Fluff just out of the vet clinic and still asleep emitted small growling years that looked like pain. The day before she had been sterilized. In a few more hours, Samantha López, the owner of the dog, had to comply with medical instructions and give him the medicines.
It seemed like an easy task. Fluff had always been a docile pet, so her owner first thought of convincing her by putting some of the antibiotic in one of those nutritional drinks she always devoured. He took a little and didn’t want any more. He approached again.
He had to give her a pill then and this time he wanted to trick her, putting the pill in the middle of a piece of bread. I ate almost everything, minus the piece that medicine had.
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Like the convention? He thought it best to grab her, open her snout, and put the pill in her. He succeeded, but he earned a bite.
Veterinarian Paúl Rivadeneira Macías recalls that it is important to ensure a good response from patients, so they must be consumed properly and in its entirety the medicine that is prescribed.
“In the case of tablets, capsules or tablets, can be ground, cut or diluted with water, juices, pâtés or concealers in fruit, chicken or meat and even in some edible prize that is pleasant for our pets, avoiding sausages or spicy foods ”, he explains.
If what is to be given is a liquid remedy, there are options such as freezing the dose that will touch you and administering it “camouflaged” with a product. It can also be placed on the corner of the lip with the help of a syringe, keeping the snout always tied upwards. The most important thing is not to force them, he says.
Gabriela Alvear, who volunteers in animal foundations, also applies some tricks, which vary from case to case.
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“In dogs, I open the trumpet with one hand and with the other I put the pill at the bottom of the throat to swallow,” he says. What if they spit it out? Do the same process, trying not to hurt them, repeat.
And although there are some who are more reluctant to take their medicine, giving them is not so complicated like when it comes to cats.
The effort is a little longer. He takes them by the back and with the other hand pushes the pill into the tube. “There are some who do not give up, who are hurray. It’s up to me to wrap them in sheets and make them like a block to immobilize the legs, I calm them down and then I give them the medicine. ”, explain.
Professionals recommend that the pet owner is calm, otherwise it will be more complicated to give him the medicine.
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Dr. Ángela Rodríguez says for cats, when you can’t fool yourself with food, the pill can be given with devices that are used for it or, if you don’t have it in your hand, with an eyebrow clamp. The tablet is inserted as far as it can, without sticking your fingers in. Then, they can give you some food or water for the pill to enter the body.
If what needs to be supplied is a suspension, to hide the taste you can put some honey on it to hide the bitter taste.
You will have to try everything as the case may be, pues as in humans, it is necessary to supply the entire prescribed dose.