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liz1128 · 10-12-2004, 02:14 PM

thanks everyone. i really appreciate it. just wanted to share one more experience i had. the vet clinic at petsmart didn't give me antibiotics for diddy until 5 days later. then i went to pick it up and the attendant told me to give him 1.5 cc's twice a day. She even marked it on the syringe. So i gave to him that day twice. Then one more time the next day. it seemed like a lot to me. also I was wondering because the whole bottle was almost gone. I brought diddy to his regular vet to have his ears checked because previously he had ear mites. She also checked his cut. She said he was healing and asked about his medicine. I told her they told me to give him 1.5 cc's of a pink antibiotic and she said that's too much. That's enough for a 15 pound dog and he is only 2 pounds 10 and a half oz. So when i came home i called the vet's office at Petsmart to double check. They apologized and informed me that it was in fact .15 cc's. They had made a mistake. I was like oh no i gave him 1.5 three times which is equivalent to two weeks worth of medicine. poor diddy. they asked me if he was ok. luckily he was only hyper and at times sleepy. im so glad nothing happened. he could of been really sick. i was upset that this was the 4th incident that happened. i feel sorry for diddy. he is ok now and it is out of his system.

10-12-2004, 02:14 PM	#17
liz1128 Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: san leandro, ca Posts: 19	thanks everyone. i really appreciate it. just wanted to share one more experience i had. the vet clinic at petsmart didn't give me antibiotics for diddy until 5 days later. then i went to pick it up and the attendant told me to give him 1.5 cc's twice a day. She even marked it on the syringe. So i gave to him that day twice. Then one more time the next day. it seemed like a lot to me. also I was wondering because the whole bottle was almost gone. I brought diddy to his regular vet to have his ears checked because previously he had ear mites. She also checked his cut. She said he was healing and asked about his medicine. I told her they told me to give him 1.5 cc's of a pink antibiotic and she said that's too much. That's enough for a 15 pound dog and he is only 2 pounds 10 and a half oz. So when i came home i called the vet's office at Petsmart to double check. They apologized and informed me that it was in fact .15 cc's. They had made a mistake. I was like oh no i gave him 1.5 three times which is equivalent to two weeks worth of medicine. poor diddy. they asked me if he was ok. luckily he was only hyper and at times sleepy. im so glad nothing happened. he could of been really sick. i was upset that this was the 4th incident that happened. i feel sorry for diddy. he is ok now and it is out of his system.