Message Number: YG8361 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: katharine
Date: Fri Nov 2, 2001 10:10am
Subject: Re: Compounding Metranidazole
Michele wrote:
<I kid you not, they come running. All 5 of them,
2 on my lap one in my hair from climbing
my back others in front of me with the weasel look
!!! <
Just out of curiosity....what is wrong with all
five of your ferrets that they all have to take
metranidazole?
Why don't you share your compounding formula with
the List? I think we would all love to know how
to get ferrets (and other animals) to tolerate
flagyl. My vet was hoping that this formula would
work for cats also. I tried your technique a
while ago. Didn't work a bit better. They just
didn't want to take it. Tried Patty's idea of
going in the side and squirting toward the front.
Didn't work a bit better. I just have to force it
down them. They get their Gerber's afterward.
I have given lots of meds to animals and some
tolerate them better than others. But, I have
never had one take to flagyl. When Champ was
taking it, I found I could mix about 0.2ml in his
soup and he couldn't taste it. Any more than that
and he wouldn't eat his soup. I had to give him
the rest of it orally. Thank God most meds are
short-term.
Katharine
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