Mixing meds

[kimberley breeder]

This might be a silly question but...most of the meds I have in my medical kit are one scoop per 1 litre etc... If I mix it up and refrigerate and despense fresh daily does this impact the purpose of the meds? Im finding it painfull to measure out if I only need a small amount. So essentially what I am asking is if I mix up meds to say 1 liter and put it in the fridge will the meds still work if put out new from the made up lot daily??

[jusdeb]

depends I suppose , things like antibiotics I would say no and vitamins again no ..guess it comes down to what the medicines are.

[Fincho162]

Far better and safer to halve or quarter your dose depending upon your flock size and administer daily fresh............if unsure weigh your "teaspoon" amount and go from there...........so make 250 or 500mls worth up instead...........Hope that makes sense.........
You may get away with it for some wormers and maybe baycox but wouldn't do it for antibiotics.......bad habit to start doing so I'd stick to manipulating the initial dose to a manageable daily size!!!

[Diane]

Far better and safer to halve or quarter your dose depending upon your flock size and administer daily fresh............if unsure weigh your "teaspoon" amount and go from there...........so make 250 or 500mls worth up instead..........

Yep thats what I do. Half or quarter the spoon depending how many Im treating.

[BENSONSAN]

Hi im currently mixing baycox with moxidectin plus a flock treating with it a results are excellent and a real time saver. I was reading about longtails a read that marcus pollard does same. So i gave it a go.

[GregH]

Many meds are OK to mix but do your research beforehand. Some are in buffers that give stability or solubility to the active component and these (eg pH, isoelectric point) may be different and incompatable causing some of the wanted components to flocculate out as an insoluble precipitate. If you can get hold of the clinical data sheets or a peek in a Merk index you should find out what the carriers and buffers are and perhaps their compatability. It's unlikely but mixing some chemicals might result in a new toxic compound so be careful