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biscandmatt1

biscandmatt1

Wise Old Thumper
bisc is quiet and won't eat. i think he has gone into stasis. the vet has given me metacam, maxolon and zantac to treat with at home. do i give all three at once? the amounts are on there except the metacam. bisc has had 0.8ml in the past though.

the only thing that is weird is that he is trembkling/vibrating when you touch around his body.

can someone ring me
 
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You give metacam when there is something in the stomach, say you can forcefeed some baby food, or fruit (such as blackberry) mix w/ hay stem to get something in the stomach first

You can give all 3 at once.

Did you vet check for any blockage in the stomach, ie. bloat?

Metacam at 0.8 ml is very high to me. My bridge bun was 5KG and we only use 0.63 ml to 0.8 ml or so.

My bun Bernie is 2.2KG and we use 0.13 ml

Over here, the vets use this formula

dosage (in ml) = weight in KG x 0.1 / 1.5
 
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