Revolution and Benedryl dosage double checking

[Lindsayjgunn]

Hi everyone, I’m hoping you can help. A bit of background my bunny is a 3 pound holland loo and he was had mites that won’t seem to go away since September. We were doing monthly treatments of revolution kitten dose (Mauve) which contained .25ml (15mg) and a concentration of 60mg/ml. Around thanksgiving we switched the dosage to every two weeks.

I went back to my rabbit savvy vet yesterday and after reviewing skin scrapingings and checking for bacterial or yeast, she thinks it could be an allergy or were not breaking the mites life cycle. We decided to put him on an antihistamine for a few days to see if this was the issue. She prescribed 1.5ml of children’s Benedryl (diphenhydramine oral liquid 12.5mg/5ml). Is this the correct dosage? I’ve never given any medication over .9ml before.

If it is not an allergy and the skin flaking doesn’t subside by Friday, we were going to do another dose of revolution using a higher dose.

I was given the Revolution for Dogs 10.1-20lbs with tubes containing .50ml (60mg) of selemectin which has a concentration of 120 mg/ml.

This seems like it would be too high and I’ve read that bunnies should only be given the cat version which was a concentration of 60mg/ml.

Is the dosage correct or should I go back and ask for the cat dosage?

[LBJ10]

According to this: https://www.vgr1.com/revolution/#calc

It would be about 0.14 mL of the 120 mg/L package, but would vary depending on the dosage you were aiming for.

 

As for the Benedryl, I was told 2 mg/kg… but don’t quote me on that. I would need to find the instructions from years ago when my vet prescribed it. It was the Children’s Benadryl.

[LBJ10]

I found an old thread. Now I remember. The vet had me spike his water by putting 1/2 a teaspoon per cup of water. Not sure what that equates to. I know I heard 2 mg/kg somewhere, but that may be if you are giving it directly.

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