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What Would You Do In My Position?

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Eurgh I know I should trust her @Abi_nurse but it's so difficult because she seems to use such high doses compared to everyone else's vet and it literally terrifies me. I will stick to what she says then and hope for the best! Just can't wait for all this to be over with
 
What's concerning me too is that Hugo had a dose of baytril this morning then he's to be given a whopping dose of 10mg marbocyl tonifht? Will the baytril be out his system by then?
 
By now the baytril is gone, so there is no problem with giving the marbocyl.
 
Sian25 said:
Eurgh I know I should trust her @Abi_nurse but it's so difficult because she seems to use such high doses compared to everyone else's vet and it literally terrifies me. I will stick to what she says then and hope for the best! Just can't wait for all this to be over with
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Sian please don't worry about this dose, Abi is a vet nurse & is very experienced, if she says you should trust Molly's dosage then you should :) Sometimes people's experience with dosages varies greatly, Exotic vets tend to give much higher doses than other vets. Marbocyl is a good antibiotic, I've had it loads of times for mine, it's well tolerated. The only thing I am not certain about is how she is expecting you to give him the tablet? Did she say to crush it & mix with something? I have always been given it in solution & never had a problem with it. :)
 
@Poppy'sMum she said crush and mix with Ribena.. I'm definitely not mixing with Ribena! I'll try what @furryfriends (TEAS) suggested earlier about sucking recovery food in a syringe and putting the tablet on the end and try get them to chew it.. If not I'll mix with water

Edit: I hope it tastes better than baytril! Hugo's been putting up a good fight
 
Ok that's a bit tricky, I'm not sure why she didn't put it in suspension :( I would crush it really fine, then mix it in some Recovery/Critical care food, that would disguise the taste quite well, then syringe feed it to him. Use a 1 ml syringe with the end cut off & the rubber bung removed as in the syringe feed sticky on here :) Edit : Wiebke gave advice earlier about mixing it with water, so you could try that first, or make it up then use that water to mix in some Recovery food :)
 
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Ok here's my two penny worth into this discussion.
1. Molly does use high doses of both pain killers and antibiotics and none of my piggies has ever come to harm on them in the 5 years she treated them.
2. I have given the marbocyl in that dose and over that period when it has been prescribed
3. I was told to crush it between 2 spoons. Then using a 1 ml syringe add as little water as possible to it to make it into a suspension, then to syringe it directly into the mouth. None of my piggies has complained too much so it must taste better than baytril. This method works for all tablets. Connie is currently on a different antibiotic in tablet form and I administer it this way.

I would not second guess or change or reduce or split the dose. I have always had absolute faith in her prescribing
 
Seriously, the way I do it is easier. You just make up some syringe food....draw it up into the syringe and then poke the tablet into the end...you then syringe the food into the mouth along with the tablet. You can then be sure the whole tablet has been swallowed. The piggy will just chew it up. I have been doing it that way for years without any problem and it is so quick.
 
Fab! So it was not a mistake! I do feel better now. As he started baytril yesterday at 12:45 afternoon his doses have all been quite late on so he had 0.4ml baytril at 10.30 this morning. What time can I give marbocyl?
 
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Seriously, the way I do it is easier. You just make up some syringe food....draw it up into the syringe and then poke the tablet into the end...you then syringe the food into the mouth along with the tablet. You can then be sure the whole tablet has been swallowed. The piggy will just chew it up. I have been doing it that way for years without any problem and it is so quick.
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It does sound the easiest way! However, Hugo is on half a tablet rather than just the 5mg so unsure whether it would fit into the end of the syringe?i've not opened the tablets yet
 
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It does sound the easiest way! However, Hugo is on half a tablet rather than just the 5mg so unsure whether it would fit into the end of the syringe?i've not opened the tablets yet
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They are quite big with a divide down the middle. Use a sharp knife to cut it in half
 
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Sian25 said:
It does sound the easiest way! However, Hugo is on half a tablet rather than just the 5mg so unsure whether it would fit into the end of the syringe?i've not opened the tablets yet
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In that case then break it up and put it in pieces into the end of the syringe, or put a bit in at a time and give a few syringes of food.
 
I don't like those tablets. I've given it to him off the syringe. However, how are you supposed to know EXACTLY half the tablet? I know it's marked but they don't break exactly even :(
 
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I don't like those tablets. I've given it to him off the syringe. However, how are you supposed to know EXACTLY half the tablet? I know it's marked but they don't break exactly even :(
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A- it isn't a disaster if it isn't *quite* half.
B - you could nip to Boots tomorrow to buy a tablet cutting gadget that will make it easier for you to chop it up.
 
I didn't even know a pill cutter was such thing haha. If the pill was slightly over half can this kill him?
 
And to be honest, I didn't realise until I had cut the pill how hard it would be to directly cut in half. I think either get a pill cutter or @Wiebkes idea of dissolving the whole tablet in 2ml water, syringe 1ml then refrigerate the other 1ml for the next day would be a better way to ensure equal dose
 
Don't worry if it's not exact. You can do whatever way you feel better about doing. Dissolving it or cutting it. I've done lots of different techniques to give. Dissolving in water and the end of the recovery syringe way. Both work fine, just do whichever you feel more comfortable doing. Not splitting exact will no harm your piggie, but if it makes you feel happier then get a pill cutter.

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Hi all, should every last little bit of pus be cleaned out of the wound? Hugo's looks very deep and I'm finding it difficult to remove every single little blob of pus with flushing
 
Also, with the 10ml syringes, how much do you squirt in at once? Are you supposed to squirt slowly and gently? Or use the hard pressure to flush?

Edit: I've found online curved tip syringes? Are they better? Mine has a long straight tip
 
I used a straight edge syringe, when my Fred had his abscess I used the hard pressure to get as much of the gunk out as possible.
 
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