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*Persephone has Adrenal and Blood Sugar issues and she has the implant as well. She takes Prednisolone '''twice daily''' as well as a "dollop" (usually around a teaspoon) of chicken baby food (found in pet room fridge) immediately after medicine. The food after the medicine is not only important to help augment the medicine but also to associate receiving medicine with eating "wet" food immediately after. | *Persephone has Adrenal and Blood Sugar issues and she has the implant as well. She takes Prednisolone '''twice daily''' as well as a "dollop" (usually around a teaspoon) of chicken baby food (found in pet room fridge) immediately after medicine. The food after the medicine is not only important to help augment the medicine but also to associate receiving medicine with eating "wet" food immediately after. | ||
:*Due to the taste of the medicine she will attempt to spit it out if it is not mixed with food. You should draw up '''0.15ml''' of the medicine first in a 1ml oral syringe, flip it upside down and flick the air bubbles out. Afterwards draw up the rest up with the chicken baby food broth until a total of '''1 ml''' is drawn. | :*Due to the taste of the medicine she will attempt to spit it out if it is not mixed with food. You should draw up '''0.15ml''' of the medicine first in a 1ml oral syringe, flip it upside down and flick the air bubbles out. Afterwards draw up the rest up with the chicken baby food broth until a total of '''1 ml''' is drawn. | ||
:*You will likely need to scruff her by the skin of the neck to administer the syringe. Squirt '''0.2ml''' at a time and give her time to swallow before continuing until all 1ml is given. | :*You will likely need to scruff her by the skin of the neck to administer the syringe. Squirt '''0.2ml''' at a time (5 divided squirts) and give her time to swallow before continuing until all 1ml is given. | ||
:*Close the lid of the jar, shake it up, and take out a teaspoon of food and put it in the bowl. | :*Close the lid of the jar, shake it up, and take out a teaspoon of food and put it in the bowl. '''DO NOT LEAVE HER UNATTENDED WHILE SHE EATS''', you must visibly observe her until she is finished (usually 5 minutes) so she doesn't fall and then gently put her back in the pen and rinse the syringe and bowl out in the hallway bathroom and put the unused food back into the pet room fridge. | ||
:*An open chicken baby food jar '''MUST BE THROWN OUT''' after 5 days of being open if any food happens to be remaining at the end of the 5 days. New jars can be obtained from the pet room supply closet. Please indicate the date opened with the nearby sharpie. | :*An open chicken baby food jar '''MUST BE THROWN OUT''' after 5 days of being open if any food happens to be remaining at the end of the 5 days. New jars can be obtained from the pet room supply closet. Please indicate the date opened with the nearby sharpie. | ||