Anaesthesia of xylazine + ketamine for spaying a 6-month-old cat
Channel: Dr David Sing
Date: 2016-07-05

Jul 5, 2016

This 6-month-old cat is meowing noisily and the owner with a small boy and daughter wanted her spayed. 

This is a veterinary educational video for pet owners and vet students, discussing the process and procedures in spaying a cat including safe protocol of anaethestic used. 

Toa Payoh Vets will do a physical examination. This is important before anaesthesia as shown in this video. 

1) Toa Payoh Vets use xylazine + ketamine IM in on syringe. This video discusses the dosage used. In this 2.5 kg cat, I used xylazine 0.15 ml + ketamine 0.6 ml in one syringe. The analgesic effect lasted more than 30 minutes. Xylazine 0.1 ml + ketamine 0.4 ml IM may be sufficient at this 2.5 kg weight if the vet is speedy in spaying.  The cat was given Reversin to wake up earlier. No problem at home. Kept jumping and running around. 

2) Another vet practice uses xylazine + ketamine in separate.
syringes.  Xylazine 0.1 ml/kg   Ketamine 0.1 ml/kg less volume used for xylazine.  For example, 5 kg cat

Xylazine 0.5 ml IM separately. Ketamine = 0.4 ml IM.  Reversin is used routinely to reverse xylazine effects.

The sharing of anaesthetic information benefits new vets.