Pets@Home
27-11-2011, 12:44
Hi I am in need of a little help please. I send back dogs and cats to the UK for owners. Have sent back on the old system 8 dogs and cats, and have 19 ready to go in January, once the law has changed, most on flight shares .....
PROBLEM .......
You are not allowed to sedate an animal when it is flying, at all. I have this one dog, mini poodle, which I am having for 5 months. The first day she arrived, she was stressed out. Further on in the evening she got worse and then her tongue turned blue. Rushed her down to the vets and they gave her cortisone injections and she stayed on 100% oxygen overnight. After completing a Heart Xray, Blood Tests, and Ultra Sound of the Heart, it turns out that she was born with a condition, whereby when she is super stressed, her breathing would become laboured, to the point of stopping her abiltiy to breath.
I cannot send her home, 9 hours in a cage, without giving her something to make her sleep, or to take the edge off. She is due to fly 24th January to LGW along with a cat and 2 other dogs.
Does anyone know of a herbal tablet I can give her pre flight to make her relax and hopefully a little dopey so she will sleep most of the Journey. I wont send her until I am convinced she will survive the journey ...... has anyone had experience of this, what did they use??????
I want to find something and to start practicing putting her in the cage, she will fly in, and keep her there, and build the hours up. At the moment she can go only for one hour, then she gets stressed, so have to find something for her ......
MANY THANKS ......
PROBLEM .......
You are not allowed to sedate an animal when it is flying, at all. I have this one dog, mini poodle, which I am having for 5 months. The first day she arrived, she was stressed out. Further on in the evening she got worse and then her tongue turned blue. Rushed her down to the vets and they gave her cortisone injections and she stayed on 100% oxygen overnight. After completing a Heart Xray, Blood Tests, and Ultra Sound of the Heart, it turns out that she was born with a condition, whereby when she is super stressed, her breathing would become laboured, to the point of stopping her abiltiy to breath.
I cannot send her home, 9 hours in a cage, without giving her something to make her sleep, or to take the edge off. She is due to fly 24th January to LGW along with a cat and 2 other dogs.
Does anyone know of a herbal tablet I can give her pre flight to make her relax and hopefully a little dopey so she will sleep most of the Journey. I wont send her until I am convinced she will survive the journey ...... has anyone had experience of this, what did they use??????
I want to find something and to start practicing putting her in the cage, she will fly in, and keep her there, and build the hours up. At the moment she can go only for one hour, then she gets stressed, so have to find something for her ......
MANY THANKS ......