My baby will is getting PTS in 2 hours =[

koterasa · Nov 19, 2011

Will has had his ups and down. He had a horrible case of myco and has slowly been declining for the past month. He hasn't been eating, so every four to five hours a day my husband and I have been syringe feeding him ensure and other foods that our vet suggested. We've also been cleaning him, holding him, doing our best to keep him happy and warm. It's so hard to see him fight the syringe, to have seizures, and to struggle to clean himself. I've already talked this over with the vet about a couple weeks ago, and she told us that they will put him under anesthesia and then do an injection into his heart. I'm scared though, because she will not let us be in the room due to the gas. I trust that they will use gas, but I'm afraid he's going to be so scared and so alone. My heart is torn right now. I just need to know what I should do or know if someone else has been in this predicament. Thank you.

Dazzle87 · Nov 19, 2011

I'm very sorry, it is always such a tough decision to make.

They are not letting you in the room during the gas for safety and liability reasons. He'll be unconscious shortly after they start him on the anasthesia.

:hugs:

Dahlas · Nov 19, 2011

I am very sorry.....

Unepuce · Nov 19, 2011

I am so sorry! :hugs:

My vet let me be present for all PTS. Ask them if they use a mask and why they refuse to let you be there since the gas is pretty much contained. Maybe if you insist they will let you... it may be a policy of theirs that is not as rigid as they make up to be?

Good luck... and from what I read, you have been doing all you could for him. I trust it is now time to give him some rest...

SQ · Nov 19, 2011

I am so very sorry.
It is such a heartbreaking, difficult decision but sometimes it is the best thing we can do for them.
It sounds like he has no quality of life left, he is suffering and that the only loving thing you can do for him is to let him go so he will not suffer further.
I understand, I am always present and holding them when they are pts.

Your vet should give him gas - a mixture of the gas they use for surgery and oxygen
A couple of breathes and he should be unconscious.
When he is deeply unconscious, deeper then animals are for surgery, then the vet will inject him.
Some vets inject an unconscious rat in the heart, others inject into the liver, and some inject into the lower right abdomen.
If injected into into the heart, I believe should be immediate. If injected into the liver death is quite fast. If injected into the lower abdomen, death can take quite awhile depending on circulation.
Your boy should recieve the gas and be kept unconscious until he stops breathing and his heart stops beating

Here is a discussion on the topic.
viewtopic.php?f=26&t=9582

Godmother had to take a rattie to an emergency vet to be pts. She was not allowed to be present but the vet left the door open so she could watch from the other room.

I am so sorry
:hugs:

koterasa · Nov 19, 2011

SQ said:
I am so very sorry.
It is such a heartbreaking, difficult decision but sometimes it is the best thing we can do for them.
It sounds like he has no quality of life left, he is suffering and that the only loving thing you can do for him is to let him go so he will not suffer further.
I understand, I am always present and holding them when they are pts.

Your vet should give him gas - a mixture of the gas they use for surgery and oxygen
A couple of breathes and he should be unconscious.
When he is deeply unconscious, deeper then animals are for surgery, then the vet will inject him.
Some vets inject an unconscious rat in the heart, others inject into the liver, and some inject into the lower right abdomen.
If injected into into the heart, I believe should be immediate. If injected into the liver death is quite fast. If injected into the lower abdomen, death can take quite awhile depending on circulation.
Your boy should recieve the gas and be kept unconscious until he stops breathing and his heart stops beating

Here is a discussion on the topic.
viewtopic.php?f=26&t=9582

Godmother had to take a rattie to an emergency vet to be pts. She was not allowed to be present but the vet left the door open so she could watch from the other room.

I am so sorry
:hugs:

I appreciate your help. I really hope my vet will make sure he is deeply unconscious before she injects him because I read in the suggested discussion that it would be extremely painful. I just really wish I could be there for him this one last time. Thank you again for your advice :hugs: .