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Tramadol and Metacam
- Thread starter Elena
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kayleighjennifer
Mama Doe
I had it in tablet form for Lola was much easier to get it into her. Could you maybe mix it with baby food to make it taste nicer? :wave:
I feed Barney tramadol at the same time as the metacam, I mix them both into soaked excel pellets (mixed in whilst still wet), along with gut stimulants and bisolvon - my vet said they shouldn't interact with each other.
Barney hates the taste of tramadol - but I find mashed banana, critical care and soaked excel pellets are the best for disguising the taste. Critical Care was the best but it got too expensive as I was going through a big pack each month.
Barney hates the taste of tramadol - but I find mashed banana, critical care and soaked excel pellets are the best for disguising the taste. Critical Care was the best but it got too expensive as I was going through a big pack each month.
Elena
Wise Old Thumper
KayleighJennifer, she's got a liquid form so that should be a bit easier to hide in food. 'll keep the baby food in mind, thanks 
Nessar, That's interesting, her weight has gone down too so Im giving her oats once a day. Maybe I could give her slightly less and give it to her twice a day with the metacam and tramadol mixed in. Might try that in the morning. Tried mixing the two tonight and she wouldn't have it so I'm going to have to try with something extra tasty! hope Barney is doing ok
Nessar, That's interesting, her weight has gone down too so Im giving her oats once a day. Maybe I could give her slightly less and give it to her twice a day with the metacam and tramadol mixed in. Might try that in the morning. Tried mixing the two tonight and she wouldn't have it so I'm going to have to try with something extra tasty! hope Barney is doing ok
Kermit
Wise Old Thumper
KayleighJennifer, she's got a liquid form so that should be a bit easier to hide in food. 'll keep the baby food in mind, thanks
Nessar, That's interesting, her weight has gone down too so Im giving her oats once a day. Maybe I could give her slightly less and give it to her twice a day with the metacam and tramadol mixed in. Might try that in the morning. Tried mixing the two tonight and she wouldn't have it so I'm going to have to try with something extra tasty! hope Barney is doing ok
Not totally related, but the oats, is it just standard oats, and are they soaked 1st before? I am considering them for Hollie as she has lost a bit of weight through having her tooth root issues / abscess / being on daily Metacam. Thanks x
cpayne
Warren Veteran
When I mixed the baytril in with metacam recently Doughnut could still smell it or taste it. I added it to her infracol which disguises a lot of smells and taste as it's sweet and orange flavour. It wouldn't do any harm if you add some of that in to mask it. I normally use weetabix but the infracol seems to be the best bet for me now.
Kermit
Wise Old Thumper
Thank you, I will get some from my Gran tomorrow and try her with some.
~ILoveMyBunny~
Alpha Buck
Someone on here suggested using a brand called Ella's Kitchen. They do a couple of different bunny-safe flavours and are (according to the ingredients) pure fruit with nothing added. I've used the apple, pear and carrot flavours for my girls. Maple and Jazzie like it, though they'd rather have a raisin
. Recently tried my young Lunar on it and she won't touch it, but I think that has more to do with the fact she knows what's in the rest of the syringe :lol: Turn's out she's a very smart girl!Other rabbits seem to like it though so might be worth a try. I know Asda and Morrisons definitely sell it
Think they're around 79p as singles? But can be stored in the cupboard before being opened or even frozen. So good to have one (once you know what flavour yours likes) stored just in case.
Elena
Wise Old Thumper
I tried with the oats this morning and it worked perfectly! Popped the tramadol in in a few places, then the metacam and top and she took the whole lot as easy as pie
Hi Gray! how's Joshua? Hope you're all doing ok.
She's only on a small dose, 0.1. Vet nurse did warn me it might make her sleepy (to which I almost replied that I'm not sure I'd notice the difference as she sleeps a lot anyway, typical lazy lop!) but she's been fine on it. If anything she seems less sleepy!
Hi Gray! how's Joshua? Hope you're all doing ok.
She's only on a small dose, 0.1. Vet nurse did warn me it might make her sleepy (to which I almost replied that I'm not sure I'd notice the difference as she sleeps a lot anyway, typical lazy lop!) but she's been fine on it. If anything she seems less sleepy!
GrahamL
Wise Old Thumper
I tried with the oats this morning and it worked perfectly! Popped the tramadol in in a few places, then the metacam and top and she took the whole lot as easy as pie
Hi Gray! how's Joshua? Hope you're all doing ok.
She's only on a small dose, 0.1. Vet nurse did warn me it might make her sleepy (to which I almost replied that I'm not sure I'd notice the difference as she sleeps a lot anyway, typical lazy lop!) but she's been fine on it. If anything she seems less sleepy!
Hiya
There's a couple of threads, to save me going into details, but he's 'ok' right now
Tramadol makes me drunk, im typing this while at work feeling off my face, its great, but not amazing for doing my job as its reather technical!
Hope you and all of yorus are ok!
Elena
Wise Old Thumper
Hiya
There's a couple of threads, to save me going into details, but he's 'ok' right now
Tramadol makes me drunk, im typing this while at work feeling off my face, its great, but not amazing for doing my job as its reather technical!
Hope you and all of yorus are ok!
I'll go and have a look for them
We're ok apart from Mini's hip
I'm working freelance p/t now so don't get much time to come on here as either working, sorting out my allotment plot or resting Elena what's the brand you're using?
I was looking for a liquid version, barney's on 50mg capsules, he has 45mg (ish) twice a day.
Barney does really well on it, doesn't seem to make him sleepy, in fact when he first started taking it he used to go a bit nuts for a couple of hours after his meds. He binkied for the first time in years think he's been on it around 10 months now. Hopefully Minnie will benefit from it too.
When you have daily meds, I just find its so much easier to find a food to hide it in rather than stress them out with syringes. Good that she takes it with the oats.
I was looking for a liquid version, barney's on 50mg capsules, he has 45mg (ish) twice a day.
Barney does really well on it, doesn't seem to make him sleepy, in fact when he first started taking it he used to go a bit nuts for a couple of hours after his meds. He binkied for the first time in years
think he's been on it around 10 months now. Hopefully Minnie will benefit from it too.When you have daily meds, I just find its so much easier to find a food to hide it in rather than stress them out with syringes. Good that she takes it with the oats.
Elena
Wise Old Thumper
I'm afraid I don't know. I only have a few week's worth, so it's in a brown bottle where the vet dispensed it. I'll have another look at the label but I don't think it says on there. She's on 0.1ml twice a day along with 0.4ml metacam. She's 1.1kg last time we were at the vets, she used to be around 1.5kg.
I think I'd melt completely if she did a binky!! so glad to hear he's doing well
I think I'd melt completely if she did a binky!!
so glad to hear he's doing well 
