From:
miamiferret
Date: 2002-03-27 18:00:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Good news about insulinoma surgery!
First, lets talk in milligrams, not milliliters, because there can be
variations in the mg per ml of pred in the liquid.
That said, and assuming your pred is 1.0 mg/ml (but it may not be),
then my opinion is that neither of those is a typical starting dose.
Typical starting dosages with which I'm familiar are more like 0.2 mg
to 0.5 mg (not ml), twice a day.
You may very well need to adjust that amount, but those are good
starting doses and then you need to monitor and go from there.
I'm curious why a pharmacist would be recommending anything in the
way of dosage for a ferret!
mike
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Staci Layne Wilson <staci@s...> wrote:
> My ferret is on Pred right now (just started
> treatment) and the vet and the pharmacist say two
> different things about how much he should be getting.
> What is the usual beginning dose, 2 ml a day, or 1 ml
> a day?