THE BURRITO TECHNIQUE AND MORE
Give Your Pet Meds Without a Struggle
Bringing your pet home from the vet with a prescription is a relief for many pet owners. But there’s another hurdle: How can you get your pet to take the meds? The first rule for medicating your pet at home is to stay calm. If you’re anxious or impatient, the effort will likely go poorly. Here are two techniques that work well for furry friends of all kinds.
and deposit the pill as far back on their tongue as possible. Then, gently close their muzzle and stroke their throat. Mixing liquid medications with food also works well for most dogs. If your dog hesitates to eat the medicated food, try sitting on the floor behind your dog, positioning them facing forward, and squirting the liquid slowly from a syringe into the side of their mouth, allowing your pet to swallow between squirts.
UnNtiloFtiucrether then administer the medication. Hold their mouth closed and blow lightly on their nose to stimulate swallowing. Different pets respond differently to various techniques. If one approach doesn’t work, take a break and try a different one until you find the best approach for you and your pet! liquid into the side of your pet’s mouth and hold them in the towel until the medicine has gone down. Since cats are especially sensitive to taste, some medicine can be compounded into a treat or liquid flavored with chicken, fish, or another appealing flavor. For capsules or pills, ask your vet if they can be opened or crushed into a powder. If so, mix the powder with wet cat food or a puréed cat treat. If the meds must be whole, hide them in food or a Pill Pocket. If you use a pill popper, tilt your cat’s head gently toward the ceiling, press their lower lip and front teeth to open their mouth, Due to a staffing shortage, SCVC will be closed on Saturdays until further notice. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
USE CAMOUFLAGE For dogs, try hiding pills, capsules, or powdered meds in a small amount of canned dog food or a pill pocket. If your dog spits it out, move to plan B — a pill dispenser or popper. Pull back the plunger, secure the
THE BURRITO METHOD As always, cats pose different issues. To administer liquids, load
the dose into a syringe, sit behind your cat, and gently wrap them in a towel, face out, like a burrito. Then slowly squirt the
pill inside the flexible mouth of the device, hold your dog’s mouth open,
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