Exotic Animal Formulary5

q24h 333,728
1-4 mg/kg q24h, up
to 20 mg/kg 497
2-3 mg/kg PO q12-
24h 333
Parrots
Most species, including psittacines
Gabapentin 11 mg/kg PO q8h 864 Great horned owl/PK
15 mg/kg PO q8h 43 Hispaniolan Amazon parrots/PK
20 mg/kg PO
q12h 62
African grey parrot/seizures
Haloperidol
(Haldol,
McNeil)
— Butyrophenone dopamine antagonist tranquilizer;
may work best with self-mutilators; 818 may
cause anorexia, depression, hypotension,
bradycardia, ataxia, sedation; 818 extrapyramidal
signs and/or death reported in various species of
macaw; 447,765 Quaker parrots and cockatoos may
be more sensitive to side effects 818
0.1-0.2 mg/kg PO
q12-24h 333
0.1-0.4 mg/kg PO
q12-24h 333
0.2-0.9 mg/kg PO
q24h 333,497
1-2 mg/kg IM q14-
21d 333
6.4 mg/L drinking
water × 7 mo 360
Birds weighing >1 kg
Psittacines/dose may be increased in increments of
0.1 mg/kg if no response is seen in 5-7 days and
no adverse effects are observed
Most species/stereotypic preening behavior
Most species, including psittacines
African grey parrots/feather picking
Hydroxyzine — Antihistamine with mild sedative effects
2 mg/kg PO q12h 333 Most species/pruritis
Leuprolide acetate
2-2.2 mg/kg PO
q8h 333,428,497
30-40 mg/L
drinking
water 333
100-1000 µg/kg
q2wk for 3
treatments 497
Most species/feather picking
Most species
Parrots/hormonal feather-damaging behavior
500 µg/kg; BW
>300 g 497 Parrots/sexual behaviors
375