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> From: [log in to unmask] (Genevieve Crabe)
> Date:   Sun, 29 May 1994 19:57:31 -0400
> Subject: Giving Medication
> Submitted-Date: Sun May 29 20:26:45 EDT 1994
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if any of you have some good tricks for giving
> tablets or powdered medication.
>
> We're getting desperate; she has to be on this medication for
> some time, so we need a better method.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Genevieve & Cliff, and ferrets Pixie and Max
 
        Well the only way I can get Mako to take any medicine at all
is to break it up mix it with banana and fill a syringe with it. Then
of course comes the fun part.  Scruff the ferret and force feed him.
I have to do this with cat lax as well.  They say put a dab on their
foot or under belly.  The only thing this does is cause a mess.  They
head straight for the litter box and try to wipe it off using the litter.
 
        Hope this helps.
 
        Brad, Mako, and Sebastian.
 
        P.S.  your vet should give you one free of charge.
 
[Posted in FML issue 0846]