Krissim Klaw
I've never heard of having them drink the fluid. It is generally so easy to give subcutaneous fluids. Picasso started to look forward to his because he realized he felt better afterward.
aawww, that's so cute!!! Well I think I'll try. Not with a whole 100ml. Maybe just put like 15-20ml, see if he drinks it, if he does, add another 20-50ml's. But I gotta be sure he'll drink it all. I can't be wasting it, or having the dog come along and drink it unbeknownst to me
And ya, subQ is pretty simple, with their loose skin, I can't imagine it bothering him at all. Just the getting him to hold still which is why I figure go for it when he's asleep. He'll just think I'm petting him lol.
He just drank close to 25ml. I poured it in his water dish and he drank a bit. I think he stopped cause when the bowl is close to empty (and 25ml is not much in that big bowl) he doesn't like to drink cause he has to put his hole face in. So I put it in a shallow bowl, and he drank a bit more. He didn't finish the 25ml though, and he's suppose to get 100ml a day. I dunno if it's okay to space it out, cause maybe I could get him to drink 25 in the am, 25 in the evening. Or if it needs to be given in boluses. I guess I'll talk to my vet about that tomorrow. I might try to finish off by giving him the other 25 subQ tonight.
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