Baytril dose

[oasisandbambi]

Hello! I have 5 rats all of them treating for respiratory complications. Im administering baytril and Doxy ONCE a day. The baytril I have is 25 mg/ml.
My vet ( who isn't extremely experienced with rats ) told me to dose ALL my rats 0.4 ml which I thought was super weird cuz my rats weight ranges from 200 to 500 lol.
So please if anyone could help me get the dosages right my rats weight:
216g
416g
445g
456g
And 536g

Please no rat guide cuz I already tried that and math is just too hard for me lol. Thank you so much in advanced.

 

[lilspaz68]

216g - 0.17 ml
416g - 0.33 ml
445g - 0.36 ml
456g - 0.36 ml
And 536g - 0.43 ml

 

[oasisandbambi]

216g - 0.17 ml
416g - 0.33 ml
445g - 0.36 ml
456g - 0.36 ml
And 536g - 0.43 ml

Thank you so much! If you can tell me, how do you know the dosages? Like what is the math you need to do lol so I can finally stop bothering you guys with this!

 

[lilspaz68]

The hardest part about figuring out doses is the recommended dose. Some are easier than others though.

For eg. Baytril is 10 mg/kg BID (twice a day, so once a day would be 20 mg/kg. I personally use 15 mg/kg but I am basing my dosing off your vets.

So you need 3 things to work out doses.

Weight of rat in kg. For eg. 445 grams is 0.445 kg
Recommended dose - in this case 20 mg/kg for once a day
and concentration of the antibiotic - your baytril is 25 mg/ml

Sooo here's the calculation

0.445 x 20 / 25 = 0.36 (ml)

 

[oasisandbambi]

The hardest part about figuring out doses is the recommended dose. Some are easier than others though.

For eg. Baytril is 10 mg/kg BID (twice a day, so once a day would be 20 mg/kg. I personally use 15 mg/kg but I am basing my dosing off your vets.

So you need 3 things to work out doses.

Weight of rat in kg. For eg. 445 grams is 0.445 kg
Recommended dose - in this case 20 mg/kg for once a day
and concentration of the antibiotic - your baytril is 25 mg/ml

Sooo here's the calculation

0.445 x 20 / 25 = 0.36 (ml)

Thank you so much!