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wow, that’s a really interesting idea. never would have even thought about food injector syringes. just curious but where do you usually purchase yours? or is there any particular size you use?

Haha! Maybe she senses his weakness.

This is terrible, but I have used food injector syringes before. I just took the “needle” off. The opening is a little bigger and the syringe may not be as air tight when the plunger is in.

That product is a homeopathic treatment, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s 100% safe. I would say to ask your vet before trying to use it on your bunny.

As for the antibiotic, it has only been a few days. I would wait a few more (so it has been a week total). If there has been zero improvement at that time, then I would ask your vet if you…[Read more]

thanks for the support, Bam. I appreciate it. We picked up a few syringes this afternoon. Will see this evening how well it works. Gonna keep my hopes up 🙂

Her name is Luna, I love how she’s half on and half off in her castle.

We’re also seeing different behaviour towards us: she’s constantly asking for attention and even lets me pet her sometimes. She suddenly seems a lot more confident, but I don’t know whether that’s real confidence or pretending because she’s anxious.

I’m going to make the most of it anyway, by giving her attention and making her more comfortable…[Read more]

I’m glad you found pet feeding syringes!

Rabbits tend to forgive and forget once they’re feeling better and nolonger needs being syringe fed. Some rabbits will  become used to being syringe fed, like my Vilde. He even came hopping out into the kitchen when he heard me prepping his CC. He was old though, and on daily CC for a long time, so he had…[Read more]

we have found some pet feeding syringes at a local pet store, and are getting ready to pick them up. really wanted to thank you for taking the time to explain that to me. i really hope these work. oh god, yes i can imagine about the 20 ml. id be so uncomfortable giving my bun that much food at once!! she already hates the cc feedings. i feel like…[Read more]

Yes, you can give more than 5 ml. 5 ml looks like a lot in a syringe but it’s really just a teaspoon. But the first time my vet gave me a pre-filled 20 ml syringe with CC and told me to feed it all to my bun for his evening meal, I was like 😳😳😳 It seemed like a ton of food and my bun was so tiny!

Thank you so much. I’m going to purchase a pet feeding syringe. Glad to know rabbit stomach capacity. I wasn’t giving her more than about 5 ml at a time to be honest, because I didn’t want to force too much on her at once. Sounds like I can give her just a tad more though.

To clarify: After whacking the plunger “bottom” against he table, I push the plunger in until the air gets out. However, if the syringe is intended for medical use (injections), the plunger gasket fits very snuggly, and especially after having been used a few times, the plunger tends to get jammed. It is for this situation that I find lubrication…[Read more]

Whoa, Snöa looks so soft… She shines 😍

Awww, Bunway Airlines has landed ^_^ What’s the name of the craft?

Thanks a lot for this post. Do you mind clarifying one part. You mentioned this:

“When you’ve put the plunger back in, knock the bottom of the plunger against the table decisively, once or a few times. This will make the CC collect at the bottom end of the syringe so you can push out the air pocket that’s now at the top. This obviously wor…[Read more]