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Using canned pumpkin and baby food to make oral antibiotics more appealing Giving long-term oral medications to a struggling rabbit can be a stressful ordeal for both you and your rabbit. You can make the medicine more appealing to an uncooperative rabbit by mixing it with baby food or plain canned pumpkin (NOT pumpkin pie filling). Keep in mind that you do not want to unnecessarily add sugar - even natural sugar - to an ill rabbit's digestive system. Squash and canned pumpkin have little natural sugar and are, therefore, better choices than carrots or apples.
Some rabbits will even readily eat oral antibiotics mixed with an appealing flavour, such as pumpkin or baby food, directly from a saucer, making a syringe unnecessary.
NOTE: Always ask your vet if the medication you are using can be mixed with another liquid. |
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a brand of baby food that uses no salt, sugar or other additives. Mix
liquid or powder medications with 0.5 to1 tsp. of baby food. Dilute the
baby food with water prior to mixing, if necessary, to allow it to easily
flow through the syringe. Always place the syringe tip sideways in the
rabbit's mouth (behind the incisors), never facing towards the throat
as the rabbit may aspirate. Squeeze only while the rabbit is licking and
ingesting the liquid, and stop squeezing when he takes a break.
