How To Give Medicine To A Rabbit | Weekly Vlog

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This week we have been on Easter Holidays. I had to work for two days but I was lucky enough to have the rest of the week off. We have enjoyed doing some Easter crafts, had a trip to Soft Play and to the Cinema as well as some quality time together at home!


Last week our two male rabbits went to the Vet to be castrated and we have had to keep a close eye on their recovery. This week we took them back for a check up and Fluffy wasn't doing so well. The vet thinks he might have been nibbling at the wounds or that his hutch is too big and he was able to run around too much so we had to make a temporary barrier in the hutch to minimise the space each rabbit had. The vet also put him in a little onesie which I thought made him look like a character from a Beatrix Potter book! He was also prescribed some medicine which had to be fed on a syringe twice a day which was a bit of a challenge to start with.

A Rabbit in a Onesie!

Of the two rabbits, Fluffy was the more timid. He would run away whenever we came near and even trying to catch him in his hutch had always been a challenge! However as he had limited space now and was initially still a bit sedated, it was a bit easier to catch him. The vetenary nurse had shown me the best way to hold him to help keep him still and how to lift his top jaw to get the syringe into the side of his mouth in the gap behind his front teeth. At fist I struggled a bit to find his mouth as he is so fluffy (hence the name!) that it was hard to see where his top jaw ended and the bottom one began! Once I had managed to get the syringe in though, the rest was easy as he instinctively started to lap up the liquid.


I think that in a way, having to give him this extra support has helped to make him more tame as he is now getting used to being handled. The vet has now given him the all-clear and the onesie is off and the medicine is all finished so I really want to make sure that we are still trying to handle him daily so he doesn't go back to being timid with us!


Anyway, That's us for this week, I hope you enjoy the weekly vlog. Check our our new Beauty and the Beast rating in the Vlog as that was what we went to see at the cinema! We will be back with another one next week which will be more Easter Holiday Adventures!


Hope you are all having a lovely time over the holidays


Elizabeth  x