Saturday, June 11, 2011

Giving piggies medicines by syringe

Actually we do not want to cooperate for this post, but as it's sometimes important to get medicines inside us, we are writing a post about
"How do slaves give unwilling piggies their medicines?"

Many piggie meds are in a fluid form, and can be given by syringe (without a needle!)
How do the slaves get it there?
Our guinea pig guru Peter Gurney tells us to wrap the piggy in a towel.
We do not use his exact way. Here is a more general description by Peter on how to get meds in the guinea pig.
Most important point about syringe feeding, administer slowly! Do not squirt the whole syringe content in our mouths in one go!
Also a tip from dad, direct the syringe towards the cheeks, so you don't get the meds squirted in the back of your throat.
We are put on a towel, the back will be wrapped over our butt, this way we can't back up. Then the sides are wrapped around us.
This should look something like this...
Daisy demonstrates...
Some of us will refuse the syringe, that's why it is important to wrap us up tightly. Try to get our little front paws in as well, cause we can use them to wriggle out of slaves grip...
Lily being a really sweet pig most of the time,
detests the syringe!
Some pigs do not seem to mind the syringe at all, or will get used to it after a while. Our Chico is one of those model pigizens, even grabbing the syringe for more..
Chico looks quite relaxed when taking his meds,
(usually) there's no need for wrapping him!

More tips for administering medicines also in powder or pill form are welcome!
For the slaves that is...

So all be good pigs when taking your meds!

Agents Wheeker, Lily'explorer and Valentino
Is he actually smiling? Weird pig that Chico..

9 comments:

  1. A handy guide, thanks piggies.
    The late Dido, Agent Lettuce, also enjoyed getting her medicine and would grab on the syringe like Chico.

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  2. Our Slave says practice makes perfect and she has had a lot of practice.

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  3. Aww I love that smile Chico!!!!

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  4. Great advice, thank you agents! Agent Rudder Rump recently had a bladder stone removed and is recovering nicely. He must've received reports that the medicine is actually poison because he doesn't like taking that stuff one bit!

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  5. Get well soon Agent Rudder Rump. Take your medicine like a good piggy.

    All the best.

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  6. Keep getting better Agent Rudder Rump

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  7. Hi Lola and Buffy,

    We love your post and pigtures about vitamin C by syringe!
    We will add your blog to our blog list ;)
    Agents wheeker, lily'explorer, lil'woop and Valentino

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  8. We all like Lola and Buffy's blog too. We will get our Slave to read it to us in the mornings when we eat our breakfast. By the time that she has read Undercover GPs, the GPDD and the new blog we will be ready for more breakfast.

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