From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2002-10-22 15:47:43 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] limp
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <3DB5731F.385D84C5@worldnet.att.net>
Marie Schatz wrote:
> healing I brought up aspirin. He looked up the dose in the pink book
> which was a SHOCKING 200mg/kg tce a day - a kg being a 2.2. lb ferret.
> That can't be right. I checked the archives and saw recommendations
> more along the lines of 10-20 mg's.
My guess is that that is another typo like the recommended dose for
insulin. Dr. Purcel's book gives a dose of asprin of 0.5 to 20 mg/kg
every 8 to 24 hours. Personally, my gut feeling is that the pink book
must be wrong. I am not a vet.
--
Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
russellprater@worldnet.att.net