RE: Need help giving medicine

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RE: Need help giving medicine

02/25/2008 at 2:04 PM

RabbitPam

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I had to give Spockie a syringe of metacam (sp? The pain killer for his leg) once a day for months. He took it like a trooper, but several pointers:

1. They mixed it with apple flavor to make it taste better. Sounds like Gerald likes the basic taste so OK there.
2. A syringe goes into their mouths more easily from the side. At the tip of their smile. Do the same side each time. It kind of slips in next to his back teeth, and JSS would lick his tongue and I’d see him swallowing.
3. Give it to him first, when he’s the most hungry, before any food. Then either breakfast right away after that or a little treat. Same with dinnertime, or when he’s begging for a treat.
4. I sat next to him on the floor just outside his cage door. I held him against my thigh with one hand, and circled him with the other bringing the syringe up to his mouth from the back/side. He knew he had to take it, so he got it overwith. Circling with your legs is similar.