measuring panacur doses
 

how on earth am i meant to measure out my 18.75% panacur paste? :S

i have the wastes and panacur amounts but how should i measure 0.0318ml and 0.1007ml?!

any ideas?

thanks :)

I get my panacur paste in a graduated syringe, it makes it easier to sqirt out the right amount

Laraine

mine is in a graduated syringe as well but are the doses that small?

hi joe

perhaps you could give us the torts weights

then someone could double check the dosage for you :D :D

Hi Joe,

I use panacur 2.5% or 10% for small ones. It means giving a bit more but the margin for human error is much narrower. saying that I believe the safety margin of panacur is quite wide anyway. I get my panacur from my local vet (not my tortoise vet), cost me about £4 for 5 hermans.

Jason

I have a small indian star who i wormed (pics of worm in picture section) she is 130g it was hard working out the dosage as you said its a tiny amount. So i put a small blob on some cucumber. Pancaur is very safe and if you go over a little it wont do any harm.

its nice to know that i can go a bit over :)

my torts are the following weights with the panacur doses - do these sound right?

60g - 0.0318ml
190g - 0.1007ml
300g - 0.159ml
410g - 0.2173ml
685g - 0.3635ml
885g - 0.4680ml

I have 18.75% wormer from the saddelry - panacur 18.75% for dogs cats puppies and kittens
there are graduations on the syringe but it doesn't say how much they all are :\

any advice? i need to start soon so they are wormed before starving

Use a syringe to measure the doses out much easier than straight from the tube.

Dosage rates by weight are correct. The graduations on 18.75% Equine paste indicate doasge by 100kg of Horse weight :lol:

Most pharmacies will sell you a needleless syringe with graduations of 0.10ml which you can use to measure out a more accurate dose (mine cost 20p).
I am not quite as nervous about administering the exact amount, in fact I put a little bit more on their cucumber since my torts manage to smear the paste across their faces and feet :)

Panacur is really quite safe so don't worry too much.

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