cutepiggies
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi, I just wondered if there was much experience regarding this drug please? My piggy has been put on this for a gut/bladder infection which is making him very poorly. It is the only antibiotic that the bug is sensitive to and he had his first dose earlier. My query is if this dose sounds correct please?
He has been put on 0.3ml x2 daily of the 200mg/5ml strength. He weighs 1200g. I'm reading a lot of threads though that say the standard dose is 0.1ml for every 100g? My vet is cavy savvy and he is good but this isn't a drug that he tends to use on pigs from what I can gather? I really don't want to question his dosages as like I say, he's usually very good and certainly doesn't shy away from giving high doses when needed?
It also hasn't been stated how long to keep him on it ( I will be asking tomorrow ) but the instructions say that the solution must be thrown after only 5 days! So that seems a very short course of A/B's? But again, other sites I have looked at say the solution is ok to keep for 10 days! Is there an average timescale that this a/biotic is given for? Some advice would be great please :-) Thank you.xx
He has been put on 0.3ml x2 daily of the 200mg/5ml strength. He weighs 1200g. I'm reading a lot of threads though that say the standard dose is 0.1ml for every 100g? My vet is cavy savvy and he is good but this isn't a drug that he tends to use on pigs from what I can gather? I really don't want to question his dosages as like I say, he's usually very good and certainly doesn't shy away from giving high doses when needed?
It also hasn't been stated how long to keep him on it ( I will be asking tomorrow ) but the instructions say that the solution must be thrown after only 5 days! So that seems a very short course of A/B's? But again, other sites I have looked at say the solution is ok to keep for 10 days! Is there an average timescale that this a/biotic is given for? Some advice would be great please :-) Thank you.xx