#246

That all makes sense. I guess this means you are not in the US, if you are, let me know and I’ll tell you how to get it cheaper.

Have you ever tried pilling him? (With your homemade capsules)

I have two cats I can pill. It would be too traumatic for my third cat, so unless something was life saving, it wouldn’t do that to him.

I’m happy to do a FaceTime and teach you how to pill him if you think that would help (you buy a little cheap tool and approach from behind and go in the side of his mouth, so he never sees it coming). I just taught a fried how to pill their cat last week and their jaw was on the floor over how quick and easy it was.

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#247

FWIW I give rapa to my dog in tablet form (enteric coated) buried in a small chunk of cheese. She eats it so quickly I don’t thing she crunches the tablet (I don’t hear a crunch).

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#248

hello everyone I am in the U.K. I have a 13 year old Italian greyhound who weighs 6.5 kgs and we have been having significant issues with him in the last few months. He has two degenerative discs which are causing him no end of issues and I am keen to start him on rapamycin could anyone advise me on where is best to get the tablets what brand of tablets and the dose/dosing regime

#249

It’s so easy to give a pill to a dog if you know the technique. Make your dog sit, open her/his mouth, put pill on the base of tongue, close the mouth and while holding it closed rub the dog’s under the chin area downward. It promotes swallowing. Works with any dog, any size.

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#250

I’m not in the UK, but generally it’s harder to get rapamycin (sirolimus) in the UK than in the US or India, etc. Here are some links for sources and approaches to getting rapamycin:

#251

Started our rapamycin this past Saturday and we gave it to our 3 pups as well. My wife and myself started out on 3 mg each. I only ordered 1g tablets and 3 mg tablets. I gave our 3 year old 15 lb female chihuahua 1 mg, our 10 year old 50 lb female pit bull 3 mg, and our 9 year old 75 lb male pit bull 3 mg. Should I lower the does on the first 2 females to half a mg and 2 mg?

#252

Just like for a human, I would start them out on lower doses and ramp up.

I’d also not start the male on 3mg either… I’d go back down to 1 and then ramp up… especially because you won’t know if they have side effects as you would for yourself. My IM vet advised this and it’s what most here advise for people, too, fwiw.