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If any of you have to give syringe antibiotics in the future this is a little video I had my husband record tonight while I was doing Quinn's medicine. We kind of rushed through the actual medicine giving part, as we have to with our huffy little dude, but I basically just put the end of the syringe up to his lip and wait for a moment to squirt it in when he opens his mouth. (Squirt at an angle, not down the back of their throats choking/gagging them!) If he won't open, I'll squirt a little onto his lips and wait for him to open his mouth to lick it and then give him the full syringe. The towel method really helps me because of my allergy to his quills and because it immobilizes his head and paws for the most part. If I'm doing it wrong, let me know, but this works for me and he's not getting too hurt or traumatized!
http://youtu.be/FB_t9NGfGM0
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Some more information about syringing (for meds or food)
- With meds, it can be helpful to mix them with baby food to help disguise the taste (especially if they're not already flavored). Chicken or turkey baby foods are often well-liked, as are carrots, peas, and sweet potatoes. The meat baby foods will probably need to be watered down a little bit to go through the syringe easily. First suck up the medicine (to get a correct measurement), then suck up some baby food (not a ton or it'll be hard to get it all in) and lightly shake the syringe to mix them. - Here's a thread with some recommendations for soft diets that can be syringe-fed to sick hedgehogs: https://www.hedgehogcentral.com/forum...endations.html Hills A/D and Carnivore Care are two great options that you can get from your vet. Both are meant to be syringed to sick animals. - If you're syringe-feeding a sick hedgie or one that's on food strike, aim to get around 24 mL of food into them each day, or as close to that as you can. The general rule of thumb is 1 mL/hour - so if you get 4 mL into them in a feeding, you can wait 4 hours to try again. This can be worked with around work/school schedules as well. Some advice from Kalandra: Quote:
- Experiment with different size syringes. Some hedgehogs may like a bigger syringe (5- or 10-mL) so you don't have to stop & refill as often. Just make sure to go slow with bigger syringes, as the food comes out faster. Some may prefer a smaller syringe (1- or 3-mL) so they're not getting as much food at once. (Personally for Lily, I used 1-mL and filled 3-4 syringes at once so I could keep going as long as she'd let me.) - Probiotics can help a hedgehog that's on antibiotics. Antibiotics can kill the good bacteria in the digestive system in addition to the infection they're meant to fight, giving the hedgehog green poops. Probiotics help restore good bacteria to the gut. Small animal Bene-bac or human acidophilus can be used. Try to give probiotics a couple hours before or after antibiotics, to avoid having the medicine kill the good bacteria. Bene-bac dosage (from Nikki): Quote:
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Great job. I made it a sticky.
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Another video, more for cuteness than for actual help with anything... this is me giving Quinn his daily Benebac which is a probiotic that comes in a GIANT tube and is about 4 times as much medicine as what I give him with his antibiotic. We usually succeed in getting it all over him, and this video is no different. If any of you are better at it, let me know!
http://youtu.be/-PORTX89kUk
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Izzy is on benebac too. But I usually put the measured amount on my finger and then push it through the tip of the feeding syringe (she was being syringed a/d too). Izzy didn't take benebac well. I also did have some success smearing the benebac on mealworms and then feeding those. That was after her appetite came back. I found that if I tried to give her just benebac, she would spit the glob out. I had a little success smearing it under her lip, against her teeth. She wouldn't open up for benebac.
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Hi there,
My hedgehog Ember doesn't ball up like most of the hedgehogs i've seen in medicine/liquid feeding tutorial videos. Actually he never has balled up since a baby...so when I flip him on his back or tip him he just flails around and squirms a lot. He has two oral medications to take and I am at a loss as to how to give them to him best since he doesn't ball up and cant really be held in such a way to control his hog head. I feel like I am stressin him out way too much ![]() Last edited by Crazyhoglette; 05-23-2014 at 06:10 AM. |
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