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Here is how to calculate drug doses:

(dose x weight) divided by concentration

The first thing you would need to do is determine the weight of the gecko and convert that to kilograms using this formula:

1 kilogram (kg) = 1,000 grams

So, if a gecko weighs 50 grams, that is the same as 0.05 kilograms.

Now, lets say you have a drug with a concentration of 100mg/ml, and the dose is 50ml per kilogram of weight, using the formulas from above, this comes out to be:

50ml (dose) X 0.05kg (weight) = 2.5 divided by 100 (concentration)

This means the proper dose of this medication for a 50 gram gecko is 0.025ml.

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