Message Number: SG13357 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 22:36:34 +0100 (BST)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: RE: melatonin
Message-ID: <5323435.1112823394244.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
I think you should look for a more concentrated form. 1 mg is the usual starting dosage, but trying to get a ferret to sit still for 4 ml of liquid that may not taste that great, and do this every day, is not going to be fun.
GNC sold a liquid melatonin that contained 2.5 mg per ml. So that meant you only have to give 0.5 ml and it was pretty tasty as I recall. Only problem is, I have heard they no longer sell it, but I don't know that for a fact.
mike
Author wrote:
> I am going to start giving liquid melatonin to the adrenal kids in my shelter and I am
> confused about the dosage. The bottle that I bought is by Natrol and it says that it
> contains 1mg of melatonin per serving and the serving size is 4 dropperfuls. (which
> is 4ml) Is that too much for the ferrets?
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