SECTION VI II 



CASTRATION OF DOGS AND CATS 



Restraint and Anesthesia. — For this operation dogs 

 are restrained preferably on some sort of operating 

 table where they may be muzzled and unless they are 

 very large or vicious they may be held by one assistant. 

 Anesthesia is not employed unless there exists some 

 pathological condition which renders the operation 

 painful and tedious. Sporting dogs sometimes receive 

 injuries involving the scrotum and doing some damage 

 to the testicles, necessitating the removal of one or 

 both glands, and if attention has not been given to 

 them until the structures have become greatly inflamed, 

 the operation may be considered too painful to per- 

 form without anesthesia. In anesthetizing dogs, 

 morphin, atropin, or H. ]M. C. may be given about an 

 hour before administering chloroform or dilutions of 

 chloroform, such as A. C. B. 



In the handling of cats, the operator should ever re- 

 member that these subjects are nervous, highly sensi- 

 tized creatures and require considerate, gentle care. 

 For the purpose of castration, they should be confined 

 by rolling them up in a blanket or heavy rubber sheet, 

 and this must be done quickly to avoid an encounter 

 which might result in injury to the operator. No anes- 

 thesia is necessary in the castration of the cat under 

 normal conditions. If the operation for any reason, 

 seems likely to be a difficult or severe process, the ani- 

 mal may be anesthetized with A. C. E. 



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