12354somebunny
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My rabbit Hans has an abscess and I'm trying to treat it with Bicillin + Zithromax.
It's not easy to find bicillin here but my vet finally managed to get hold of a bottle. It is called Benacillin and it contains 150mg/ml procaine penicillin, 150mg/ml benzathine penicillin and 20mg/ml procaine hydrochloride. I understand that I'm supposed to look for bicillin which contains 150k units procaine and 150k units benzathine. Is 150mg/ml equivalent to 150K units? Is it ok that the mixture contains procaine hydrochloride as well?The vet gave Hans 0.2ml of the drug yesterday. Hans weighs 1kg.
As for Zithromax, has anybun had side effects from consuming it? The Zithromax I have is a powder, to be mixed with water into a liquid suspension which will contain 200mg/5ml. So Hans should get 1ml zithromax a day. I split the dosage into two i.e. 0.5ml twice a day, about 12 hours apart. Last night Hans got his first 0.5ml dose. Immediately after that he became very subdued, staying hidden in his cardboard box. He refused his favourite treats. He has watery poo.. not bad enough to leave poo puddles on the floor, but enough to cover his bum area in brownish liquid. It was about 4 hours later before he started eating again. When he got his 0.5ml dose this morning, again he became subdued, lost his appetite and had watery poo. I'm very concerned. Should I stop giving him the zithromax and just treat him with the penicillin alone?
It's not easy to find bicillin here but my vet finally managed to get hold of a bottle. It is called Benacillin and it contains 150mg/ml procaine penicillin, 150mg/ml benzathine penicillin and 20mg/ml procaine hydrochloride. I understand that I'm supposed to look for bicillin which contains 150k units procaine and 150k units benzathine. Is 150mg/ml equivalent to 150K units? Is it ok that the mixture contains procaine hydrochloride as well?The vet gave Hans 0.2ml of the drug yesterday. Hans weighs 1kg.
As for Zithromax, has anybun had side effects from consuming it? The Zithromax I have is a powder, to be mixed with water into a liquid suspension which will contain 200mg/5ml. So Hans should get 1ml zithromax a day. I split the dosage into two i.e. 0.5ml twice a day, about 12 hours apart. Last night Hans got his first 0.5ml dose. Immediately after that he became very subdued, staying hidden in his cardboard box. He refused his favourite treats. He has watery poo.. not bad enough to leave poo puddles on the floor, but enough to cover his bum area in brownish liquid. It was about 4 hours later before he started eating again. When he got his 0.5ml dose this morning, again he became subdued, lost his appetite and had watery poo. I'm very concerned. Should I stop giving him the zithromax and just treat him with the penicillin alone?