From:
"Tressie"
Date: 2010-04-21 00:45:30 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Rufus & Insulinoma
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Good news that Rufus is improved, however, my understanding is that the range for prednisolone in an insulinomic ferret is 0.5mg/kg - 2.0mg/kg every 12 hours. And if you are giving him a concentration of 5mg/5ml that is still an awfully low dose he's getting.
I believe one of the vets who posted in response to you recommended increasing the dose to 1mg/kg.
Formula is: (Weight in Kg) multiplied by the dose (mg/kg) divided by the Prednisolone concentration (mg/ml) which would equal the volume of mL to give.
Wt(kg) x 1mg/kg
_______________ = (X)mL every 12 hours
1mg/ml
You will need to know his exact weight. For example if he weighs 1kg and you are using 5mg/5ml concentration this would work out as 1.0ml every 12 hours as per the above forumla. At minimum with the low end range being 0.5mg/kg he should be getting 0.5ml every 12 hours at a concentration of 5mg/5ml.
Hope that's clear.
Tressie
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "mo_1997_88" <mo_1997_88@...> wrote:
...>
> On the advice of some vets on the fhl, I upped his pred just a hair from 0.1 ml 2x/day to 0.15 2x/day two days ago - our regular vet was ok with this as well.
>
>
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