So Matilda is still on doxy and baytril by mouth for a little bit under a week longer. At first, she would be totally suprised when I picked her up by the scruff. She froze like instantly and I just pressed the syrine in behind her inscisors and the whole process lasted maybe 30 seconds. After that, she got a licking for the taste of it(one is pina colada, the other is tutti frutti) and licked it off the tip of the syringe while I slowly let drops out. Now, she decided she only likes the baytril, and hates the doxy. So she licks the baytril off of the tip, but turns into a total jerk when I try to give her the baytril. I pick her up by the scruff so I can see her mouth and all, gently and sitting on my lap, close to my body. She stays still, then just as I get the syringe near her mouth, she jerks her body around. She keeps doing this, so I have to keep dropping and picking her up again. Or just as I release the meds, she snaps her head away and I end up pouring it into her fur. :gaah:
It wouldn't be a problem, except that it takes like 15 minutes, and I have to give it to her twice a day with a 12 hour interval. So once before school, where I'm always in a hurry and fearful over missing my bus.
Does anyone know of a better way of doing this? I think she gets scared when I hold her by the scruff, but I don't know how else. I've tried to hold her by the body, but that gives her twice as much freedom to spin her head around. I can't mix it in her water- she needs both twice a day, and it takes her like three weeks to finish a water bottle. I can't really mix it with food, unless I feed her baby food or something else that's soft twice a day, and make sure she eats it all. Also, why did she stop licking the doxycyciline all of a sudden? She used to just lick it right off! :gaah:
It wouldn't be a problem, except that it takes like 15 minutes, and I have to give it to her twice a day with a 12 hour interval. So once before school, where I'm always in a hurry and fearful over missing my bus.
Does anyone know of a better way of doing this? I think she gets scared when I hold her by the scruff, but I don't know how else. I've tried to hold her by the body, but that gives her twice as much freedom to spin her head around. I can't mix it in her water- she needs both twice a day, and it takes her like three weeks to finish a water bottle. I can't really mix it with food, unless I feed her baby food or something else that's soft twice a day, and make sure she eats it all. Also, why did she stop licking the doxycyciline all of a sudden? She used to just lick it right off! :gaah:
