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Post by gazer on Dec 19, 2012 9:00:36 GMT -5
Cara has been prescribed Propalin syrup as she has spay incontinence. At the moment she's on Incurin tablets which are not quite cutting it and we cannot up the dose on these. Anyway the problem is my little sweetie piddly pie will not take the Propalin on her food, it's ony a few mls drawn up with the syringe provided with the bottle but she hates it and as a result I'm struggling. Anyone had experience of giving liquid to a dog, how can I disguise it. Cara has become a bit picky over her food in recent times, breakfast is the worst meal so I've cut that back, she seems completely anti kibble at the moment too  This morning she ate a scrambled egg with some spam luncheon meat on top, some got eaten but she craftily ate round where I had put the Propalin. Food ideas as well please, as I've never had bad eaters before, the other 3 are complete gannets  Thanks in advance Jacqui |
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Post by mimimouse on Dec 19, 2012 9:12:03 GMT -5
I just syringe it into mine if they need meds that way I know they have had it otherwise they get crafty and do the same as Cara and eat round it.Chicken never fails for fussy eaters in our house or some frexh pet mince from the butchers
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Post by mrhoads on Dec 19, 2012 9:24:01 GMT -5
Tigger was on propalin for years.
We used to get cheap luncheon meats, dab the propalin along the edge, and then roll the whole thing into a cigar with the propalin in the middle. She would suck the whole thing up (quite handy as she only had 8 teeth at that point!
Bernard Matthews Turkey Ham was her favourite! ;D
I'm not sure if Cara would fall for this, but my sense was that the propalin was unpleasant stuff.
X Mary
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Post by Rachel and Daisy on Dec 19, 2012 9:25:03 GMT -5
I would do the same as Minimouse. If its in a syringe I would just squirt it very quickly into the corner of the mouth aimed at the back of her mouth. If you pair doing it with giving her something knock out tasty that she loves she may not get to be suspicious every time you approach the fridge but it just depends on just how much she hates it.
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Post by barbaranixon on Dec 19, 2012 10:27:17 GMT -5
After having a very fussy dog, who needed heartmeds, I discovered pate and have used it ever since.
Atopica capsules stink, so must taste vile, but Teddy happily swallows one inside a pate ball. Being slippery it slides down the throat quickly, too. For a liquid, you could role a small ball, make a little hole in it, insetrt the liquid and smear over the hole.
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Post by deborahburt on Dec 19, 2012 10:38:19 GMT -5
I used to squirt the liquid onto a piece of bread and then spread alittle butter over it. Couldn't squirt into Zara Loolar's mouth,she was far too suspicious  |
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Post by andywillow on Dec 19, 2012 10:50:50 GMT -5
I do the same as Helen and just squirt it down their throats, I have to do the same with Flag as she is so suspicious even with meds that are supposedly odourless and tasteless |
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Post by gazer on Dec 19, 2012 11:06:57 GMT -5
I tried squirting it straight into her mouth last night after not eating tea................I have never seen a dog make so much fuss, she sneezed and shook her head and made the most disgusting noises like I had tried to poison her These hounds can be devious and suspicious can't they, I guess it'll be trial and error 'til I find something to suit, bread may work and she'll eat luncheon meat or spam, pate might work as well. It's almost comical when she just sits so defiantly in front of her bowl looking up at me as if to say "I don't want this, it tastes funny, take me to the fridge immediately, I know you got other stuff in there"  Bless her |
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Post by barbaranixon on Dec 19, 2012 12:31:58 GMT -5
My big cavalier boy, Monty, would sometimes appear to take a tablet nicely, then spit it out minutes later.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2012 13:52:47 GMT -5
I had to give all Cleo's tables straight down her throat - liquid in a syringe twice a day and another 9 tablets - nothing fooled her and it was the only way.
I regularly got bitten though ... ;D
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Post by Rachel and Daisy on Dec 19, 2012 14:34:25 GMT -5
"I don't want this, it tastes funny, take me to the fridge immediately, I know you got other stuff in there" Sorry, but this made me wee with laughter - seriously tho, good luck with it all  |
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Post by gazer on Dec 19, 2012 14:35:16 GMT -5
I had to give all Cleo's tables straight down her throat - liquid in a syringe twice a day and another 9 tablets - nothing fooled her and it was the only way. I regularly got bitten though ... ;D Flippin 'eck, 9 tablets and liquid Cara should be a doddle really then shouldn't she |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2012 15:21:58 GMT -5
Have you tried it in milk (full fat ) Pixie used to love her little bowl of milk twice a day (with Propalin) |
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Post by Nettie on Dec 19, 2012 16:17:57 GMT -5
Pate or soft cheese you can mould should work. I'd squirt the syrup into the middle of the 'lure' and then roll it up so its in the centre, she probably won't notice then.
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Post by vickyb on Dec 19, 2012 18:00:54 GMT -5
On a blob of salmon sandwich spread? it's smelly which might help.
Trixie had it for years and Maddie is on it now but luckily I never had a problem, just put it on their food and they didn't seem to notice the difference. Cream cheese, peanut butter, sardines?
Never found incurin did much, although Trix had a bad spell and had both once but the drops always worked better. There isn't a tablet equivolent to the drops is there? never heard of one though.
Ours like Wagg gravy granules (P@H or Morrisons) just like normal ones but obviously for dogs and they wolf their food when it's on it. I dilute it more than it says or go through it at lightening speed.
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