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Ideas for "disguising"meds

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hoppetylop

Mama Doe
Does anyone have any ideas on how I can disguise 2mls of Metacam in food.Its quite a lot of liquid and my bun is one of the few who doesn't like Metacam.

So far weve tried:bread,shreddies,Ellas kitchen apple baby food,pellets,putting it on parsley and basil

We had initial success with bread but now he refuses all of the above.:roll:

Thanks
 
Are you using the Cat Metacam ? If so asking to have the Dog Metacam prescribed instead would mean you dont have to give such a large amount as the Dog Metacam is a stronger concentration of active ingredient. Then maybe you could administer it directly into his mouth via a syringe.
 
I will watch this thread with interest as I have this problem with Bentley. He finds the smell and taste of the dog Metacam completely repellent. I am usually OK at syringing meds on my own, even with an awkward patient, but Bentley is a conti and even with two of us administering it, we cannot get it into him.

I have tried hiding it in food, but he can smell it. We have even tried tablets as they have a different taste/smell, but he won't have them either. I haven't tried Ellas kitchen baby food, so will give that a go.
 
hoppetylop said:
Does anyone have any ideas on how I can disguise 2mls of Metacam in food.Its quite a lot of liquid and my bun is one of the few who doesn't like Metacam.

So far weve tried:bread,shreddies,Ellas kitchen apple baby food,pellets,putting it on parsley and basil

We had initial success with bread but now he refuses all of the above.:roll:

Thanks
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That's an awful lot of Metacam! I bite the bullet and syringe it directly into their mouths, and then give a treat immediately afterwards ...
 
Tracy said:
I will watch this thread with interest as I have this problem with Bentley. He finds the smell and taste of the dog Metacam completely repellent. I am usually OK at syringing meds on my own, even with an awkward patient, but Bentley is a conti and even with two of us administering it, we cannot get it into him.

I have tried hiding it in food, but he can smell it. We have even tried tablets as they have a different taste/smell, but he won't have them either. I haven't tried Ellas kitchen baby food, so will give that a go.
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Metacam via SQ injection ?
 
Jack's-Jane said:
Metacam via SQ injection ?
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I asked about that, but Bentley will need it for arthritis so it's not possible because of skin reactions from long term use. He is doing OK for now, but it's a big worry for the future as I am eventually going to have to get it into him somehow.
 
Tracy said:
I asked about that, but Bentley will need it for arthritis so it's not possible because of skin reactions from long term use. He is doing OK for now, but it's a big worry for the future as I am eventually going to have to get it into him somehow.
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Oh , I didn't realise it was a longterm issue.
 
Jack's-Jane said:
Are you using the Cat Metacam ? If so asking to have the Dog Metacam prescribed instead would mean you dont have to give such a large amount as the Dog Metacam is a stronger concentration of active ingredient. Then maybe you could administer it directly into his mouth via a syringe.
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Im not sure Jane as its not in the original bottle but it must be the cat one.I will ask about that.
 
I've never tried it myself but I've always wondered whether squirting into the middle of a grape would work? Perhaps a small grape where they might nibble it all rather than having to nibble it into pieces, and that way perhaps more of it would go into them? Blueberries possibly?

I used to mix recovery food with ella's kitchen baby food to create a little lump of yummy stuff and that would hide it fairly well. Perhaps worth a try also :lol:?
 
Thankyou Yaretzi I will see if he will have it like that.

Hes been on lots of meds-sometimes 4 or 5 different ones at a time- for many months which ive been syringing into his mouth but I wanted to try this as hes only on Metacam for now and he is abit fed up with meds in general!
 
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