How to Administer Oral Supplements to Your Pet
March 28th, 2009
Learning how to easily give oral supplements (and medications when needed) to a pet is a helpful trick to know. Use the following tips to help you give either liquids or pills to your pet.
Liquids
Step 1: Restrain the pet. If the pet is hard to handle, you may need help restraining it.
Step 1a: Relieve the pet’s apprehension by talking quietly and reassuringly.
Step 1b: Slip one arm under the pet’s neck, holding its throat gently in the crook of your arm. Be sure the pet can breathe easily.
Step 1c: Pass the other arm over or under the middle of the pet, using gentle but firm pressure to hold its body against yours.
Step 1d: If necessary, apply a mouth-tie loosely so there is only slight jaw movement.
Step 2: Gently tip the pet’s head slightly backward.
Step 3: Pull the pet’s lower lip out at the corner to make a pouch.
Step 4: Using a plastic eyedropper or dose syringe, place the fluid a little at a time into the pouch, allowing each small amount to be swallowed before giving any more of the dose. (As a side note, all orders of Poly-MVA for Pets include a dropper upon request.)
Step 5: Gently rub the pet’s throat to stimulate swallowing.
Pills
Step 1: Restrain the pet. If the pet is hard to handle, you may need help restraining it.
Step 1a: Relieve the pet’s apprehension by talking quietly and reassuringly.
Step 2: Grasp the pet’s upper jaw with one hand over its muzzle.
Step 3: Press the pet’s lips over the upper teeth by pressing your thumb on one side and your fingers on the other so the pet’s lips are between its teeth and your fingers. Apply firm pressure to force its mouth open.
Step 4: Hold the pill between the thumb and index finger of your other hand, and place the pill as far back in the pet’s mouth as possible.
Step 5: Gently rub the pet’s throat to stimulate swallowing.
An alternate and popular method is to hide the pill in a yummy treat.
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