injecting antibiotics in to food

[bigbulls 26]

i have to inject .3 of a mill of antibiotics in to my hawks food twice a day.

i want to make sure it ingests as much of the fluid as possible and does not loose it by tearing at the food on the glove.

has anyone had to do this and what is the best sort of food to use for this purpose??

any help much appreciated.

[Dawn B 212]

Can you not syringe it straight into its mouth? May seem daft and Im not familiar with giving meds to Birds, but wondered if it would be possible?

[SPAR 2]

What I did when I had to give antibiotics to my Spar is get a chick open its mouth and pump it down the chicks gob.

[jasper65 6]

Yep thats a cracking method spar ! another method is by Crop Tube straight into the bird Bigbulls. just get a syringe and a peice of fish tank pump tube or simular about 3 - 4 inches long, you can then draw it up and straight into the birds crop, Mind you .3 Mil is a small amount and would probebly be best given the way spar suggested.

 

This is a tube I use but its on the large side compared to one needed for most things

[bigbulls 26]

Yep thats a cracking method spar ! another method is by Crop Tube straight into the bird Bigbulls. just get a syringe and a peice of fish tank pump tube or simular about 3 - 4 inches long, you can then draw it up and straight into the birds crop, Mind you .3 Mil is a small amount and would probebly be best given the way spar suggested.

 

This is a tube I use but its on the large side compared to one needed for most things

i did crop tube the buzzard that was left with me in the way you showed and it worked a treat.

i only wanted to do it as a last resort on the harris so as not to stress him to much, thought he might soon get the hump with me if i had to keep catching him up and putting him in the cast every day.

will use the chick as suggested.

[bigbulls 26]

What I did when I had to give antibiotics to my Spar is get a chick open its mouth and pump it down the chicks gob.

will give it a go thanks. do you think the bird gets the full amount if it breaks in to the chick and pops it everywhere, am i fussing to much?? just that it is a nasty wing infection and i want to no im doing the right thing to get it cleared up asap and stop it getting worse.

[SPAR 2]

What I did when I had to give antibiotics to my Spar is get a chick open its mouth and pump it down the chicks gob.

will give it a go thanks. do you think the bird gets the full amount if it breaks in to the chick and pops it everywhere, am i fussing to much?? just that it is a nasty wing infection and i want to no im doing the right thing to get it cleared up asap and stop it getting worse.

 

I take it you dont de-yoke your chicks ?

If so then what I would do is de-yoke the first chick you are going to give the bird just squeeze the chicks chest so that the egg yoke pops out of the chicks backside. Once you have done that it should leave a small hole where the yoke has come from then just put a few drops inside the chick that way.

By the way what is the name of the antibiotics that the vet gave you.

Hope this helps you

[SPAR 2]

Thats the easiest way millet, my female does the same its a bit harder with small birds though.

[bigbulls 26]

Thats the easiest way millet, my female does the same its a bit harder with small birds though.

it is a lot different with the little uns as you say, our 2lb 5 female necks stuff with ease, but my little male ( 1lb 4 3/4) has to pull at a chicks head a bit most of the time.

the vets invoice says "baytril injection"

i was also told to spray it with "hib scrub"

[FPO 0]

I know nothing about birds, but if you are worried about loosing the liquid could you not mix it with somthing like flour to thicken it a bit before you add to the meat? could it then maybe be mixed to mince rather than solid lumps? like i said I know nothing about birds so if this is not plausable sorry!