Exotic Animal Formulary5

and 2 hr at high dose
0.025-1 mg/kg 28 Australian giant crabs/fast induction (less than
30 sec) with an excitatory phase; dose
dependent anesthetic duration of 8-40 min
20 mg/kg
intracardiac with
200 mg/kg
alfaxalone 31
Tarantulas/results in deep plane of anesthesia
Lidocaine 0.4-1 mg/g IM 11 Crayfish/induction time of less than 2 min and
duration of anesthesia of 5-30 min when
injected into the tail
Magnesium chloride Intracoelomic, 25-
50% bodyweight
with a
1000 milliosmolar
solution 15,49a
Sea hares/short induction time (2-5 min) and
good muscle relaxation
6.8 g/L 33,35 Cephalopods/induction time of 6-12 min in
cuttlefish
30-50 g/L 40 Scallops/fast induction and recovery
1:1 mixture of 7.5%
with seawater 38,49
Echinoderms/concentration adjustments may
be required for prolonged anesthesia
7.5% immersion 45,52 Polychaetes
10% solution prn 63 Cephalopods/euthanasia
30 g/L for 20 min 1 Queen conch (Strombus gigas)
32.5 g/L for 20 min 32 Octopuses
Magnesium sulfate 4-22 g/100 mL 78 Abalone/fast induction and good recovery
Morphine
5 mg/kg intracardiac
with 200 mg/kg
alfaxalone 31
Tarantulas
MS-222 (Finquel,
Argent)
— See tricaine methanesulfonate
2-phenoxyethanol 0.5-3 mL/L 78 Abalone/quick induction and short recovery
1-2 mL/L 35 Quick induction and short recovery
Potassium chloride
1 g/kg (330 mg/mL
solution) IV 8
Lobsters/euthanasia; inject at base of second
walking leg
Procaine 25 mg/kg IV 58 Crabs/very short induction time (less than
30 sec) and prolonged anesthesia (2-3 hr)
Propylene
phenoxetol
1-3 mL/L of a 1%
solution 35,51,57
Oysters/anesthesia; this concentration should
produce anesthesia in less than 15 min;
30