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Originally Posted by Carmeow  Children's liquid benadryl is perfectly ok, they actually like the taste of it and will even want to lick the syringe afterwards. The formula for figuring out the dosage for Childrens Liquid Benedry is:
Your dogs body weight times 5 divided by 12.5 = dose in cc/ml
To figure out your dogs body weight you have to convert ounces to pounds...
EX: a dog that weighs 4 pounds 10 ounces would weigh 4.625 pounds
you must take the 10 ounces and divide by 16 then add the 4 pounds...
10 divided by 16 = .625 + 4 =4.625
4.625 X 5 divided by 12.5 =1.85 cc/ml
It's good for bites, stings, give it before you go to the vet for vaccines to decrease the chance of reactions to shots too. I have 2 bottles in my doggy emergency aid kit and plenty of syringes. |
Thanks for the info, Carmeow! So you give it before any vaccine?
Fortunately Cookie didn't look like she had any adverse reaction to her rabies vaccine at the beginning of the month, nor from her distemper/adenovirus/parainfluenza/parovirus shot last week either.