Joaanne writes
>Now if someone could put my mind at ease as to how a 1.5 - 3 lb ferret
>can handle 1 mg of melatonin when the adult human dose is 3 mg, it would
>make me feel a lot better about such a "whopping dose"
 
Well I'm not sure if this will put your mind at ease but...
 
My two girls came into heat at 5 months old, and I didn't want to spay
them yet, so my vet and I researched hormone shots.  The brand he
purchased was designed for cattle, and we both raised our eyebrows when
we realized the ferret dose was 40% of the cattle dose!!  (I think the
ferret dose is 200 mcg and for cattle it's 500mcg--I'm too lazy to check
now!) We both calculated it several times to make sure we weren't making
a mistake.
 
Go figure!
 
Linda Iroff
Oberlin OH
 
[P.S.]
OK I looked it up: it was 20 mcg (micrograms) of gonadotropin releasing
hormone, NOT 200 mcg as my imperfect memory recalled.  My poor girls did
NOT receive a 10-times overdose!
 
Linda Iroff
Oberlin OH
[Posted in FML issue 3979]