Hen with gross chunks in throat and gasping

[igotgoosed]

Ok I found the plain metronidazole at another store woot woot! Heading home now. Any idea how much tsp if the dose is 250 mg? I have no way to weigh it out.

 

[casportpony]

What does the label say? It should say how many mg there are in one gram. Let me know and I'll figure it out for you.

-Kathy

 

[igotgoosed]

The bottle has 97 g in it. Theres 1000 mg in a g. Mg are weight and tsp is volume, too complicated for my mathematically challenged self!

 

[casportpony]

Did it come with a scoop?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

If the powder is like sugar, flour or corn starch I could weigh a 1/4 gram and let you know what it fits into (1/3, 1/2, 1 teaspon), just let me know what it seems like to you.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

FYI, I have an accurate gram scale that I use for this sort of thing.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

I read your post wrong... Somewhere your bottle should say how many mg of metronidazole there are in one gram. The powders I found doing a quick search have 300mg per gram and 500mg per gram. The one below has 300mg in one gram, but they provide a scoop, so no weighing needed.

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Fish Zole Forte Powder - Metronidazole - 300mg


Metronidazole in a convenient powder form. Use for internal parasites and external parasites in freshwater or Saltwater applications




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Thomas Labs makes Fish Antibiotics in many forms, including: Capsules and Tablets of various strengths, pure form powder of various strengths and sizes, and single use powder packets. Each antibiotic is clearly labeled for fish use only and care should be taken when ordering to make sure you are purchasing the right dosing strength in the right form for your application. Please call us at 800-359-8387 for additional clarification, or use our contact form for further information and help.
METRONIDAZOLE POWDER - 99% PURE
EACH SCOOP CONTAINS: METRONIDAZOLE......300 MG
Very effective in the fight against protozoan, hole in the head disease, internal hexamita (Malawi bloat), freshwater Ich and pond epistyles.
Fish-Zole Forte - Powder exerts a bactericidal action on gram positive and some gram negative bacteria. useful for control of some common bacterial fish diseases including aeromonas and pseudomonas genera and mysobacterial group (gill diseases, chondrococcus).
Packaging: Comes in a 7 hole pour and/or scoop bottle with a handy scoop, easy thumb opening, with a built in cleanout ring to prevent material from sifting through closed lid. (see picture)

Directions: Add one gram scoop (300 mg) into aquarium for each 20 gallons of water to be treated. repeat in 24 hours. it is suggested that a partial water change be made between treatments. while duration of treatment depends on type and severity of infection, it is recommended that extended medication baths continue for a minimum of 5 days & for not more than 10 days. discontinue treatment if no improvement is noted within 5 days. to remove harmless yellow color, change 20% of water and use charcoal filter until clear.

Caution: For aquarium and ornamental fish only. not for human use. keep out of the reach of children. keep container tightly closed and in a cool dry place. not to be given to fish intended for food use.

 

[Michael Apple]

Pure metronidazole should be 1/2 tsp equals 250 mg. There is a fairly wide safety margin with this drug. Kathy, do you have your directions for tube feeding with a syringe? I think that may help too.

 

[casportpony]

FYI, 1/2 teaspoon of corn starch weighs 1.45 grams, but 1/2 a teaspoon of salt weighs ~3.5 grams.

 

[casportpony]

Pure metronidazole should be 1/2 tsp equals 250 mg. There is a fairly wide safety margin with this drug. Kathy, do you have your directions for tube feeding with a syringe? I think that may help too.

I have links to tube feeding and a link to worming using a 1ml syringe, what do you think would be better? If she were mine, I would mix up the amount and put into a 35ml syringe and tube it, but I tube every day, so it's easy for me.

-Kathy