[Stones] CARE: Metacam dosage

[Cindy]

Thanks, Tex -- this helps! I am going to give Sunshine a little bit 
less, as I just weighed him and he is no longer a 3-pound-plus piggie 
anymore.  Here's hoping we can get his weight back up.

Cindy


> Dosage depends on the drug concentration. Snuffles was prescribed 1.5 
> mg/ml, with a dose of 0.15 ml. The vet told me to adjust up or down 
> depending on a piggie's reaction: Sweetie Pig would space out on that 
> dose, PigWheet and Snuffles did fine. When Sweetie Pig got metacam, 
> she got a *very* small dose; about 1/2 what everyone else has gotten.
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> Tex
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