Hello again!
I am having trouble opening my leopard geckos mouth. He has Crypto and we have to give him medicine daily with a syringe. The problem is, Leo just doesn't want to open his mouth. we were instructed to give him a warm bath and after give him the medicine. we tried rubbing the sides of his mouth, to putting a little bit on his lips for him to lick, to putting it on his food, with nothing working. He keeps his mouth shut tight and we don't want to pry or force his mouth open, as he is so fragile due to his condition, but sometimes its the only way we can get him to take it. Once he does taste it, only then does he realize it doesn't taste bad and then we have to try and get the syringe out of his mouth as he bites down. we tried to give him his Carnivore Care through the syringe too, but he won't open and he wont eat it if its just sitting there. Maybe the syringe is too big? Any tips on how to get him to open up? He honestly doesn't even like to be handled all and the vet had warned us that it would be difficult to fed him. Just to give you all an idea of how bad he is, he is almost 6 months and weights only 6 grams, which is how the pet store sold him and informed us he was a baby and "healthy"
We are trying our best to get him better so any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
I am having trouble opening my leopard geckos mouth. He has Crypto and we have to give him medicine daily with a syringe. The problem is, Leo just doesn't want to open his mouth. we were instructed to give him a warm bath and after give him the medicine. we tried rubbing the sides of his mouth, to putting a little bit on his lips for him to lick, to putting it on his food, with nothing working. He keeps his mouth shut tight and we don't want to pry or force his mouth open, as he is so fragile due to his condition, but sometimes its the only way we can get him to take it. Once he does taste it, only then does he realize it doesn't taste bad and then we have to try and get the syringe out of his mouth as he bites down. we tried to give him his Carnivore Care through the syringe too, but he won't open and he wont eat it if its just sitting there. Maybe the syringe is too big? Any tips on how to get him to open up? He honestly doesn't even like to be handled all and the vet had warned us that it would be difficult to fed him. Just to give you all an idea of how bad he is, he is almost 6 months and weights only 6 grams, which is how the pet store sold him and informed us he was a baby and "healthy"
We are trying our best to get him better so any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
lol i would just try putting the syringe dropping a bit on her nose or getting her to lick by tapping lightly on his nose tricking them to drink it but if that really dosent work from your saying it might sound harsh but try opening it with a peice of really really thin cardboard careful not to cut his mouth i only had to do that once with my female crestie it worked but i was too paranoid about hurting her.