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How do we know that when we put animals down it won’t hurt them? Like how can we be sure animals aren’t in pain if they can’t speak?
Mainly asking because I saw a 2 sentence horror story saying they can and now I’m irrationally worried. I could never imagine hurting my kitty ever and really just worried about the hypothetical.
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We know it works because we use the same medications that we use on humans for surgeries. We just use more than the “safe dose” to first put the animal in a medical coma. Next a dose of a medication is given to stop the heart. Again, we know it works because it’s been tested at various levels to know what is “safe” (LD50, LD95, LD100), it’s just reverse engineering basically.
Hopefully this isn’t something you have to deal with anytime soon, but if you do, talk to your vet. If they’re a good one, they should walk you through exactly what will be going on.
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