On Tuesday I took my one guinea pig dumpling to the vet because she was breathing heavy and sounded congested. My vet put her on a seven day course of meds twice a day. At the hospital I was able to administer the meds easy and she didn't fight it and gobbled the cherry flavor right up. But after that first dose she has been getting increasingly worse with taking the meds. I make her take it but I feel bad having to basically hold her down and put the syringe in her mouth. Once she gets the liquid in she licks and swallows but I have to squirt it into her mouth first.
Does anyone have any tricks to getting her to take the meds? I've given meds to pigs before but they never put up a fight about it. I've tried letting her lick at the syringe and holding her but she refuses. I just don't want her to be afraid of me after the seven days are up because I have to force feed her it.
Thanks
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Does anyone have any tricks to getting her to take the meds? I've given meds to pigs before but they never put up a fight about it. I've tried letting her lick at the syringe and holding her but she refuses. I just don't want her to be afraid of me after the seven days are up because I have to force feed her it.
Thanks
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