Message Number: SG765 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Caitlyn Martin
Date: 2002-08-12 18:45:38 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Re: HELP :Reaction to vaccines
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Cc: CowsMooToo@aol.com
Message-Id: <20020812144538.0b80ab05.whiteweasel@earthlink.net>

Hi, Mare,

> OK guys, how much Benadryl is given,

That depends on the body weight of your ferret. I don't know exactly
how much our vet uses, sorry.

> plus when is it given in regards to
> pretreating before shot(s),

Our vet gives it by injection about a half an hour before the
vaccination.

> what is Merial Purevax used for? Distemper or
> Rabies?

Distemper. Merial also makes the one and only approved rabies vaccine
for ferrets, but Purevax is the distemper vaccine.

All the best,
Caity and the neverendingly-playful nine