I took my female rabbit to the vet cause she is running a fever and not eating or drinking and the vet gave me the medicine Doryclychin,(i think thats what it is cause of real sloppy cursev writing on the bottle). He gave it to me and also gave me a dosing syringe and told me to chop up the pill and put it in the syringe with 2 cc of water and dose it to her threw her mouth. Anyways if u have a rabbit u will know that it can be very hard to even find her mouth much less dose her without her spitting it all up, so my question is simple, can i stick the syringe up her butt(JOKE) and it act as a supporisitory without any harm on her and it actually work?
oh yeah, i guess doryclychin is an antibotic.
2007-01-13 12:36:50 · 3 answers · asked by cameljumpdawg 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Yes, I've had rabbits, and they're not the most cooperative of creatures at times. And people think they're so timid and retiring...yeah, right. No, do not go the other route. You know how odd a rabbit's digestive system is, how oddly inefficient? Producing pellets which can be reingested staves off starvation, but it's a peculiar system, and medicine for rabbits probably takes it into account. I think it needs to go through the frontal processing, because their digestive system is so complicated it might or might not be effective-it would never reach the stomach, just be absorbed, with iffy results, into the intestinal tract.
You need to get a buddy to help you medicate your bunny. Wrap her up in a warm moist towel, make a bunny burrito to protect you from those back claws. Tilt her head back, all the way back, she will eventually open-or at least reveal-her mouth. Presumably someone else is holding her, or you are holding and someone else is doing the rest. When you have bunny teeth showing, secure your opening by inserting a wadded up cloth of some tough fabric, maintaining tension backward. Grab your loaded syringe. Manipulate the mouth so that you can get the tip in, from the side will do if you think you can shoot it down the throat. Keep the head back until she swallows-she'll spit some back up, sure, but I think they allow for that honestly. Oh-gravity is your friend here. Whoever delivers the meds needs to do it from above the rabbit, and the rabbit's head extended backward to make a straight line throat to esophageus-hopefully you can make a straight shot.
2007-01-13 13:00:15 · answer #1 · answered by caitkynthei 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, just persevere with the syringe, get help to hold her head back
2007-01-13 20:44:56 · answer #2 · answered by welllaners 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is Doxycycline and it needs to be given orally
2007-01-14 14:43:33 · answer #3 · answered by leftygirl_75 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋