Probably no reason not to treat as velvet ... you'll want to ramp copper (assuming that's what you're using, as CP can be difficult to source - it requires a veterinary prescription) relatively quickly. Even though you want to be at full therapeutic levels within 48 hours, it seems to help to spread that out over as many doses as possible; morning/lunchtime/afternoon/before bed (if you can pull that schedule off) would give you four smaller doses per day.
~Bruce
~Bruce