Good morning! Recently, our little Bandit has had several issues requiring medicines that come in a pill form. He's a stubborn little bugger and I'm having a terrible time giving him his meds. I've tried to crush them and mix it up with wet food (he eats dry currently but loves the occassional wet food treat) but he can smell it and won't eat it. I've try to dilute it and use a syringe to get it down. I've tried to use a pill gun and that doesn't work.
I do wrap him up like a burrito to keep him from moving much but he can wiggle out of just about everything. He's learned to use his tongue to block the back of his throat when I use the pill gun and then just foams like crazy when I try to close his mouth around it.
I'm not sure what else to do. I had to go got the vet yesterday to see if they could show me new ways but after 2 vet techs and myself trying to get the job done, it still wasn't working. This one particular pill is an antibiotic for a stomach bacteria he got from our puppy that the vet broke in half for us to give him.
Any suggestions or hints that have worked for you? The vet techs did say that they have a compound that they could try to use to make the flavor better - now why they didn't offer that up front, I have no idea.
Thanks!
I do wrap him up like a burrito to keep him from moving much but he can wiggle out of just about everything. He's learned to use his tongue to block the back of his throat when I use the pill gun and then just foams like crazy when I try to close his mouth around it.
I'm not sure what else to do. I had to go got the vet yesterday to see if they could show me new ways but after 2 vet techs and myself trying to get the job done, it still wasn't working. This one particular pill is an antibiotic for a stomach bacteria he got from our puppy that the vet broke in half for us to give him.
Any suggestions or hints that have worked for you? The vet techs did say that they have a compound that they could try to use to make the flavor better - now why they didn't offer that up front, I have no idea.
Thanks!