Cisapride dose confusion

[miowmix]

The label says 0.14 ml twice a day, however the vet nurse showed me 0.014 ml on the syringe, and the amount they've given me in the bottle is tiny

Unfortunately it didn't register at the time

I'm not sure if it's the vet or nurse that dispenses the medication - could a mistake have been made?

Attached photo of label, what I think what 0.14 ml is and what the vet nurse showed me

nurse showed me:


what I think:

 

[miowmix]

Further information - he's also on emeprid two - three times a day, metacam and baytril. He is a week post-surgery and refusing to eat and only doing a few tiny poops : (

 

[Wiebke]

Further information - he's also on emeprid two - three times a day, metacam and baytril. He is a week post-surgery and refusing to eat and only doing a few tiny poops : (

The label is correct (0.14 ml, which what you are showing). The nurse must have got confused with the 10 ml syringes which she is using more often.

Please step in with syringe feeding asap. Are you weighing daily first thing in the morning in order to monitor is food (especially hay) intake?

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[miowmix]

I am syringe feeding but he doesn't want it. I'm only getting about 5ml into him each session and he just looks really sad. The odd thing is that the vet said he hasn't lost any weight, but he definitely hasn't been eating on his own since Sunday. His stomach does not feel hard or sound sloshy either, it's very confusing.

He's not actually my pig, he's from the rescue I volunteer at. I took him home on Sunday for short-term foster so I could syringe feed him.