Confused about metacam dose
Ok 0.06 is a VERY standard initial dose! I'm glad you got your decimals sorted out. It's very confusing for people to read a 1cc syringe who aren't used to reading small fractions. This is why engineers insist on writing all fractions with a zero before the decimal point. There is no mistaking 0.06 from 0.6 but .06 and .6 suddenly look dangerously similar.
Well, rshevin, I was giving a very low dose and she is fine. SO, my thought is to just stop. I think her probelm is either
1. Issues with Guinness that have escalated. No blood but "words" spoken and chasing out of beds and away from food.
2. Bored with hay I had, I just switched and she ate more.
3. (I hope this is not it) but an underlying condition we have yet to uncover.
1. Issues with Guinness that have escalated. No blood but "words" spoken and chasing out of beds and away from food.
2. Bored with hay I had, I just switched and she ate more.
3. (I hope this is not it) but an underlying condition we have yet to uncover.
Brenda, I wouldn't immediately say that dose was small enough to be worthless. Quite to the contrary Piggy hasn't been feeling well lately and I've been giving him 0.05cc as needed. It DOES seem to help him quite a bit. It's the difference in needing one Advil for a headache or a perscription Motrin (which equals 4 Advil). Just because you CAN take more doesn't mean that less is worthless.
I would work on the social situation as much as you can (change hide-outs, eliminate pigloos, rearrange the cage, provide more food resources). I'm glad she's eating more of the new hay.
Did your vet write down how much metacam? My guess is he really meant 0.06 and misspoke. It's very unusual to ever give a pig 0.6cc.
I would work on the social situation as much as you can (change hide-outs, eliminate pigloos, rearrange the cage, provide more food resources). I'm glad she's eating more of the new hay.
Did your vet write down how much metacam? My guess is he really meant 0.06 and misspoke. It's very unusual to ever give a pig 0.6cc.