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Health / Giving medication
« on: December 28, 2006, 07:31:50 PM »
Does anyone have some suggestions on how best to give a Chin her meds? My girl Totoro has 3 medications (antibiotic, probiotic and a third, for a respiratory infection), as well as Critical Care food she's suposed to be taking by oral syringe. The vet suggested wrapping her in a towel to feed her.
Long story short, she hated it. Wrestling an angry, scared, and sniffly chin wrapped in a towel in one hand and a syringe of pink medicine in the other was... shall we say, trying. Is there a better method of holding her still to feed her? I feel like she also got too hot being wrapped up like that. I gave her frequent breaks to sit on her chinchiller.
Lastly, the probiotic is quite... gooey. It made it so the small syringe wouldn't slide easily, and I ended up accidentaly shoving a bunch in her mouth at once when the plunger suddenly unstuck, I felt so bad.
Any ideas on how to make this easier on her would be quite appreciated.
Long story short, she hated it. Wrestling an angry, scared, and sniffly chin wrapped in a towel in one hand and a syringe of pink medicine in the other was... shall we say, trying. Is there a better method of holding her still to feed her? I feel like she also got too hot being wrapped up like that. I gave her frequent breaks to sit on her chinchiller.
Lastly, the probiotic is quite... gooey. It made it so the small syringe wouldn't slide easily, and I ended up accidentaly shoving a bunch in her mouth at once when the plunger suddenly unstuck, I felt so bad.
Any ideas on how to make this easier on her would be quite appreciated.