Giving Medication by Mouth

by Teresa on 16/11/09 at 11:58 am

He has a respiratory infection that’s left him completely uninterested in his grain-and-antibiotic mixture. She’s a notoriously fussy eater who turns up her nose at a doctored dinner, no matter how well you’ve hidden the thyroid medication under the applesauce. Lacking the ability to convince a horse to take his medicine for his own good, every caretaker needs to be familiar with a safe, effective technique for giving oral medications via syringe. A practiced syringe-delivery technique will ensure that full doses are ingested with minimum fuss and that none of the medication winds up on the stall floor or your shirt.

With the help of a tasty “vehicle,” just about any crushed pill or powder can be loaded into a syringe and given orally. Coated or other specially treated pills may need to be given whole, however, so ask your veterinarian if grinding them is acceptable.  Details

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