4 Tips for Administering Medicine to a Pet with Nausea
There is nothing worse than if you are trying to administer medication to your beloved pet and it makes them experience nausea.
This can be detrimental to the whole medication process, especially if they start to reject the medication or refuse to take it.
You want to make sure your pet is receiving the best treatment and care, without them experiencing unpleasant side-effects.
In this article, we will give you four of the best tips on how to administer medicine to a pet with nausea and what exactly you can do to help your pet feel more positive about the process!
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Tip #1: Add The Medication to Food or Treats
If your pet is experiencing nausea when ingesting their medication, you can try adding it to or disguising the medication in food or treats.
However, you must be careful that the medication isn’t overpowering the food in terms of taste or smell as that could have a psychologically negative effect on your pet if they refuse to eat their food.
They could end up associating their food with tastes they are not fond of and be difficult at mealtimes.
Pick a food or treat that is particularly strong tasting or overpowering in smell. For example, if it is for cats, what about sardines or smoked slippers?
Cats tend to love the taste of strong-smelling fish and you can be pretty certain that they are not going to detect the taste of medication in oily fish. Just make sure you open a window after to get rid of the smell!
For dogs, you could try strong-smelling meats such as tripe and liver. It might be a bit of an adjustment for your kitchen, but dogs tend to adore these cuts of meat and they are perfect for disguising medicine tastes or odors.
Tip #2: Turn it into a Game
Some animals, dogs especially, love the idea of turning things into a game. Disguise some medication in some treats, or in small pieces of cheese or meat, and start tossing the treats to them.
Their usual response will be to try and catch the treats that are being thrown at them and will try to eat the treat after. Use lots of positive reinforcement after they successfully manage to catch and eat the treats after every time.
By turning it into a fun activity for you and your pet, this will help your pet to focus on the positive reward system you have implemented and will stop them from thinking about any nausea or other side effects of taking medication.
Also, make sure that you are using the correct dosage for the size of your animal and the type of animal you have.
Nausea in your animal may be caused by giving too high of a dosage of a certain medication. Check with the guidelines of the product and administer accordingly.
Tip #3: Give Them Ginger
Ginger is a well-known homeopathic and natural remedy for humans and has been for hundreds of years.
We use it to treat unsettled stomachs, bloating, car sickness, and even inflammation. This can also be applied to pets! If they are experiencing nausea, a small piece of ginger or even a ginger snap cookie will help to combat their symptoms.
However make sure that the ginger snap cookie doesn’t contain any xylitol, which is an artificial sweetener that is toxic for dogs.
Tip #4: Think About Their Activities
If a pet has symptoms of nausea after medication or has a tendency to experience it, take a look at their movements and activities leading up to taking it.
Have they been charging round a field and wearing themselves out playing with other dogs? Have they been mysteriously absent and come back looking a bit dirtier or suspicious?
They may have over-exerted themselves or done a high level of activity which has worn them out. To then make them take medication on top of that might be the reason they are feeling nausea.
This also applied to if they have taken any long or mid-range car journeys.
Make sure you are giving them the medication at points in the day when they are calm and not in any way dehydrated or over-exerted.
Their body will be in the best position physically to receive the medication when they are relaxed and tranquil.
Nausea in Pets: Where Can I Find Out More?
We hope you have found this article on nausea and helping pets take medication helpful and informative.
Depending on the type of pet you have, you can try out these various methods and see what the best solution for you and your pets will be.
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