From:
"Sam"
Date: 2009-10-08 18:50:37 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Giving pred tablets to a ferret
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
You can usually drop it at the back of the throat and immediately follow with some ferretone. Ask your vet to demonstrate dosing if you can. I have one with heart issues that was having, basically, a heart attack with each dose. The pharmacy got me transdermal pred which has been really easy since you just rub it in the ears and it's absorbed by the body.
[Definitely, with ferrets this is something to
learn hands on with a vet or vet tech to prevent
a ferret accidently inhaling the medication.
There are some past vet post in the archives
which indicate that transdermal patches are
not always able to deliver a therapeutic dose
level to ferrets. Go to the complete and separate
archives location. It is linked to from the FHL
homepage. I have no idea if it would work for
this med and only have time for a tiny search
which are not directly applicable but may
tell what questions to ask:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YG633
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YG8984
--Moderator]
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