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Accidenly gave guinea pig too much pancur for deworming

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Sasumay5504

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It was supposed to get .1 gram for 3 days in a row. It was wiggling and the syringe slid to easy and pretty much gave him the whole .3 gram. Will he die?

I'm freaking out
 
Sasumay5504 said:
It was supposed to get .1 gram for 3 days in a row. It was wiggling and the syringe slid to easy and pretty much gave him the whole .3 gram. Will he die?

I'm freaking out
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Hi!

Please keep an eye on him in the next 24 hours and see a vet asap if he is suddenly not looking right. You may also want to ring your prescribing vet clinic for more advice. Like all rodents, guinea pigs don't have a vomit reflex, so everything has to come out the other end.

What has the panacur been prescribed for? Since worms are actually rare in guinea pigs.
 
Panacur is really not for piggies... googling it I can see some absolute rubbish about it "balancing gut flora" but that is absolute fake news tripe... panacur contains fenbendazole which kills some gastrointestinal nematode parasites in animals such as sheep or dogs, which is something piggies very rarely suffer from... unless a vet prescribed this to treat a very specific and rare infection then it is a big danger to your piggy! Please see a vet!
 
PigglePuggle said:
Panacur is really not for piggies... googling it I can see some absolute rubbish about it "balancing gut flora" but that is absolute fake news tripe... panacur contains fenbendazole which kills some gastrointestinal nematode parasites in animals such as sheep or dogs, which is something piggies very rarely suffer from... unless a vet prescribed this to treat a very specific and rare infection then it is a big danger to your piggy! Please see a vet!
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We went for an upper respiratory infection they gave me that along with antibiptics
 
PigglePuggle said:
Panacur is really not for piggies... googling it I can see some absolute rubbish about it "balancing gut flora" but that is absolute fake news tripe... panacur contains fenbendazole which kills some gastrointestinal nematode parasites in animals such as sheep or dogs, which is something piggies very rarely suffer from... unless a vet prescribed this to treat a very specific and rare infection then it is a big danger to your piggy! Please see a vet!
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We went for a uri and the vet perscribed it along with antibiotics for yhe uri
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Oh god is he ok I hope he gets better soon if so if not than I’m so sorry
 
Sasumay5504 said:
We went for an upper respiratory infection they gave me that along with antibiptics
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Don't worry. I have done the same thing with my guinea pigs. My vet recommended on giving my pigs a small dosage of this multi cat stuff to put on the base of their necks for precautions for mites and lice. I actually did my first dosage a few days ago and put too much but they were just fine. The smell of the product stops them from licking or chewing on it. Keep an eye on them because that's what I did but they will be okay :)
 
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