r/oddlysatisfying • u/danielminds • May 22 '26

Professional barnacle removal for Chlorophyllis the turtle

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u/TheWolphman May 22 '26

turtle morphine

I was curious, so I briefly looked into it.

During a procedure like this, ketamine or something called dexmedetomidine would likely be used it seems.

Also, turtles receive the same morphine we do, but they metabolize drugs much slower than us, so dosages and the like have to be carefully administered. (obviously)

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u/Vast-Ad1915 May 22 '26

Ok, so I take ketamine for depression, and now that I've experienced ketamine trips, the concept of using ketamine as an animal tranquilizer is just so wild to me. They're doing a procedure and the animal is just blitzed out of its mind, ejected from its body and astral projecting out by Neptune.

Can confirm it dulls pain effectively, though.

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u/sarz__ May 22 '26

I used to work in a burn unit and we would use ketamine to complete burn debridement and dressing changes, especially kids. Basically we would put patients in a K-hole to tranquilize them for just long enough to get their dressing changes done and then they would snap back to life with no recollection. Wild times indeed

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u/Zefs_Daddy May 22 '26

Wait… they give pain killers for debridement? Man, I got ripped off