Rabbit refuses panacur

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- 03/20/2014 at 4:32 AM
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  The first day she willingly licked it as I gave the panacur, but after that, she refused to eat it. Maybe felt sick after eating it the first time? I tried holding her by force, placing it in spinach but she just ate around it. It’s like she can smell it even if I fold the spinach to cover the panacur. Flipping her doesn’t work. The rabbit just won’t go into a tranced state and keeps struggling to escape.
- 03/20/2014 at 7:25 AM
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  Why are you giving her panacur?
  
  Also you wouldn’t want to flip a rabbit over on their back to medicate them – you could aspirate them – since you don’t have the confidence to handle her and big rabbits can be difficult to hold, you are best to hide it in her food.
- 03/20/2014 at 7:34 AM
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  Posted By Sarita on 3/20/2014 7:25 AM
  
  Why are you giving her panacur?
  
  Also you wouldn’t want to flip a rabbit over on their back to medicate them – you could aspirate them – since you don’t have the confidence to handle her and big rabbits can be difficult to hold, you are best to hide it in her food.
  
  Vet said I should as a preventive measure. She’s finally ate the spinach! I piled some other leaves on top and under the leaf I covered with the panacur and folded up. She picked all the others except that one, but ate it half an hour later lol.
- 03/20/2014 at 7:39 AM
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  Maybe just give her initially the veggies with the panacur on it – luckily (if I remember correctly), it’s a thick pasty type medication. Then once she eats the greens with the meds you can give her the rest of the meds.
- 03/20/2014 at 9:50 AM
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  I have found that paste/gel medicines go well on a dried banana chip (the kind that is just dehydrated banana, not the sugary ones) with some rolled oats pressed onto the top. Liquid medicine I mix with plain unsweetened applesauce with a sprinkle of oats. Nessie hates everything the vet has ever sent home and even bunny burrito-ing it ends up with medication everywhere except in her mouth and a very angry bunny.
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