moonturtle
Warren Scout
Bojangles says, "Help me and my mom everyone."
Bo has an eye condition that is normal in rabbits, I cannot remember what it is called. She had surgery to correct it so she would not go blind in her one eye and now has to get ointment in that eye and eye drops in both eyes to keep this from returning quickly (it will return, but we want to keep it at bay.) She had the surgery in April and has been getting the ointment and drops ever since. She is normally really good about it and would let me pick her up and give her the meds with little or no trouble. Recently, she has been fighting me every time she gets the meds. She will run away when I go to pick her up, and when I finally do catch her, she wiggles and squirms and tries to run away. This has just started and the wiggling and squirming leads to scratching and fighting. I have to use a little bit of force to hold her down while I give her the meds. I am scared that she is going to hurt herself or I will accidently hurt her when I am using the force (it is not hard at all, it is just a little pressure to get her to hold still.) What does everyone suggest to get her to be more corporative at medicine time?
Bo has an eye condition that is normal in rabbits, I cannot remember what it is called. She had surgery to correct it so she would not go blind in her one eye and now has to get ointment in that eye and eye drops in both eyes to keep this from returning quickly (it will return, but we want to keep it at bay.) She had the surgery in April and has been getting the ointment and drops ever since. She is normally really good about it and would let me pick her up and give her the meds with little or no trouble. Recently, she has been fighting me every time she gets the meds. She will run away when I go to pick her up, and when I finally do catch her, she wiggles and squirms and tries to run away. This has just started and the wiggling and squirming leads to scratching and fighting. I have to use a little bit of force to hold her down while I give her the meds. I am scared that she is going to hurt herself or I will accidently hurt her when I am using the force (it is not hard at all, it is just a little pressure to get her to hold still.) What does everyone suggest to get her to be more corporative at medicine time?