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For future reference, an offer:
If Squeak ingested rat poison, which she probably did, because rabbits apparently find the stuff as tasty as rats do, then I am successfully treating her for it. It's been three weeks now, and she would have died a few days after Christmas. I have had Vitamin K in her since the day after Christmas, first finding some locally, then ordering some in much larger doses.
Rabbits need about 2 - 5mg (milligrams) of Vitamin K per kilogram of weight, per day, and must be treated for at least 3 months, up to 6 months. All I could find locally was 100mcg (microgram) tablets, so I crushed 10 of them to make 1 milligram, added a Coenzyme Q10 capsule emptied into it (augments the effect of Vitamin K), and mixed it with oats and blackstrap. Squeak ate some of it, but not all, so we relied on thistles and catsear to give her some more Vitamin K.
The Vitamin K I ordered is this: https://www.calvetsupply.com/product/Vi ... edications
It is made to treat dogs and cats for rat poison. I got the 50 mg tablets because I figured they would be more concentrated (just like many meds have the same size pills for different dosages), requiring me to hide less of it in something she will eat, increasing the chances that she will eat it all. This can be tricky, because it is beef flavored for dogs and cats, so I wanted to use as small an amount as possible. So... 5 pound doe is about 2 kilograms and needs about 4 - 10mg of Vitamin K per dose. I crush a tablet, and give her about 1/6 - 1/7 of it -- in the middle somewhere between 4 and 10mg.
I can mix it with about a 1 1/2 inch piece of banana, or with oats and blackstrap, and she will eat it. I have found that she is doing fine on a dose every other day, probably because it is a fat-soluble vitamin, and so extra will be stored in the body. YMMV though... I found this out by accident. I have continued on the every other day thing, because she is more likely to keep eating it if it isn't there all the time. I will not be using the entire bottle, so...
My offer:
If you have an animal that has gotten into rat poison, and do not have local access to emergency dosages of Vitamin K, I will overnight (if late in the day, it will be 2nd-day) 3 tablets to you, which will last plenty long enough for you to order the stuff for less at Amazon with regular shipping. You can reimburse me for shipping once you receive it. Currently, it's $18.30 or something. I'm not making any money off of them, just asking for shipping charges.
With 2nd-day shipping, I paid over $30 for this stuff, AND they don't keep it in stock, so it had to come from their supplier first -- which means that 2nd day shipping from CalVet on things like that can take a week to ship! Mine didn't take that long, but it did take a few days. Squeak would have been dead by then, if we had not been using the other Vitamin K. (The superwarfarin rat poisons typically take about 3 days to reach a lethal level. Again, YMMV.) Counting the other Vitamin K and CoQ10, I paid over $40 for the treatment -- but a lot less than a vet bill.
You may not really save any money by getting me to send some to you, but you will likely have it several days sooner, and you won't have to try to hide 10 big pills and a capsule in something your rabbit will eat. Not easy. :?
If Squeak ingested rat poison, which she probably did, because rabbits apparently find the stuff as tasty as rats do, then I am successfully treating her for it. It's been three weeks now, and she would have died a few days after Christmas. I have had Vitamin K in her since the day after Christmas, first finding some locally, then ordering some in much larger doses.
Rabbits need about 2 - 5mg (milligrams) of Vitamin K per kilogram of weight, per day, and must be treated for at least 3 months, up to 6 months. All I could find locally was 100mcg (microgram) tablets, so I crushed 10 of them to make 1 milligram, added a Coenzyme Q10 capsule emptied into it (augments the effect of Vitamin K), and mixed it with oats and blackstrap. Squeak ate some of it, but not all, so we relied on thistles and catsear to give her some more Vitamin K.
The Vitamin K I ordered is this: https://www.calvetsupply.com/product/Vi ... edications
It is made to treat dogs and cats for rat poison. I got the 50 mg tablets because I figured they would be more concentrated (just like many meds have the same size pills for different dosages), requiring me to hide less of it in something she will eat, increasing the chances that she will eat it all. This can be tricky, because it is beef flavored for dogs and cats, so I wanted to use as small an amount as possible. So... 5 pound doe is about 2 kilograms and needs about 4 - 10mg of Vitamin K per dose. I crush a tablet, and give her about 1/6 - 1/7 of it -- in the middle somewhere between 4 and 10mg.
I can mix it with about a 1 1/2 inch piece of banana, or with oats and blackstrap, and she will eat it. I have found that she is doing fine on a dose every other day, probably because it is a fat-soluble vitamin, and so extra will be stored in the body. YMMV though... I found this out by accident. I have continued on the every other day thing, because she is more likely to keep eating it if it isn't there all the time. I will not be using the entire bottle, so...
My offer:
If you have an animal that has gotten into rat poison, and do not have local access to emergency dosages of Vitamin K, I will overnight (if late in the day, it will be 2nd-day) 3 tablets to you, which will last plenty long enough for you to order the stuff for less at Amazon with regular shipping. You can reimburse me for shipping once you receive it. Currently, it's $18.30 or something. I'm not making any money off of them, just asking for shipping charges.
With 2nd-day shipping, I paid over $30 for this stuff, AND they don't keep it in stock, so it had to come from their supplier first -- which means that 2nd day shipping from CalVet on things like that can take a week to ship! Mine didn't take that long, but it did take a few days. Squeak would have been dead by then, if we had not been using the other Vitamin K. (The superwarfarin rat poisons typically take about 3 days to reach a lethal level. Again, YMMV.) Counting the other Vitamin K and CoQ10, I paid over $40 for the treatment -- but a lot less than a vet bill.
You may not really save any money by getting me to send some to you, but you will likely have it several days sooner, and you won't have to try to hide 10 big pills and a capsule in something your rabbit will eat. Not easy. :?
