"Reptiles systems do not react at all like mammals. It takes thirty to forty minutes to knock out a 10 pound snake for surgery."

That's not true, at least not in my experience. Way back when very few vets used injectable anesthetics in reptiles and now it is common place. Most vets that I know or have worked for premed with midazolam, hydromorphone, and ketamine (all have equal or less dose compared with cats and dogs) and 10-15 minutes later induce with propofol or isoflurane/sevoflurane. I anesthetized a cat today using the exact same drugs and induced anesthesia 20 minutes after the premed with ketamine/valium. Reptiles do however wake up much slower than a cat or dog given the same protocol of drugs.

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