Good news/not so good news

[ksmith]

Good news--Gaby is perking up. She ate enough duck heart treats to count as about half a meal, along with a dose of painkiller.

Not so good news--I tried to put an antibiotic capsule down her throat, and received a show of teeth for my trouble. I understand that she's not herself and she was likely still hurting, and she hated it when I put the metro down her throat back when her gut was acting up. But teeth aren't good, and I am at a loss about how to get this damned stuff into her. Encasing it in a wad of food would work great with King, but she would lick off the food and leave the capsule, assuming she was interested in the food. I tried adding white rice to her lunch, and she left it scattered all over the floor.

If the vet would show me, I would just give her an injection every day.

Comments

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I do need to train her to let me pill her. Thanks for the training tips.

The ceph is bitter--I was concerned that she wouldn't eat the amount of food necessary to compensate for the drug taste, but all I can do is try.

10 days of this...

[slave2tehtink.livejournal.com]

Something else to keep in mind is that she isn't Tink, by which I mean the antibiotics may be kind of incidental and unnecessary in the long run. If she will let you do hot compresses on it so much the better, if you can order Chlorhexidine to make the hot compresses with, really even better.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Vet told me that they were a precaution. The wound appeared clean, but we didn't know what cut Gaby and Vet couldn't be sure there was no infection present. I think Gaby would allow hot compresses. Anything but pilling, apparently.

More on next rock.