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Croydon, there are numerous vets around me but we have always used this veterinary and it has always been reliable, but I can understand that they can never be experts on every single animal so I will take into account what people say on here as I believe they will probably have more knowledge on chinchillas seeing as it is a chinchilla forum :p.

The instructions on the Metacam which are printed out say

'give 8 drops in mouth or food once daily for 7 days'

How often do you recommend I give him a dose and how much per dose. I can give him it all throughout the day as well as night time as I am pretty much nocturnal like them which means I don't have to give them X amount of doses in the day time and can spread it out over 24 hours
 
Metecam usually is 1-2 drops twice a day for a 1 KG chin, the max I have used on a 900gm chin was .6-.8ml twice a day, that was a extreme situation. The normal dose is

.1-.2mg/kg of the 1.5mg/ml

or

0.1-0.2ml of the 1.5mg/mL

twice a day.
 
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