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Ferret Wise Shelter
Date: 2002-04-03 19:00:00 UTC
Subject: Fwd: Re: baytril dosing
>My vet has me dissolving a Baytril tablet in
>water, then giving a portion of that from a syringe. Rascal doesn't like
>this much, so if anyone has any better ideas, that would be great. I
>tried mixing the water/Baytril solution with a little Ferretone, but that
>didn't fool anybody. I managed to squirt all of it in his mouth this
>morning, but he shook his head in disgust afterward, so who knows if he
>swallowed any of it.
>
>Thanks Cynthia and Rascal.
Cynthia-
Here when I have to administer baytril i do the following:
quarter the tablet- crush the dose between 2 spoons the transfer the
residue carefully into a clean empty 3 cc syringe while keeping my finger
over the bottom hole- carefully place the plunger in while uprighting they
syringe and remove finger--
once the plunger is partially in place I draw up 1 cc warm water into the
syringe & shake to dissolve-
then draw up 1/2 cc of karo syrup and shake until blended.
Then I dose orally entire contents --
hope this helps
Alicia at Ferret Wise
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