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Metacam Dosage

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charl86

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Just realised I've ran out of my normal metacam. Trust me to run out on a Sunday when the vets is closed so I cant call them :roll: The one I had was cat (i think) but the new one ive got to use today is dog which i know is a different strength. Can anybody tell me what the dosage of dog matacam would be for a 1.6kg rabbit? Its to use long term if that makes difference.
I know there are some threads about the dosage already but I dont trust my maths enough to try to work it out from them :oops:
 
Dosage might depend what it's for. Artie is on long-term Metacam (dog) as an analgesia. He is 2.8kg and has 6 drops per day.
 
Parsnip weighs 2.6kg and is on 0.3ml (1.5mg/ml - dog strength) Metacam TWICE a day. So he could have 0.6ml once daily also.
 
Dog metacam is normally three times the strength of cat metacam (1.5mg/ml instead of 0.5mg/ml) so I would guess it should be a third of the dose.
 
Hmm.. now I'm confused.. (but that doesnt take much :lol:)
Ive just given him a small dose to be on the safe side today and I'll call the vet in the morning
 
0.6mg/kg/24 hours on veterinary advice but some exotic vets may go higher for acute pain. 0.6mg dog metacam = 0.4ml that is per kg. :wave:

ETA there is a prescribing range of 0.2-0.6mg/kg
 
I was told by my vet that kg for kg rabbits need 3x the dose for dogs, so for my 2 kg rabbit, he got the dose for a 6kg dog. The small syringe has the kg weight dosage down the side.

ETA this is just what my vet told me!!
 
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