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Metacam Dose

biscandmatt1 said:
bladder sludge causes alot of inflammation i've been told so the dose tends to be higher, at least initially. although i've not had a rabbit with sludge, only guinea pigs. our vets tend to dose quite similarly for both species though.

benjie (guinea pig) had bladder sludge recently and was given dog metacam at 0.9ml twice daily initially, reduced to 0.7ml twice daily. he weighed 1.34kg at the time.

we have always been told that the higher doses are needed to bring the inflammation down as quickly as possible, and that stomach problems and kidney problems would be extremely unlikely to happen giving it long term, so short term it's very safe :wave:
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I agree :thumb:
 
No, the vets didnt give me a reason and I just went with the flow as ive never had to give her pain relief before so I wouldn't know that wasn't a lot to be fair. Like I said when Maisy was spayed she didn't have any pain relief.

I just gave her some now and I think she has got smart and knows what I was trying to do, so after a quick cuddle and then her trying to escape I put her back down and put about half of the metacam on a slice of carrot to see if she would have that, seeing as she licked it off then ate the carrot i would call that success :)
 
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