Message Number: YG7242 | New FHL Archives Search
From: the return of weezilarchy
Date: 2001-09-12 22:48:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: Revolution

--- Russell Prater <russellprater@w...> wrote:
> the return of weezilarchy wrote:
>
> > the tubes my vet gave me were, IIRC, for kittens, and (this i am
> > certain of) contained .25 cc of revolution. he told me to divide
> > each tube evenly between two ferts, which meant each 1-3 pound
> > weasel got roughly 1.2 cc of revolution.
>
> You are having a bit of trouble with your math. Half of .25 is .15,
> not 1.5 as written.

i meant "roughly .12". transposed my decimal.

1.2 would be a *lot* of revolution for a weezil neck, though, you're
right!

> > if a .75 cc ube is safe for cats and kittens from five pounds, then
> > presumably the largest *safe* dosage per pound would be somewhere
> > around 1.5 cc per pound.
>
> And .75 cc for 5 pounds is .15 cc per pound, not 1.5 cc as written.
> SOmehow you are coming up with ten times as much as you should.

'swhat happens when i do math in my head and not on paper. decimals get
moved about.

thanks for posting what i really meant, though! :)

-kat-


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