Emergency drug doses for exotic pets

Drugs	Concentration	Indications	Doses in rabbits	Doses in rodents	Doses in ferrets	Doses in birds	Doses in reptiles
Adrenaline (Epinephrine)	1 mg/ml	Cardiac arrest	0.01 mg/kg i.v. initial; 0.1 mg/kg i.v. salvage	0.01 mg/kg i.v. as required	0.02 mg/kg s.c., i.m., i.v., i.t.	0.1–1.0 mg/kg i.v., i.o., i.c., i.t.	0.5–1 mg i.v., i.o., i.t.
Atropine	0.6 mg/ml	Bradycardia	0.1–0.5 mg/kg i.m., i.v.	0.1–0.2 mg/kg s.c., i.m. for guinea pigs and chinchillas; 0.01–0.05 mg/kg i.v. for other rodents	0.02–0.04 mg/kg s.c., i.m., i.v.	0.01–0.02 mg/kg i.v. once	0.01–0.04 mg/kg i.v., i.m.
Glycopyrronium (Glycopyrrolate)	0.2 mg/ml	Bradycardia	0.01–0.02 mg/kg i.v., i.m. once				0.01 mg/kg i.m., i.v., s.c. once
Diazepam	5 mg/ml	Seizures	1–5 mg/kg i.v.	0.5–5 mg/kg i.m., i.p.	2–5 mg/kg i.m.	0.1–1 mg/kg i.v., i.m. once	0.5–2.5 mg/kg i.m., i.v.
Naloxone	0.4 mg/ml	Opioid reversal	0.01–0.1 mg/kg i.v., i.m., i.p.	0.01–0.1 mg/kg i.v., i.p., s.c.	0.01–0.04 mg/kg i.v., i.m., s.c.	0.01–0.02 mg/kg i.v., i.o.	0.02–2 mg/kg s.c.
Flumazenil	0.1 mg/ml	Benzodiazepine reversal	0.01–0.1 mg/kg i.v., i.m.	0.1 mg/kg s.c., i.m.	0.1 mg/kg i.m.	0.02–0.1 mg/kg i.m., i.v.	0.05 mg/kg i.m., s.c., i.v.