crazylady945
Young Bun
Has anyone got any useful tips or advice on how I can get my rabbit to eat her tablet once a day? I need a good way of hiding it, and havent found one yet.
Regards,
Rox, Cin & Gus
Regards,
Rox, Cin & Gus
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What tablet is it?
crazylady945
Young Bun
Antibiotic - Marbocyl. I'm not having much success 
Ah, go back and ask for the liquid form - you can syringe feed it then.
If not, crush it between 2 teaspoons, add some mixed up recovey if you have it - if not mush some pellets up to make a thinnish mix - mix tablet & recovery or mush up and syringe into a 1ml syring and feed in the side of the mouth - making sure bunny does not spit it out.
Do you have syringes etc? Think you need to go back to the vet for some if not so you may as well ask for the liquid form.
If not, crush it between 2 teaspoons, add some mixed up recovey if you have it - if not mush some pellets up to make a thinnish mix - mix tablet & recovery or mush up and syringe into a 1ml syring and feed in the side of the mouth - making sure bunny does not spit it out.
Do you have syringes etc? Think you need to go back to the vet for some if not so you may as well ask for the liquid form.
crazylady945
Young Bun
Just been to the vets today, and I asked her for the med in a different form, and she said the only other alternative is via daily injection. I administer it through syringe, but she hates it, so I'm just trying to get some hints and techniques for a stress free medication time! I have syringes yeah, thanks for the advice
Santa
Wise Old Thumper
There are two tablet methods that work for me.
First is squish it into a little piece of banana...really depends on how big the tablet is and how icky it tastes if the bun crunches into it.
Second, I put it on a teaspoon and drip water onto it until it disintegrates, then I add a couple of drops of echinacea (immune boosting and yummy!) suck it all up into a syringe and feed that. I use this technique with Santa and she will drink it straight out the syringe. There's a bit of an art to getting the consistency right, as the tablets I have (metronidazole) don't actually dissolve, so you need to have the right amount of liquid that the bits drop down to the bottom of the syringe - and also give it slowly so that the bits fall to the bottom of the syringe and out rather than ending up stuck in the end of the syringe, if you see what I mean!
First is squish it into a little piece of banana...really depends on how big the tablet is and how icky it tastes if the bun crunches into it.
Second, I put it on a teaspoon and drip water onto it until it disintegrates, then I add a couple of drops of echinacea (immune boosting and yummy!) suck it all up into a syringe and feed that. I use this technique with Santa and she will drink it straight out the syringe. There's a bit of an art to getting the consistency right, as the tablets I have (metronidazole) don't actually dissolve, so you need to have the right amount of liquid that the bits drop down to the bottom of the syringe - and also give it slowly so that the bits fall to the bottom of the syringe and out rather than ending up stuck in the end of the syringe, if you see what I mean!
