Dr Chris Brown’s four-step guide to giving your pet a pill
Bondi Vet’s much loved veterinarian, Dr Chris Brown, shares his four step guide to giving your pet tablets.
Pets might be our best friends, but sometimes something as simple as giving a worm tablet can feel like you’re torturing them. But there is a way that you can pop any pill while saving fingers and friendships at the same time.
1. Grab two dessert spoons.
2. Place the tablet between the dessert spoons and grind it into a fine powder.
3. Add a dollop of vegemite (for dogs) or anchovy paste (for cats) to the powder and work it into a paste.
4. For easy patients, simply let them lick this mixture off your finger. For more suspicious pets, smear the paste on the inside of their gums. The far corner of their mouths is often a perfect spot!
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