I gave my rooster amoxycillin liquid orally using a small syringe (no needle) that the vet gave me. I tucked him under my left arm (I'm right handed) and put the tip of the syringe at the corner of his mouth. He cooperated for the most part and after a couple of treatments, he didn't give me a hard time with it. The trick is to aim the syringe so that the liquid is headed down his throat not onto his tongue (do they have tongues?) I don't know if that would work with a goose or not. I don't think the injectable is the same stuff is it? This was that awful pink stuff they give little kids for strep.
Good luck with the meds. Poultry is even worse than kids when it comes to giving meds.
I tried breaking open the capsule, dissolving it in water and then force feeding it to my goose as you describe doing to your rooster. However, my goose did NOT cooperate, and I ended up making a big mess. It was also a lot of work, and I don't know that my DH would be willing to do that, especially by himself. Thus why I was asking for better options. My duck, on the other hand, accepted the force feeding and cooperated rather nicely. My goose could learn a lesson or two from that duck.
Sharol I know what you are talking about and that would have been a better option but Lizzy got pills. I've been giving some pills to chickens and it's just a matter of pushing them back into the throat area. I'd much rather give shots myself. I really like things that go into the water but with geese and ducks it's really hard to get water into them without them swimming in it or spilling it.
Lizzy I can tell you feel guilty about leaving, but your husband will do fine. Do you use front line on your dog? I've found that helps reduce the number of flies that get on them but of course won't keep them all off. I'd spray the wounds on your dog with the blue kote to keep the flies off the sores. Not sure it will help but it might be a start. I also ran into a guy recently that bought a bunch of Avon Skin so Soft and was putting it on his horses to keep flies off of them. I figure if it would work for horses it should work for dogs. You would have a stinky dog but it might work. I know you are short on time so maybe just a spray of some bug repellent spray would help. Just an idea.
If you are getting rid of the fish why don't you advertise the tank for sale and give the fish free with it? It's hard to let go of aquariums I know because I have several around here myself but if you aren't going to use it that's an option. Just tell them they can do what they want with the fish.
Yes, I am feeling guilty about leaving, especially because my DH complains about all the money we've put into the animals recently (LOTS of sickness/injury recently).
No, we don't use frontline. We bought a cheaper brand (bio spot defense) this year, and didn't like it. I thought we'd used the bio spot brand before with no troubles, but this one didn't work very well at all. There were still quite a few ticks on him, even just a couple days after application. Just this morning, we moved the bird's pool to inside their pen (the gate is open all day, but the dog knows he's not supposed to go in there). Then, we sprayed the dog with horse fly spray. It seems to have helped a little bit, but he still has flies.
Sharol I know what you are talking about and that would have been a better option but Lizzy got pills.
The vet didn't have anything except for pills. I might try force feeding the capsule to my goose this evening and continuing to force feed the dissolves meds to the duck. She took them WAY better than my goose did.
