[Gpdd] HEALTH: reading the syringe for worming

[Penny Charlesworth]

Joanie,

I don't know what kind of syringe you have but it should be one that holds 1 
whole ml. when full. I was trying to find a picture of one to show you but 
the one on GL is not quite the same as the ones that I use. However, it is 
of the right size. Look halfway down the page on hand feeding.

http://www.guinealynx.info/handfeeding.html

This picture shows both the original syringe and one cut for hand feeding. 
The printing says 1cc. Mine say 1ml. It is the same amount. Maybe what we 
would call 1ml in England is called a cc in the US. Other members please 
advise!

Mine show 0.1 at the pointy end, then 0.2 then 0.3 etc as you go down the 
tube. The GL one shows what seems to be 1, 2, 3, etc. If yours is like this 
one, what you need is to draw up the Panacur to the number 4.

I do not know why your syringe has numbers on the other side. I have not 
seen one like that but it sounds as though you are giving the correct amount 
to Puff.

For comparison, a whole syringeful would contain 1 ml ( 1 cc ). Now 5 of 
these would just about fill a teaspoon, which holds around 5ml. Try it out. 
Fill your syringe with water, empty it into a teaspoon and do this four more 
times. The spoon should be about full.

When a liquid is in a syringe it does appear to be more than the actual 
dose, due to the thickness of the wall of the syringe. You could try drawing 
up 0.4ml of water and squirt it into something ( not Puff! ). You will see 
that it is not perhaps as much as it seemed.

What what you say, you do not seem to have overdosed Puff. If in doubt, 
leave it alone until you are sure.

Penny and the Piggyfriends.