Exotic Animal Formulary5

Oil, Becton
Dickinson)
IM q4h × 2
days, then
q12h × 10
days or
until
recovery 333
compound toxicosis; occasionally used for lead,
mercury, and gold intoxication (if ingestion
<2 hr); 333,615 crosses blood-brain barrier,
nephrotoxic, and painful upon injection 651,859
25-35 mg/kg
PO q12h ×
3-5 wk 333 Most species/give 5 days/wk
Dimercaptosuccinic
acid (DMSA or
succimer) (DMSA,
Aldrich; Chemet,
Bock Pharmacal)
— Oral chelator for lead or zinc; may be effective for
mercury toxicity; does not chelate lead from
bones; combine with Ca-EDTA in severe
cases 333,859
25-35 mg/kg
PO q12h ×
5 day/wk ×
3-5 wk 333 Most species, including raptors/lead toxicosis
25-35 mg/kg
PO q24h ×
10 days 333 Psittacines, raptors/lead and zinc toxicosis
Diphenhydramine
30 mg/kg PO
q12h ×
≥7 days 349
35 mg/kg PO
q12h × 34
weeks 477
40 mg/kg PO
q12h × 21
days 187
2 mg/kg PO,
IM q12h 765
Most species/lead toxicosis
Budgerigars/PD; prevented experimental lead
toxicosis
Cockatiels/PD; lead toxicosis; reduces lead levels
when used alone or in combination with
CaEDTA; 80 mg/kg resulted in death in >60% of
cockatiels
Macaws/used to treat extrapyramidal effects of
clomipramine/haloperidol
Grit 3-5 pieces 210 Most species/reduce size of metal particles
80 particles of Budgerigars/PD; experimental lead particle
fine grit administration, faster elimination time than
(silica
controls but not statistically significant
0.2 mm) or
20 particles
of coarse
grit (silica,
1-2 mm) 477
Magnesium hydroxide (M) 10-12 mL + Most species/cathartic; a adsorbent
369