George's first at-home injection was unpopular.
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George's first at-home injection was unpopular. He is not happy with us.
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George's first at-home injection was unpopular. He is not happy with us.
🩹I agree — no fun for rabbits or their humans. Here’s a virtual nanner
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I agree — no fun for rabbits or their humans. Here’s a virtual nanner
for George.@BunnyMama @cazabon Definitely high stress for all. Are things going a bit better today?
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@BunnyMama @cazabon Definitely high stress for all. Are things going a bit better today?
My partner gave him the injection Friday and Saturday. I gave it to him today. It's not too painful, I think, but he runs away, so catching him is stressful (for him, and me). He's never liked it, and these multiple rounds of having to do it twice daily to give him absolutely awful-tasting oral stuff has made him extremely suspicious of me in particular.
He sits up and gets into ready-for-flight mode anytime I'm near him. I'm trying not to take it too personally, but it's hard. And I feel really badly for him, not understanding why his humans have been so terrible to him lately.
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My partner gave him the injection Friday and Saturday. I gave it to him today. It's not too painful, I think, but he runs away, so catching him is stressful (for him, and me). He's never liked it, and these multiple rounds of having to do it twice daily to give him absolutely awful-tasting oral stuff has made him extremely suspicious of me in particular.
He sits up and gets into ready-for-flight mode anytime I'm near him. I'm trying not to take it too personally, but it's hard. And I feel really badly for him, not understanding why his humans have been so terrible to him lately.
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@cazabon @BunnyMama Poor guy. Wish there was a way he could understand it's to help him. For the oral meds, can they be mixed with something George likes to mask the awfulness (you probably already tried)? How many more days of treatment? Really hope he feels better soon.
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My partner gave him the injection Friday and Saturday. I gave it to him today. It's not too painful, I think, but he runs away, so catching him is stressful (for him, and me). He's never liked it, and these multiple rounds of having to do it twice daily to give him absolutely awful-tasting oral stuff has made him extremely suspicious of me in particular.
He sits up and gets into ready-for-flight mode anytime I'm near him. I'm trying not to take it too personally, but it's hard. And I feel really badly for him, not understanding why his humans have been so terrible to him lately.
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Poor George! Sending bonus snuggles. I like to sing what I call “The Yum, Yum” song while dispensing oral meds. I don’t know if they enjoy it, but they know what’s coming next. And when it’s over, I shut up
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@cazabon @BunnyMama Poor guy. Wish there was a way he could understand it's to help him. For the oral meds, can they be mixed with something George likes to mask the awfulness (you probably already tried)? How many more days of treatment? Really hope he feels better soon.
The vets have told me there's only "a couple" of liquid oral antibiotics suitable for rabbits, and that they both/all taste absolutely awful. And they say that nothing really works to mask the taste. When George was getting them, he'd do the smack-smack-smack mouth/tongue thing immediately after receiving it, obviously trying to get the taste of it out of his mouth.
The injections are for two weeks, so another 10 days.
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