OTC Meds and pets

[Catherine]

Quote:I can imagine Polysporin would be a broad spectrum antibiotic and safe to use on any creature if needed.

It is actually an antibiotic ointment. It usually has three general antibiotics in it and something to numb the pain. It is good for most cuts and burns.

Actual antibiotics are prescription only here as well.

Alcohol is pretty much toxic to everyone in the wrong dose. A small amount of beer for a reasonable sized dog would be safe.

With the hamster I literally meant a couple of drops. Dwarf hamsters are so small that amount would knock them out. It was enough to relax the blood vessels and that helps with heart attack and stoke. It is enough to thin the blood a little and that helps with a blood clot. Sometimes it was enough to get a hamster through a crisis and give nature a chance to heal them.

I boiled up Rosemary into a strong tea and used it as an insecticide for the dwarfies. They got mites and that repelled the mites without hurting the hamster. I felt most insecticides were too toxic for a hamster.