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Help giving meds

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Question
Hello,
Can anyone help me, my rabbit just had surgery, (she was spayed).  Now there are three drugs she has to take by mouth in liquid form.  She hates it a lot.  I can only get .1 cc a time then she gets very agiated and will not even sniff it for minutes at a time.  I was able to get in pain medice but that only .2 cc.  Now the antibiotics I have to give you 1 cc.  (just tried giving her an apple piece, she likes those, then a little antibiotic on the apple and she instanlty hops away) Thats a whole surgenge. I dont know what do it.  Any ideas or tricks please help. Thank you.  

Answer
Unfortunately your rabbit is not the first and will not be the last to not want to take their medication.  There's some information at http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/medicating.html

One option is to take a towel and wrap her up in it like she is a baby.  Then her feet are trapped inside the towel and all she can do is move her head.  Stick the syringe in from the side of the mouth and get it behind the front teeth, and see if you can get some in that way.  

Another option is to sneak up behind her, trap her between your feet, and stick in the syringe.

You have to be very creative and sneaky, because whatever you do they still aren't going to want to take it.

A lot of people find the towel method works best.

Kim