From:
Sandy Adams
Date: 2001-12-31 14:40:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: prednisone liquid vs tablet
hi all,
As a side note here we get pediapred in a 120ml bottle for 28.58 from the
local pharmacy.. now they tried to give us prelone syrup and said it was the
same thing.. but it did not control the insulinoma in my old girls nearly as
well.. and $4.00 saving is not worth losing one of my ladies over..
Sandy & The Adams Family Ferrets
----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Vaughn <rvaughn@p...>
To: <Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 12:50 PM
> > --- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Vicky <ferretmama226@y...> wrote:
> > > Are the tablets cheaper than the liquid? The
> > > liquid is so expensive, it costs me about
> > > $52/month for Knucklehead and Thomas
> >
> > I have no experience with the pill form, but it sounds to me like
you're
> > paying way too much for the liquid. I used to get 60 ml at a time
> > and paid about $25. If you're giving 2 ferrets 0.5 ml twice a
day,
> > that works out to 60 ml a month. Are you buying it directly from
the
> > vet? If so, maybe you should have him call in a
> > prescription to a Walgreen's or other discount type drug store and see
if
> > that's cheaper.
>
> I have given nothing but pills to one of ours. I don't know about the
cost,
> but there are some specific disadvantages that may make any extra cost for
the
> liquid worth it. First, the smallest pill we could get was much too large
a
> dose for a 2lb animal, so it had to be broken up into eighths. This means
> you're giving slightly different doses every time. Second is the
difficulty of
> feeding a pill (or anything they don't want) to a ferret. We had to crush
the
> bits of tablet and mix them liberally with Nutrimalt or Nutrical to get
the
> fuzzball to take it. Unlike a cat who will doggedly swallow the good part
but
> spit out the pill, our fert didn't mind the pill as long as it was wrapped
with
> something tasty.
>
> Personally, I'm going to ask my vet about the liquid next time one of ours
> needs pred.
>
> Roger, Digger and Bear
>
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