tank has been to the vets He wouldn’t tube he just wouldn’t come our of his shell AGAIN 2 days runningshe has gave me worming medicine to squirt on a pice of banana and another med for him for a difrent pice of banana>??????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????
I said I didn’t think you could feed banana and she said it will b fine to get this into him?
she wants to see him again next week
as soon as we were out of the vet he decided to come out he is a little bugger

what do you think about banana b4 i give him it~?

Personally if it gets the meds into him then I'd give it... it's not like you're changing his diet and will be giving it every day or even every week is it? Strawberries are another good option for getting meds into them too.

What's the other meds she's given him for?

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hi the other med that she gave us is lactilose which is to help him flush anything out of his system which one should we give him first?

could we open his mouth and squirt it in?
i have this image of him spiting it back at me

i found that giving oral ABs to my leos was quite hard. i waited for the head to come out and got my OH to hold her legs, makes it harder for them to pull back. then i got a tooth pick wrapped in a tiny bit of cotton wool and used it at the corner of the mouth to kind of wedge it open. then got the medicine down her neck. if you try to administer it oraly, dont let them pull back straight away, as it will come gushing straight out of the nares!

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im a bit iffy lol
andy is confident he can get his mouth open its the gusing meds i dont like as we dont have ne fopr back up

just go carefull. it will be fine. he will not choke, he may not be very happy, but its for his own good. take your time and dont panic, set up the syringe and stuff before you start and it will be over in no time! good luck

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how shall my oh hold the head?

difficult to explain. you will manage it fine. thumb and finger either side of her face behind her ear scales with her plastron on your palm facing away from your body. kind of difficult but i am sure you will find a way that works for you!

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If you administer the meds by just squirting in it's mouth you're likely to have a less cooperative tort as time goes on, best to exhaust other options first.

Banana is fine if you have to in small amounts, your little bloke hardly needs the added woe of potassium salts forming kidney stones as a result of bagloads of banana but a teeny it will be ok.

Alternatively papaya or pear should spark interest equally well without being quite such a problem.

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