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Pebbles82 · 03-04-2019, 06:27 AM

Interesting Emma, thanks. Yes it has shaken my trust in the dosage now with the mistake over the syringes as she so clearly pointed to the markings and said that was the dose! As she had talked about making up 10 doses in jelly (Metacam) I later thought maybe she was showing me the .3 marking for making up 10 doses. But obviously not as she also clearly showed me the .2 marking for the 0.02 of Baytril.

It has just left me uncertain as to what the correct dosage is and whether her information is right. Because she did say it had recently been decided they had been undermedicating Hamsters with Metacam (she said that when I queried the dog Metacam instead of Cat Metacam). So it was a higher dose.

Most people seem to be told 0.01ml of Cat Metacam (0.05mg per ml). So surely 0.03ml of 1.5mg per ml would be way way higher than usual?

I hate fractions - it's doing my head in lol.

So you think 0.03ml of 1.5mg per ml is an ok strength for a hamster? I think he is more like 20g which is average robo size isn't it?

03-04-2019, 06:27 AM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Baytril by injection? Interesting Emma, thanks. Yes it has shaken my trust in the dosage now with the mistake over the syringes as she so clearly pointed to the markings and said that was the dose! As she had talked about making up 10 doses in jelly (Metacam) I later thought maybe she was showing me the .3 marking for making up 10 doses. But obviously not as she also clearly showed me the .2 marking for the 0.02 of Baytril. It has just left me uncertain as to what the correct dosage is and whether her information is right. Because she did say it had recently been decided they had been undermedicating Hamsters with Metacam (she said that when I queried the dog Metacam instead of Cat Metacam). So it was a higher dose. Most people seem to be told 0.01ml of Cat Metacam (0.05mg per ml). So surely 0.03ml of 1.5mg per ml would be way way higher than usual? I hate fractions - it's doing my head in lol. So you think 0.03ml of 1.5mg per ml is an ok strength for a hamster? I think he is more like 20g which is average robo size isn't it?