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From: brettm@uga.edu
Date: 2006-02-10 17:42:39 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] RE: Stomach Ulcer
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com

Author wrote:
> One suggested group of meds, from a vet, was Amoxicillin,
> Metronidazole, and Pepto-Bismol, but the article warns that
> Metronidazole is not well tolerated because of it's bad taste. It also
> seemed that Carafate, Biaxin, and Amoxicillin were a common treatment combo.

You can substitute carafate for the Pepto in the first group. It seems to be a lot more palatable than the Pepto, though it is also more expensive and requires a prescription. I much prefer it to the Pepto. The metronidazole does have a horrible taste, though you can overcome this to some extent if you can get a compounding pharmacist to flavor it with something your fuzzbutt likes. Or, if he likes grape flavor, I have found that you can mix each dose with a few drops of Welches Juicemakers (the non-frozen concentrate). Mine still didn't like it, but there was no more drooling and gagging over it, just the normal resistance to taking meds.

Check this with your vet, but I believe the amoxi/biaxin only needs to be given for two weeks, while the amoxi/metro must be given for four to six weeks. In either case, the carafate must be continued for six weeks.

> I've seen Pepto-Bismol (1/15th of a tablet) and
> Pepcid-AC (no dosage listed) mentioned as possibilities, but I've never
> given either of these to a ferret before. How on earth would you split
> a pill 15 times accurately anyhow?

Why not use the liquid Pepto instead of splitting pills? Just figure out the dose represented by 1/15th of a tablet, and give the equivalent in the liquid suspension. I believe they now have a cherry-flavored liquid version, which may taste better. The tablets contain 262 mg of the active ingredient, so 1/15 would be 17.5 mg. The liquid contains 262 mg in each 15 ml tablespoon, so 1/15 would simply be 1 ml (or 1 cc).

Brett

*SLMW 1.0* My home is ferretproof; my heart is not.






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