anesthesia, tranquilizers

That is an extremely long time for a dog to be out after being shot with a tranquilizer dart. In most cases if the dosage is correct this would result in the dog being out for maybe 4-6 hours at the most. The hangover part is correct but even an lion or tiger can be shot with a dart and only be out long enough to safely move to an area of safety. I have never heard of an animal being shot with a tranquilizer dart and be out for even more than 12 hours let alone a day or two and if they did have the dosage high enough for this to happen it would be at a toxic level and they would not wake up at all.

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That was my thought too, I don't know a LOT about pets, but I know on TV, they worry about long operations on people because of the effects of extended anesthesia. An excellent point that a dog out that long probably wouldn't be waking up. I'll direct that back to the author and see if he might not like to modify that part ::laughs:: Is there a particular drug that might be mentioned as being non-harmful, since the author took great pains to make sure the 'shooter' tranquilized rather than shooting or permanently harming an animal? or is it perhaps better, in your opinion, not to mention drugs by name... any input you have to the author I assure you will go directly to him today.

I would not meantion any drugs by name to be honest as this can put thoughts into people's head that do not need to be there if you know what I mean. I would definately change the amount of time that they say the dog will be out, as it should only be a time frame that lasts long enough to move to safety or move to an area of their choice. Even general anesthesia does not last for that amount of time so they do really need to lower the time to between 4-6 hours at the very most and even that is a long time, I would honestly recommend that the dart only put them out for maybe two hours then after that the drugged effect last for a couple of days. If any medications were meantioned I would recommend that the author use Cyclosporine or Fentanyl which would work to simply put them out for a short time span. I hope this will be of help to you.

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Thank you so much Cheryl K, I'm sure he'll be very pleased with your answers, as am I! Great job and thanks bunches. I'd rather pay for a pro opinion than bother you at work on the phone for free ::laughs::

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