do the early neutering these days. My vet said, with advances in veterinary medicine, it is safe to do it early before the kittens get placed. Is this mainly to protect the integrity of the breed by discouraging indiscriminate breeding or because it is truly better for the kittens?
(08-10-2010 02:20 PM)GeoVal Wrote: [ -> ]Is this mainly to protect the integrity of the breed by discouraging indiscriminate breeding or because it is truly better for the kittens?
For us, it is primarily to preclude our kittens ending up in a kitten mill in horrible conditions and bred to death. It is a low risk, but a terrible result. In addition, it is safe and we have been very pleased with all aspects of it since we started doing it. From the owner's perspective, it removes the slight risk of losing a kitten in the surgery, whenever it is done.
However, breeding of pet kittens by unqualified people is very injurious to a breed. Early alter also stops that.
(08-10-2010 02:20 PM)GeoVal Wrote: [ -> ]CARagmama ~ Glad to hear your kittens did great! Hope my boy does too!
(08-10-2010 01:20 PM)Edie Wrote: [ -> ]I was wondering...was this your breeder's reason (or excuse) for not early altering?
V.'s breeder said she felt their little bodies were not ready to take the trauma of the surgery...It seems like pretty standard procedure to do the early neutering these days. My vet said, with advances in veterinary medicine, it is safe to do it early before the kittens get placed. Is this mainly to protect the integrity of the breed by discouraging indiscriminate breeding or because it is truly better for the kittens?
Having owned cats my whole life and having had them altered at all ages, I would like to add to what Jan said that in my opinion the babies recover so much quicker from the surgery than when it's done later.