...before syringing a bunny's medicine, I first gently run my finger across the side of the buns mouth to feel where the corner of the mouth opening is- around this point you can generally feel a gap in the side teeth (take care not to be bitten)- I usually put the tip of the syringe into this point of the mouth,(taking care not to hurt the tongue), and only put a small amount in at a time, withdrawing the syringe each time.
Sometimes my bun prefers one side of the mouth to the other,( though I try to alternate sides of the mouth if medication is long term as the frequent insertion of the syringe at the same spot can sometimes make the mouth sore).
I found if I needed to give the pro-biotic "Biolapis" my bunny would not drink the water when Biolapis was added to it but would lap it up if I mixed the Biolapis in a little warm water and added to HIPP red fruit baby puree, the puree replacing some of the water to make the same Biolapis powder:water ratio. I generally used just half a sachet of Biolapis at a time.(Of course this depends on how your bun tolerates fruit products as some get sticky bums from them).
Sometimes buns prefer one size of syringe to another. When feeding critical care food replacement, although the end nozzle of the 5ml size syringe was the same size as the end nozzle of the 1ml syringe, my bun hated the 5ml one but would take the 1ml one Ok. Again he didn't like the fatter nozzle of the 15ml size syringe.
I found the 15ml syringe useless anyway despite the larger end nozzle,as it seemed to squeeze out the water content leaving half the critical care mix as a hard "plug" in the syringe- has anyone else found this?
(I have no buns here on medication at the moment)
sue
