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Any tips to get Dash to take his Baytril?!

Summer&Skye

Summer&Skye

Mama Doe
Dash has once again dribbled his medicine rather than swallowing it :( I'm not sure how much he's getting, the vet advised to dilute it with a little water but I'm wondering if I can use something more appealing like pineapple juice? Don't want to affect the medicine in any way but feel like it can't be doing much if hardly any is going in!
 
When Marble was on Metacam last weekend, I blended some carrots with the meds mixed in. I was also putting it on a herb/forage leaf, and wrapping that in another leaf :lol:

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Try mixing it in with a bit of Veg Baby Food. Give it via syringe though. You dont need to add a huge amount of Baby Food, just enough to disguise the taste/smell of the Baytril.

These Baby Foods would be OK and you can buy them in most Supermarkets :

http://shop.ellaskitchen.co.uk/collections/first-tastes/products/carrots-carrots-carrots

http://shop.ellaskitchen.co.uk/collections/stage-1-baby-food/products/spinach-apples-swedes

http://shop.ellaskitchen.co.uk/collections/first-tastes/products/bananas-bananas-bananas
 
Thank you both, I'll try the baby food! I did put some medication on leaves for him once but it was much thicker and less of it from what I remember so it worked better but don't think that would work with Baytril! Hope he takes it a bit better tonight :/
 
Years ago my bridge bun Biscuit had her daily metacam dripped onto a shreedie, not ideal as a rabbit food I know but it soaked it up and she woofed it down.
 
i find that giving in smaller amounts helps if you want to syringe them, as depending on how much volume you are giving, it can be quite a bit to swallow for rabbits. so i give in 0.3ml increments, then let bunny swallow, and then syringe again while still on my lap.

Another is to spread it out over a number of fav things, eg, on a few dandelion or apple leaves and then fold in half the leaf so baytril not exposed to light.

As mentioned, can put it on a shreddie and thats happily eaten. but if youre bunny is a gastro problematic bunny then I would not have this as obviously it is wheat after all.

Another method is putting it over a small teaspoon of oats, and this is good if your bunny has some underweight issues.
 
Jack's-Jane said:
Try mixing it in with a bit of Veg Baby Food. Give it via syringe though. You dont need to add a huge amount of Baby Food, just enough to disguise the taste/smell of the Baytril.

These Baby Foods would be OK and you can buy them in most Supermarkets :

http://shop.ellaskitchen.co.uk/collections/first-tastes/products/carrots-carrots-carrots

http://shop.ellaskitchen.co.uk/collections/stage-1-baby-food/products/spinach-apples-swedes

http://shop.ellaskitchen.co.uk/collections/first-tastes/products/bananas-bananas-bananas
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This suggestion is fantastic - the baby food takes away a lot of the bitter taste.

Alternatively, Nena and Tapla both will take it straight out of a bowl if I mix baytril with some of the carrot baby food and some recovery food. I just give them half a tablespoons worth and they absolutely love it.
 
We'll I tried it with the carrot baby food tonight and I think we managed to get a bit more in his mouth than previous attempts! He does have orange chops now mind u :lol:
 
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