lilspaz68
Well-Known Member
We just dosed all 4 with the ibu. Tomorrow morning first thing I'll be calling the vet for pain meds - what should we ask for? Knowing this vet, she'll want to do an injection med. Is metacam safe to use orally?
Don't get an injected pain med, injectable metacam (or meloxicam is not for oral use, but there's an oral type they use for dogs and cats...make sure if they give you oral metacam to get he one for dogs (1.5 mg/ml) rather than the .5 mg/ml of cats, which means you have to get THREE times as much of the nasty stuff into your rats.
If they refuse to give you pain meds, which these vets might, you can use the ibuprofen til they feel better (2 days for neuters, 3 days for spays)