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Calcium Gluconate

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Calcium Gluconate is dosed at 50–100 mg/kg IV not stated in source in ball pythons, per Mans C, Braun J. Update on common nutritional disorders of captive reptiles. Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2014;17:369-395. doi:10.1016/j.cvex.2014.05.002 — Verified against Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.263 (2026-08-01). — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.9 (Nutritional/Mineral/Fluid Support Used in Reptiles.a). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929. Verify against current literature before clinical use.

Drug Class

Emergency

Routes

IVSCPO

Indications

Acute hypocalcemiaBlack widow spider envenomationcalcium deficiency (dilute in saline to 10 mg/mL)Chronic MBD supplementationdystociaeclampsiaEthylene glycol toxicity (hyperkalemia)flaccid paresishyperkalemia (cardioprotection)hyperkalemia (urethral obstruction)Hypocalcaemia Hypocalcaemia (low ionised Ca)Hypocalcaemic tetany hypocalcaemic tremors Hypocalcemia Hypocalcemia (23% solution, row states no indication)Hypocalcemia (low ionized Ca)Hypocalcemia (milk fever)Hypocalcemia (pregnancy toxemia adjunct)

Mechanism of Action

Provides ionized calcium for neuromuscular function, cardiac conduction, and bone metabolism. Cardioprotective against hyperkalemia.

Side effects & warnings

IV administration must be SLOW with ECG monitoring (cardiac arrest risk). Tissue necrosis if given SC undiluted at high concentrations. Dilute for SC use. Monitor ionized calcium levels.

Species with Calcium Gluconate dosing data (35 dose rules)

African Grey Parrot African Pygmy Hedgehog Ball Python Bearded Dragon Blue-and-Gold Macaw Blue-tongue Skink Cat (Domestic)Cattle (Beef/Dairy)Chinchilla Corn Snake Crested Gecko Dog (Domestic)Domestic Pigeon Eastern Box Turtle

Evidence levels across 35 dose rules

Weak×18Moderate×10Extrapolated×3Strong×4

Each ExoticRx dose rule is graded by the strength of its primary evidence — see the editorial process.

Backed by 29 published sources

· 208. Mans C, Braun J. Update on common nutritional disorders of captive reptiles. Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2014;17:369-395. — Source: Mader's Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery, 3rd Ed, p.1416 — SOURCE EDITION: Mader's Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery (Divers & Stahl) — ISBN 9780323482530, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323482530
· 296. Mans C, Braun J. Update on common nutritional disorders of captive reptiles. Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2014;17:369-395. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.263 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.9 (Nutritional/Mineral/Fluid Support Used in Reptiles.a). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

Sample dosing (2 of 35 cited rules)

A dog/cat sample is shown here. Cited dosing for all 24 species — reptiles, birds, pocket pets, livestock, and equine — is free on the per-species pages above. Pro adds the weight-based calculator for every species.

Species	Route	Dose	Frequency	Evidence	Source
Dog (Domestic)	IV	50–150 mg/kg	once	Strong	Verified against Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 10th Ed, p.202 (2026-08-01). — Plumb's 10th ed (held) printed p.174-176 (corpus PDF p.201-203), Calcium, IV (-Borogluconate, -Chloride, -Gluconate) monograph, Dosages [LOCATOR CORRECTED 2026-08-12 — the clause previously here named the Calcium Acetate monograph, an oral phosphate binder]; page located 2026-08-05 from the book's own running heads, verified to name the drug in its body text. — SOURCE EDITION: Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook — ISBN 9781394172207, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781394172207
Dog (Domestic)	IV	50–100 mg/kg	once	Strong	Polzin DJ, Osborne CA. Diseases of the Urinary Tract. In: Davis LE, ed. Handbook of Small Animal Therapeutics. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1985:333-395. — Verified against Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 10th Ed, p.202 (2026-08-01). — Plumb's 10th ed (held) printed p.174-176 (corpus PDF p.201-203), Calcium, IV (-Borogluconate, -Chloride, -Gluconate) monograph, Dosages [LOCATOR CORRECTED 2026-08-12 — the clause previously here named the Calcium Acetate monograph, an oral phosphate binder]; page located 2026-08-05 from the book's own running heads, verified to name the drug in its body text. — SOURCE EDITION: Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook — ISBN 9781394172207,

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32. Bennett RA. Management of common reptile emergencies. Proc Annu Conf Assoc Rept Amph Vet; 1998:67-72. || 316. McArthur SDJ, Wilkinson RJ, Barrows MG. Tortoises and turtles. In: Meredith A, Redrobe S, eds. BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets, 4th ed., British Small Animal Veterinary Association, Gloucestershire, GB; 2002:208-222. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.263 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.9 (Nutritional/Mineral/Fluid Support Used in Reptiles.a). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — LOCATOR CONVENTION 2026-08-07: the bare 'p.263' in this citation is the PDF index of the held scan, not the printed page. The PRINTED page is p.249; verified by finding the drug named there. If you are holding the book, turn to p.249. — SOURCE EDITION: BSAVA Small Animal Formulary, Part B — Exotic Pets — ISBN 9781910443712, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781910443712; Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· 39. Lennox AM. Emergency and critical care procedures in sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps), African hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris), and prairie dogs (Cynomys spp). Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2007;10:533-555. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.744 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 8.7 (Miscellaneous Agents Used in Hedgehogs). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· 420. Huckabee JR. Raptor therapeutics. Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2000;3:91-116. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.475 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 5.11 (Nutritional/Mineral Support and Supplementation Used in Birds). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· 423. Huff DG. Avian fluid therapy and nutritional therapeutics. Semin Avian Exot Pet Med. 1993;2:13-16. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.475 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 5.11 (Nutritional/Mineral Support and Supplementation Used in Birds). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· 43. Bailey TA, Apo MM. Pharmaceutics commonly used in avian medicine. In: Samour J, eds. Avian Medicine, 3rd ed., Mosby Elsevier, Edinburgh, Scotland; 2016:637-678. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.475 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 5.11 (Nutritional/Mineral Support and Supplementation Used in Birds). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929; Avian Medicine (Samour) — ISBN 9780723438328, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780723438328

· 45. Lightfoot T. Therapeutics of African pygmy hedgehogs and prairie dogs. Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2000;3:155-172. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.744 doi:10.1016/s1094-9194(17)30099-3 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 8.7 (Miscellaneous Agents Used in Hedgehogs). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· 891. Stanford M. Clinical pathology of hypocalcaemia in adult grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus). Vet Rec. 2007;161:456-457. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.475 doi:10.1136/vr.161.13.456 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 5.11 (Nutritional/Mineral Support and Supplementation Used in Birds). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· BSAVA Small Animal Formulary, 10th ed., Part A: Canine and Feline, Calcium salts, printed p.60 (corpus PDF p.76) — cats, parenteral hypocalcaemia 95-140 mg calcium gluconate/kg slow IV, then 2.5 ml/kg of 10% calcium gluconate q6-8h — plus Plumb's 10th ed. printed p.175, which prints our exact volume (0.5-1 mL/kg of calcium gluconate 10% = 50-100 mg/kg of the gluconate salt). — SOURCE EDITION: BSAVA Small Animal Formulary, Part A — Canine and Feline — ISBN 9781910443705, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781910443705; Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook — ISBN 9781394172207, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781394172207 BASIS CLARIFIED 2026-08-13: the served figure is the SALT, not elemental calcium, and the unit did not say so. Plumb's 10th ed corpus p.202 carries an explicit warning on this exact ambiguity: "Dosing parenteral calcium can be confusing and potentially dangerous. Depending on the reference […]" The same page prints the DOGS/CATS figure as elemental - "5 - 15 mg/kg of elemental calcium IV slowly over 10 to 30 minutes" - and its product table gives calcium gluconate 10% as 9.3 mg elemental calcium per mL of a 100 mg/mL solution. The served 50-100 mg/kg of SALT is therefore about 4.7-9.3 mg/kg elemental, consistent with the printed 5-15 elemental. NO NUMBER CHANGED: read as elemental the same figure would be roughly 10x the printed dose, which is what the unit string now prevents.

· Bennett RA. Management of common reptile emergencies. Proc Annu Conf Assoc Rept Amph Vet; 1998:67-72. (co-cited: McArthur SDJ, Wilkinson RJ, Barrows MG. Tortoises and turtles. In: Meredith A, Redrobe S, eds. BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets, 4th ed., British Small Animal Veterinary Association, Gloucestershire, GB; 2002:208-222.) — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.263 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.9 (Nutritional/Mineral/Fluid Support Used in Reptiles.a). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — LOCATOR CONVENTION 2026-08-07: the bare 'p.263' in this citation is the PDF index of the held scan, not the printed page. The PRINTED page is p.249; verified by finding the drug named there. If you are holding the book, turn to p.249. — SOURCE EDITION: BSAVA Small Animal Formulary, Part B — Exotic Pets — ISBN 9781910443712, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781910443712; Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Bennett RA. Management of common reptile emergencies. Proc Annu Conf Assoc Rept Amph Vet; 1998:67-72. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.263 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.9 (Nutritional/Mineral/Fluid Support Used in Reptiles.a). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· BennettRA. Management of common reptile emergencies. Proc Annu Conf Assoc Rept Amph Vet; 1998:67-72. | McArthur SD.J, Wilkinson RJ, Barrows MG. Tortoises and turtles. In: Meredith A, Redrobe S, eds. BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets, 4th ed., British Small Animal Veterinary Association, Gloucestershire, GB; 2002:208-222. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.263 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.9 (Nutritional/Mineral/Fluid Support Used in Reptiles.a). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — LOCATOR CONVENTION 2026-08-07: the bare 'p.263' in this citation is the PDF index of the held scan, not the printed page. The PRINTED page is p.249; verified by finding the drug named there. If you are holding the book, turn to p.249. — SOURCE EDITION: BSAVA Small Animal Formulary, Part B — Exotic Pets — ISBN 9781910443712, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781910443712; Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Brust DM. What every veterinarian needs to know about sugar gliders. Exotic DVM. 2009;11:32-41.; Kubiak M. Sugar gliders. In: Kubiak M, eds. Handbook of Exotic Pet Medicine; Wiley Blackwell, Oxford, UK; 2021:125-139. — Verified against Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.711 (2026-08-01). — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 7.5 (Miscellaneous Agents Used in Sugar Gliders). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Carpenter JW, Klaphake E, Gibbons PM, et al. Reptile formulary. In: Divers SJ, Stahl SJ, eds. Mader's Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery, 3rd ed., Elsevier, St. Louis, MO; 2019:1191-1211. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.263 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.9 (Nutritional/Mineral/Fluid Support Used in Reptiles.a). Located 2026-08-05: the only table covering this species in which the drug's own row prints this dose. The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929; Mader's Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery (Divers & Stahl) — ISBN 9780323482530, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323482530 [w3r2 2026-08-14] DRUG IDENTITY UNRESOLVED - THIS CITATION FIX DOES NOT CLOSE THE FINDING. The served 10-50 mg/kg SC, IM is printed at Carpenter 6th ed, Table 4.9 (Nutritional/Mineral/Fluid Support Used in Reptiles) under the agent heading "Calcium gluconate/borogluconate", NOT under plain "Calcium gluconate". On the SAME page the separate agent "Calcium gluconate" prints "50-100 mg/kg SC, IM, IV296" and "100 mg/kg SC, IM, ICe q6-24h32,316" for the same indication, and "Calcium glycerophosphate/calcium lactate" prints a third figure of 1-5 mg/kg. Mader 3rd ed Table 127.8 prints the identical three-way split, so this book does not treat calcium salts as interchangeable on mg/kg. Superscript 63 = Carpenter JW, Klaphake E, Gibbons PM, et al, Reptile formulary, in Mader Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery 3rd ed, 2019:1191-1211. AN EDITOR MUST DECIDE whether these two salts may share one formulary entry. No dose figure is proposed for change.

· Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th ed, Table 10.1 (corpus PDF pp.841-844); located 2026-08-06 by chapter-governed table: this table is in the chapter covering this species and names this drug. NOTE: the served figure was matched against the table as a whole, not against this drug's own row, so confirm the number on the page before relying on it. The held copy has no printed page numbers, so the numbered table is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th ed., Table 4.9 (Nutritional/mineral/fluid support used in reptiles), p.263 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.9 (Nutritional/Mineral/Fluid Support Used in Reptiles.a). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Exotic Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine (Wiley), Guinea Pigs chapter, Toxemia of Pregnancy, printed p.299: 'Calcium gluconate 50-100 mg/kg IM (diluted 50 : 50), slow IV/IO' — SOURCE EDITION: Exotic Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine — ISBN 9781119149231, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781119149231

· Huckabee JR. Raptor therapeutics. Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2000;3:91-116.; Huff DG. Avian fluid therapy and nutritional therapeutics. Semin Avian Exot Pet Med. 1993;2:13-16.; Ritchie BW, Harrison GJ. Formulary. In: Ritchie BW, Harrison GJ, Harrison LR, eds. Avian Medicine: Principles and Application; Wingers Publishing, Lake Worth, FL; 1994:457-478. — Verified against Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.475 (2026-08-01). — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 5.11 (Nutritional/Mineral Support and Supplementation Used in Birds). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Huff DG. Avian fluid therapy and nutritional therapeutics. Semin Avian Exot Pet Med. 1993;2:13-16. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.475 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 5.11 (Nutritional/Mineral Support and Supplementation Used in Birds). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Mans C, Braun J. Update on common nutritional disorders of captive reptiles. Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2014;17:369-395. doi:10.1016/j.cvex.2014.05.002 — Verified against Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.263 (2026-08-01). — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.9 (Nutritional/Mineral/Fluid Support Used in Reptiles.a). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Mans C, Braun J. Update on common nutritional disorders of captive reptiles. Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2014;17:369-395. doi:10.1016/j.cvex.2014.05.002; Benne[tt] RA. Management of common reptile emergencies. Proc Annu Conf Assoc Rept Amph Vet; 1998:67-72.; McArthur SD.J, Wilkinson RJ, Barrows MG. Tortoises and turtles. In: Meredith A, Redrobe S, eds. BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets, 4th ed., British Small Animal Veterinary Association, Gloucestershire, GB; 2002:208-222. — Verified against Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.263 (2026-08-01). — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.9 (Nutritional/Mineral/Fluid Support Used in Reptiles.a). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — LOCATOR CONVENTION 2026-08-07: the bare 'p.263' in this citation is the PDF index of the held scan, not the printed page. The PRINTED page is p.249; verified by finding the drug named there. If you are holding the book, turn to p.249. — SOURCE EDITION: BSAVA Small Animal Formulary, Part B — Exotic Pets — ISBN 9781910443712, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781910443712; Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Mans C, Braun J. Update on common nutritional disorders of captive reptiles. Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2014;17:369-395. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.263 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.9 (Nutritional/Mineral/Fluid Support Used in Reptiles.a). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· McArthur SD.J, Wilkinson RJ, Barrows MG. Tortoises and turtles. In: Meredith A, Redrobe S, eds. BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets, 4th ed., British Small Animal Veterinary Association, Gloucestershire, GB; 2002:208-222. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.263 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.9 (Nutritional/Mineral/Fluid Support Used in Reptiles.a). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — LOCATOR CONVENTION 2026-08-07: the bare 'p.263' in this citation is the PDF index of the held scan, not the printed page. [LOCATOR RETRACTED w3r2 2026-08-14 - carpenter p.249 is the reptile ANAESTHESIA table (propofol, rocuronium, sevoflurane, succinylcholine, thiopental) and a search of that page for "alcium" returns ZERO hits, so the claim "verified by finding the drug named there" is false. The correct locator is Table 4.9 (Nutritional/Mineral/Fluid Support Used in Reptiles) and Carpenter has NO printed pagination at all, so no printed-page claim can be made for it. Retracted text follows:] The PRINTED page is p.249; verified by finding the drug named there. If you are holding the book, turn to p.249. — SOURCE EDITION: BSAVA Small Animal Formulary, Part B — Exotic Pets — ISBN 9781910443712, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781910443712; Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Meredith A. BSAVA Small Animal Formulary: Part B: Exotic Pets, British Small Animal Veterinary Association, Quedgeley, Gloucester, UK; 2015. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.796 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 9.6 (Emergency Drugs Used in Rodents). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: BSAVA Small Animal Formulary, Part B — Exotic Pets — ISBN 9781910443712, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781910443712; Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 10th ed (2023, held copy; the original seed cited the 9th, which was never consulted) — Plumb's 10th ed (held) printed p.177-178 (corpus PDF p.204-205), Calcium, Oral (-Carbonate, -Gluconate, -Lactate) monograph, Dosages [LOCATOR CORRECTED 2026-08-12 — the clause previously here named the Calcium Acetate monograph, whose only printed figures are 60-90 and 30-60 mg/kg/day as a phosphate binder]; page located 2026-08-05 from the book's own running heads, verified to name the drug in its body text. — SOURCE EDITION: Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook — ISBN 9781394172207, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781394172207

· Polzin DJ, Osborne CA. Diseases of the Urinary Tract. In: Davis LE, ed. Handbook of Small Animal Therapeutics. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1985:333-395. PMID: 42536520 — Verified against Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 10th Ed, p.202 (2026-08-01). — Plumb's 10th ed (held) printed p.174-176 (corpus PDF p.201-203), Calcium, IV (-Borogluconate, -Chloride, -Gluconate) monograph, Dosages [LOCATOR CORRECTED 2026-08-12 — the clause previously here named the Calcium Acetate monograph, an oral phosphate binder]; page located 2026-08-05 from the book's own running heads, verified to name the drug in its body text. — SOURCE EDITION: Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook — ISBN 9781394172207, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781394172207 BASIS CLARIFIED 2026-08-13: the served figure is the SALT, not elemental calcium, and the unit did not say so. Plumb's 10th ed corpus p.202 carries an explicit warning on this exact ambiguity: "Dosing parenteral calcium can be confusing and potentially dangerous. Depending on the reference […]" The same page prints the DOGS/CATS figure as elemental - "5 - 15 mg/kg of elemental calcium IV slowly over 10 to 30 minutes" - and its product table gives calcium gluconate 10% as 9.3 mg elemental calcium per mL of a 100 mg/mL solution. The served 50-100 mg/kg of SALT is therefore about 4.7-9.3 mg/kg elemental, consistent with the printed 5-15 elemental. NO NUMBER CHANGED: read as elemental the same figure would be roughly 10x the printed dose, which is what the unit string now prevents.

· USPC. Veterinary Information- Appendix III. In: Drug Information for the Health Professional. Vol 2. Rockville: United States Pharmacopeial Convention; 1990:2811-2860. — Verified against Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 10th Ed, p.203 (2026-08-01). — Plumb's 10th ed (held) printed p.174-176 (corpus PDF p.201-203), Calcium, IV (-Borogluconate, -Chloride, -Gluconate) monograph, Dosages [LOCATOR CORRECTED 2026-08-12 — the clause previously here named the Calcium Acetate monograph, an oral phosphate binder]; page located 2026-08-05 from the book's own running heads, verified to name the drug in its body text. — SOURCE EDITION: Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook — ISBN 9781394172207, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781394172207

· Verified against Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 10th Ed, p.202 (2026-08-01). — Plumb's 10th ed (held) printed p.174-176 (corpus PDF p.201-203), Calcium, IV (-Borogluconate, -Chloride, -Gluconate) monograph, Dosages [LOCATOR CORRECTED 2026-08-12 — the clause previously here named the Calcium Acetate monograph, an oral phosphate binder]; page located 2026-08-05 from the book's own running heads, verified to name the drug in its body text. — SOURCE EDITION: Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook — ISBN 9781394172207, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781394172207