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Pebbles82 · 01-07-2022, 11:43 AM

To compare, our last Robo (who weighed about 25g) was on 0.01 mls. So 0.02 to 0.03 would be right. The range of dose is quite wide within it so 0.03 would not be too much - just on the high side of the range.

My vet explained a couple of years ago that it had been discovered vets had been under dosing hamsters on Metacam by not accounting for the metabolism and that practice has now changed. They used to say “a drop” but now it’s measured. 0.01 would be a drop - a tiny one. 0.03 would be more like 2 drops or a large drop and a half! Better to measure it.

To get bubbles out - draw up too much and tap the syringe till the bubble is at the spout then push some out into the big syringe to get the dose. It’s hard getting bubbles out of Metacam as it’s sticky. So I found drawing it back snd forth between the two syringes usually gets rid of them. You’ll get the knack.

01-07-2022, 11:43 AM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Metacam dosage?! To compare, our last Robo (who weighed about 25g) was on 0.01 mls. So 0.02 to 0.03 would be right. The range of dose is quite wide within it so 0.03 would not be too much - just on the high side of the range. My vet explained a couple of years ago that it had been discovered vets had been under dosing hamsters on Metacam by not accounting for the metabolism and that practice has now changed. They used to say “a drop” but now it’s measured. 0.01 would be a drop - a tiny one. 0.03 would be more like 2 drops or a large drop and a half! Better to measure it. To get bubbles out - draw up too much and tap the syringe till the bubble is at the spout then push some out into the big syringe to get the dose. It’s hard getting bubbles out of Metacam as it’s sticky. So I found drawing it back snd forth between the two syringes usually gets rid of them. You’ll get the knack.