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Pebbles82 · 01-07-2022, 11:37 AM

If you’re drawing it up straight from a sealed bottle of dog Metacam it won’t have been diluted. But I would check with the vet again. Just say you want to check if the Metacam has been diluted or not and if the dose is 0.03 or 0.3 as 0.3 seems a large amount. If she still says it’s 0.3 and it’s not diluted then she has got it wrong! Then you have to be diplomatic and ask her to double check as the bottle says xyz. But just give 0.03.

It’s common to give Baytril twice a day (splitting the dose) because that is an antibiotic - works differently. Metacam is usually only given once a day. Once a day is standard.

01-07-2022, 11:37 AM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Metacam dosage?! If you’re drawing it up straight from a sealed bottle of dog Metacam it won’t have been diluted. But I would check with the vet again. Just say you want to check if the Metacam has been diluted or not and if the dose is 0.03 or 0.3 as 0.3 seems a large amount. If she still says it’s 0.3 and it’s not diluted then she has got it wrong! Then you have to be diplomatic and ask her to double check as the bottle says xyz. But just give 0.03. It’s common to give Baytril twice a day (splitting the dose) because that is an antibiotic - works differently. Metacam is usually only given once a day. Once a day is standard.