Pamela C
Meeting neighbors
- Joined
- 10/12/17
- Messages
- 37
Hello All,
My male lovebird was recently prescribed Gabapentin by the vet to try to help with his plucking issues. He has been on this approximately a week at .01 ml 2x a day. I haven't really seen any improvements or side effects and my vet had discussed bumping up the dosage over the next several weeks.
I am now beginning to administer .02 ml 2 x a day. I just wasn't sure if anyone else had experience with this and how much your bird was prescribed, etc? I honestly HATE giving him meds and am always overly cautious.
Also-am I the only one that has a HARD time getting such a small amount of liquid in the syringe? Basically .01 ml is only about a drop and if air is trapped it is almost as though there is nothing in the syringe when I fill it it to the .01 marker (which is the first little line on the syringe). It is such a tiny amount that it is hard to get it in the syringe.
Thank you!
My male lovebird was recently prescribed Gabapentin by the vet to try to help with his plucking issues. He has been on this approximately a week at .01 ml 2x a day. I haven't really seen any improvements or side effects and my vet had discussed bumping up the dosage over the next several weeks.
I am now beginning to administer .02 ml 2 x a day. I just wasn't sure if anyone else had experience with this and how much your bird was prescribed, etc? I honestly HATE giving him meds and am always overly cautious.
Also-am I the only one that has a HARD time getting such a small amount of liquid in the syringe? Basically .01 ml is only about a drop and if air is trapped it is almost as though there is nothing in the syringe when I fill it it to the .01 marker (which is the first little line on the syringe). It is such a tiny amount that it is hard to get it in the syringe.
Thank you!