Breaking my bank!

[casportpony]

http://www.worldwidewounds.com/2003/august/Cousquer/Avian-Wound-Assessment.html
"Analgesia and antibiotics - broad spectrum antibiotics can be provided in the first instance: clavulanic acid potentiated amoxycillin (150mg/kg orally or subcutaneously) will provide cover against most aerobes and anaerobes. Analgesia can be provided with NSAIDs (e.g. carprofen (Rimadyl)) 5mg/kg subcutaneously or intravenously. Local anaesthetics should not be used in birds due to the suggested sensitivity of birds to drugs of the procaine group [8]."

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

What confuses me is why some people say not to use the ointment with "caine", but they will tell somebody to use injectable Penicillin. Makes no sense to me, lol.

-Kathy

 

[Eggcessive]

The dose of procaine in the penicillin may be pretty small because it is only there to help with the pain at the injection site. However if you are using creams/ointments with these pain numbing meds, they will probably get higher dosed. The vet student who said her vet school used -caine meds during surgery also probably meant these things are used in very small doses. Those same drugs that numb and decrease bleeding during surgery, also are used to treat life-threatening heart arrythmias, so we should just use them with caution.

 

[casportpony]

But the Plumb's book only lists turkeys and has a warning about using it in smaller birds, so I don't see the difference.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

FWIW, I have used .5% Procaine Ophthalmic Solution in the eyes of my chickens and haven't had any issues.

-Kathy