Help with syringe feeding please

[Karenza]

Please does anyone have any tips for syringe feeding as the Science Recovery keeps blocking the syringe, even if it is watered down. Are there any techniques or suggestions?

Many thanks

 

[mutton chops]

Try heat a skewer or fork and enlarging the hole in the nossle. That worked well when we had to syringe feed Furbie.

 

[daftscotslass]

What type of syringe are you using? The best I've found for handfeeding is a 1cc syringe with the tip cut off like this - http://www.guinealynx.com/handfeeding.html#techniques

You can make the mixture quite thick and it won't get blocked.

 

[Karenza]

Thanks everso much - brilliant, we were both struggling and the walls were getting plastered. I think on the law of averages some of it must have gone into her, but it was getting a bit hit and miss!

 

[JellyBelly]

I have just had the exact same drama trying to syringe feed! I pushed the plunger hard to clear a blockage into the bowl and ended up with it splattered all over my face!
Now my little girl is improving she will eat/lick it off my finger. I imagine a bigger syringe would be easier?

 

[jnenbnb]

When we syringe fed Ralfie we found he prefered to eat it from our fingers x

 

[daftscotslass]

I imagine a bigger syringe would be easier?

Not really - I find a 1 or 2ml with the tip off is by far the easiest. Or, if they'll eat it off a spoon, that's great too.

 

[mizipig]

Hi bigger syringe and what I found with our holly was if we wrapped her in a towel and just had head sticking out she felt more comfy being fed that way
hope this helps
mandy and piggies