What about using a small turkey baster/eyedropper (I don't know how much 4ccs is) and dipping the end in something he likes like a fruit flavored jelly or something to get him to open his mouth for it. Might work the first few times before he catches on.
If you think getting medicine into a ferret is hard, try an unwilling rat.
Use squishy food your ferret likes, and mix the medicine in. Stinky wet dog or cat food, maybe? I'm unfamiliar with ferrets' diets. For my rats I use babyfood, Nutrical (a high-calorie suppliment), scrambled eggs, pudding or non-dairy yoghurt, mashed potatoes - basically you want anything liquid enough to mix a small amount with the medicine and make it more palatable.
Just don't use anything dairy, as some antibiotics react badly with dairy.
Vets often have flavour syrups they can use for the suspensions as well, you may want to request that in the future. They probably have tuna fish or something a fert would eat.
I worked at a lab in highschool once were they gave me some old breeder mice to practice giving medicine to, and I could never hold on to them right. SO wiggly!
The vet said we have to give Bobby the antibiotics directly. I put some Ferrettone on the tip of the syringe now and he doesn't wig out as much now.
That's really surprising. I've never heard of a medicine that couldn't be mixed in food. The only problems I've ever encountered with it are dairy things because they can react with some medications. What antibiotic is it?
I've got a rat on steroids now that's teetering between "is she going to get better again" and having to have her euthanized. She'll barely eat anything, even treats, fortunately I'm giving her meds as a 2x month injection instead. =[
I had to give my rabbit that stuff. It a little toob that looks liek a shit. eused to wrap him up in a blanket tight so all his little paws wouldn't go all over the place and one person held hom and rubbed his head where he liked it, then ther person giving him the stuff heald his head snd propped his mouth open with their finger ((EEK! Sharp teeth!) And we just did that untill he licked it all off.
I am sorry to heare that you baby's sick. It's really not fun. We also had to mash up some pills for his infection and fead it to him with banana.
We can't give him too many sweets cause ferret's bodies can easily get insoluma or a certain kind of ferret diabetes. Their bodies are made for meat. The blanket is a good idea though.
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I'm pretty sure the standard procedure to get any animal, including humans, to ingest something is to hid in it's food, but I might be wrong...
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Use squishy food your ferret likes, and mix the medicine in. Stinky wet dog or cat food, maybe? I'm unfamiliar with ferrets' diets. For my rats I use babyfood, Nutrical (a high-calorie suppliment), scrambled eggs, pudding or non-dairy yoghurt, mashed potatoes - basically you want anything liquid enough to mix a small amount with the medicine and make it more palatable.
Just don't use anything dairy, as some antibiotics react badly with dairy.
Vets often have flavour syrups they can use for the suspensions as well, you may want to request that in the future. They probably have tuna fish or something a fert would eat.
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The vet said we have to give Bobby the antibiotics directly. I put some Ferrettone on the tip of the syringe now and he doesn't wig out as much now.
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I've got a rat on steroids now that's teetering between "is she going to get better again" and having to have her euthanized. She'll barely eat anything, even treats, fortunately I'm giving her meds as a 2x month injection instead. =[
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Sorry about your rat. :(
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I am sorry to heare that you baby's sick. It's really not fun. We also had to mash up some pills for his infection and fead it to him with banana.
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