Raf has to have another course of antibiotics, a longer one this time, for his skin infection. Any tips for getting them down a fussy feeder?
Last time we tried molasses on his feed (not ideal, especially when this course will be minimum 2 wks) but he still wouldn’t eat up, I ended up mixing the sachets with water and syringing it, but it was a messy business and prone to spillage and wastage because the powder didn’t mix well with water. The vet said mix with yoghurt and syringe so we did that tonight but it was bl**dy hard work getting it up the syringe - it was a two man job just to operate the syringe and hold the mixing jug steady and because there’s so much powder it needed filling twice. I googled suggestions for getting antibiotics down but didn’t find anything else except mix mint or apple juice with fees, neither of which worked previously, or put in a sandwich, but there’s far too much powder in a sachet for that. Oh, also tried mixing with jam and smearing on his tongue, but again it was very faffy and a two man job, because there is so damn much of it, it takes several applications. Ideally I need something I can do on my own.
Any ideas for a mixer to syringe it, or clever ideas to tempt him to eat it?
Last time we tried molasses on his feed (not ideal, especially when this course will be minimum 2 wks) but he still wouldn’t eat up, I ended up mixing the sachets with water and syringing it, but it was a messy business and prone to spillage and wastage because the powder didn’t mix well with water. The vet said mix with yoghurt and syringe so we did that tonight but it was bl**dy hard work getting it up the syringe - it was a two man job just to operate the syringe and hold the mixing jug steady and because there’s so much powder it needed filling twice. I googled suggestions for getting antibiotics down but didn’t find anything else except mix mint or apple juice with fees, neither of which worked previously, or put in a sandwich, but there’s far too much powder in a sachet for that. Oh, also tried mixing with jam and smearing on his tongue, but again it was very faffy and a two man job, because there is so damn much of it, it takes several applications. Ideally I need something I can do on my own.
Any ideas for a mixer to syringe it, or clever ideas to tempt him to eat it?