anesthesia

Question
can i produce general anesthesia for rabbit by ketamin and diazepam. with regard

Answer
Dear Munaf,

I would not recommend this.  Diazepam is only a sedative, and ketamine is not an anesthetic, but a dissociative.  The rabbit may be completely "out of it", but will still feel pain.  Isoflurane is the safest choice for a rabbit, and the vet will give appropriate pre-medications.  

I hope you are not intending to do any veterinary work requiring anesthesia on your own rabbit!  I say this because just today we got in a rescue who was apparently the victim of a "home neuter" gone bad.  His scrotum had a neat cut in it, the testicle had been pulled out, and then just...left to dry up and rot!  He was found dumped on a busy street here in Miami, and it's lucky he was seen and rescued.

He is at this moment being neutered properly by our wonderful veterinarian.

I hope you will not attempt to do any procedures on your rabbit without a veterinarian!

Dana