From:
Lisa Shortley
Date: 2001-11-02 15:01:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Compounding Metranidazole
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., katharine <katharine@n...> wrote:
> Michele wrote:
>I tried your technique a while ago. Didn't work a bit better. They
just didn't want to take it.
Hi Katherine,
I'm just wondering, is it possible that your ferrets are relating the
medication syringe to something icky and that's why they're fighting
you so much? They might not even be willing to give it a chance
given what they've gotten from the syringe in the past? Just an
idea! You might want to try scruffing them and giving them a syringe
with only ferretone in it a couple times to show them that medication
syringes aren't always full of horrible stuff. That might help them
to be a little more willing to at least try it.
I usually give my guys chasers of ferretone right after the
medication as well - just to make sure that I don't leave the nasty
taste in their mouths.
Lisa