Exotic Animal Formulary5

0.13 mg/kg
intranasally 829
Ring-necked parakeets/dose divided
evenly between nares and given
slowly; significantly reduced
recumbency time
0.25-0.31 mg/kg
intranasally 830
Canaries/dose divided evenly between
nares and given slowly; significantly
reduced recumbency time
0.3 mg/kg IM 623 Zebra finches/smooth, complete
recovery after deep sedation with
diazepam
Gabapentin — GABA analogue; used to treat human
neuropathic pain
3 mg/kg PO q24h 745 Senegal parrots/analgesia; used with
fluoxetine so difficult to determine
sole efficacy; bird appeared sedated 3
days after initiation of
administration
10 mg/kg PO
q12h 193,194
Little corella/long-term (>90 days)
analgesia; sole analgesic for selfmutilation;
no adverse effects noted
11 mg/kg PO q12h 734 Prairie falcons/long-term (>90 days)
analgesia; adjunct to multimodal
therapy for self-mutilation; bird
exhibited neurologic signs, diarrhea
when dosed at 110 mg/kg, but no
adverse effects at 82 mg/kg
11 mg/kg PO q8h 864 Great horned owls/PK; maintained
plasma concentrations >2 µg/mL
approx. 8 hr
15 mg/kg PO q8h 43 Hispaniolan Amazon parrots/PK;
maintained plasma concentrations ≥
human analgesic concentration
approx. 8 hr
Glycopyrrolate — Anticholinergic agent; slower onset
than atropine
0.01-0.02 mg/kg IM,
IV 333
Most species/preanesthetic; rarely
indicated
0.04 mg/kg IV 806 Ratites
Hydromorphone 0.1-0.6 mg/kg IM q3- American kestrels/PK; PD: doses of 0.1,
6h 303b,304 0.3, and 0.6 mg/kg IM significantly
increased thermal foot withdrawal
responses; appreciable sedation with
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