Cheaper tranquilizer?

52.25 is a good price. Most vets around here charge 75

There is a generic of Telezol....cheaper obviously. Can't remember name right now, but vet should know. Works good....we dropped 33 bucks with it this winter. 3 yr old down to button bucks.

redwood_river_whitetails said:

There is a generic of Telezol....cheaper obviously. Can't remember name right now, but vet should know. Works good....we dropped 33 bucks with it this winter. 3 yr old down to button bucks.

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What was the price per bottle if you don't mind me asking?

I don't remember exactly, but I would be safe to say under $20/bottle and it comes in the small bottle like telezol. I know for a fact the it was more than 1/2 the price....must have the receipts someplace else besides where they are supposed to be...can't imagine that!!

I need check into that, mine cost 80 bucks. i dont use but few but now days i looking at all savings,Dc

I'd be interested in the name of the generic drug as well. We have a handling system, but when moving antlered deer or treating sick ones we often dart them.

I would also be intereted in the generic kind. I have TB testing to do....

Redwood is the generic brand name for telazol, ketamine?

I have used ketamine one time only and it worked.

My vet gave me a dart with ketamine. I used it on a doe and it worked. The doe was pretty tame.

Ketamine and Telazol are not the same drug.



Please do a little research......



Ketamine -



Ketamine is a rapid-acting general anesthetic producing an anesthetic state characterized by profound analgesia, normal pharyngeal-laryngeal reflexes, normal or slightly enhanced skeletal muscle tone, cardiovascular and respiratory stimulation, and occasionally a transient and minimal respiratory depression. Ketamine hydrochloride is a nonbarbiturate anesthetic chemically designated (±)-2-(o-Chlorophenyl)-2-(methylamino) cyclohexanone hydrochloride. It is formulated as a slightly acid (pH 3.5 to 5.5) sterile solution for intravenous or intramuscular injection in concentrations containing the equivalent of either 50 or 100 mg Ketamine base per milliliter and contains not more than 0.1 mg/mL benzethonium chloride added as a preservative.



Telazol -



TELAZOL (tiletamine HCl and zolazepam HCl) is a nonnarcotic, nonbarbiturate, injectable anesthetic agent for dogs and cats. Chemically, TELAZOL is a combination of equal parts by weight of base of tiletamine hydrochloride (2-[ethylamino]-2-[2-thienyl]-cyclohexanone hydrochloride), an arylaminocycloalkanone dissociative anesthetic, and zolazepam hydrochloride (4-[o-fluorophenyl]-6, 8-dihydro-1,3,8-trimethylpyrazolo [3, 4-e] [1,4] diazepin-7 [1H]-1-hydrochloride), a non-phenothiazine diazepinone having minor tranquilizing properties. The product is supplied sterile in vials. The addition of 5 mL diluent produces a solution containing the equivalent of 50 mg tiletamine base, 50 mg zolazepam base and 57.7 mg mannitol per milliliter. This solution has a pH of 2 to 3.5 and is recommended for deep intramuscular injection.



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TELAZOL is a rapid-acting anesthetic combination of tiletamine hydrochloride and zolazepam hydrochloride. Tiletamine hydrochloride is a dissociative anesthetic agent whose pharmacologic action is characterized by profound analgesia, normal pharyngeal-laryngeal reflexes and cataleptoid anesthesia. The anesthetic state produced does not fit into the conventional classification of stages of anesthesia, but instead TELAZOL produces a state of unconsciousness which has been termed “dissociative� anesthesia in that it appears to selectively interrupt association pathways to the brain before producing somesthetic sensory blockade. Cranial nerve and spinal reflexes remain active; however, these reflexes must not be confused with inadequate anesthesia. Analgesia results from apparent selective interruption of sensory inputs to the brain and usually persists after the anesthetic effect has subsided.

Telazol is mixed with xylazine to deepen the plane of anesthesia and reduce some of the negative side effects of the beta blockers. It is not to be confused with ketamine which is a rapid acting stand alone general anesthetic. Telazol if used alone will cause severe convulsions and tremors. Before using any chemical, it is good to as Robbie says........do a little research. It could prevent the unnecessary death of one of your deer.

I would recommend that anyone who hasn't attended a tranquilizing class do so. I went to a Safe Capture class many years ago and it was one of the more beneficial things I have done in deer farming. There are several scheduled already at Penn State and in New England. You can see their web site at www.safecapture.com.

Dr. Keith Amass is a wealth of knowledge in chemical capture. He has provided me with helpful information on many occasions. Safe Capture is a great course.

Ketamine is a different drug. I think Ketamine is even harder to get that telazol.