Gabapentin

[tgharrison]

If your vet gave it to you for your dog, it almost certainly does not have xylitol. If you got it from a human pharmacy, don't use it.

What does she need to take something for?

A perch broke and hit her in the head, she obviously has a head injury and I know that gabapentin has been giving to another animal that I have that got a head injury from a cow so I figured why not check to see if she can take it as well, it was formulated by my vet for animals

 

[Saveria]

If your vet gave it to you for your dog, it almost certainly does not have xylitol. If you got it from a human pharmacy, don't use it.

What does she need to take something for?

She got a serious head injury.

 

[casportpony]

She got a serious head injury.

Thanks, I missed that.

A perch broke and hit her in the head, she obviously has a head injury and I know that gabapentin has been giving to another animal that I have that got a head injury from a cow

Can you post some pictures?

I figured why not check to see if she can take it as well, it was formulated by my vet for animals

Birds can take gabapentin, but a quick search shows that it's usually prescribed for feather picking:

• https://forums.avianavenue.com/index.php?threads/gabapentin-for-chronic-plucking.194867/
• https://forums.avianavenue.com/index.php?threads/anyone-have-a-bird-prescribed-gabapentin.205262/

https://www.dvm360.com/view/updates-avian-analgesia-proceedings

Another:
Pain Management for the Avian Patient

 

[Rpartain19]

I know what gabapentin is as I take it for nerve pain in my shoulder. It's also used to treat epilepsy in people. No idea why chicks would need it.

It’s used for pain because the vet has given it to my dogs and cats

 

[Tweety showgirl]

I know that this is an old post but chickens can have gabpentin but only when it is formulated for chickens. I've had it compounded for my birds before. It will help with seizure activity especially if combined with phenobarbital it makes the pheno last longer so you dont need as many doses to control seizures, nerve pain, as well as other types of pain as in oviduct prolapse. I dont know kw if I would recommend it for a head injury due to the possibly of actual brain injury that may not be known. Seeing that gabpentin has a sedative type effect i would worry about that with a head injury. Meloxicam can be used as a pain reliever in chickens as well. Gabpentin is 50mg per ML for liquid or 25 mg tabs or 50mg tabs I have broke them in half for bantam sized birds. The liquid as I stated was an animal compounded formula for birds. Hope this may help someone who reads this post in the future.