Message Number: SG9745 | New FHL Archives Search
From: "Roger Vaughn"
Date: 2004-07-29 20:11:33 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: Carafate Questions (VET PLEASE!)
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-ID: <42806.161.254.5.251.1091131893.squirrel@mail.seaconinc.com>

> Will Carafate work if it's crushed
> and mixed with ferretvite, or does it need to be dissolved whole in
> water? I will be going on vacation for a month in mid-September, and
> I really want her to be over the worst of this before I go...

With my ferrets, I have dissolved Carafate in water and then mixed a
tiny bit of Ferretvite (or similar) into the solution to flavor it.
You end up with something like watery, pale Ferretvite. Mine will lap
that mixture up by themselves right out of my hands, or out of a small
dish.

This also helps with partially-dissolved Carafate, since the
undissolved bits will get licked up too (instead of jamming up in a
syringe like they're prone to).

roger