Syringe Feeding my Bunny Critical Care

For my friends at BLU..thank you for your support and friendship :) This is how I syringe feed Snowy. He isn't afraid of it anymore and he doesn't whimper. I always use a small 6cc syringe, lift his lip, and only put the nib about 1/3 into his mouth at a 45 degree angle, never pointed to the back of his throat. Just basically on the tip of his tongue or pointed into his cheek a little. In one part of the video he starts to tilt his head back in a little dissaproval, so I stop and never feed him at this angle - so there is no risk of choking or the critical care going into his lungs. Never feed a bunny with his head tilted back or while he's on his back or they can get aspiration pneumonia from food going into their lungs. I fed my first special needs boy bunny Peanut like this for years, hundreds of times. Because Snowy has been abused, attacked by another animal, and abandoned outside, he's afraid of being confined in any way. Wrapping him in the bunny burrito and forcing him firmly is way too stressful and scary for him. Especially after he's had molar spur surgery and his mouth is already sore. You can see how relaxed he is here just standing on his own :) After every small amt of critical care, he gets a piece of italian parsley to teach him to chew and swallow. Otherwise the food just sits in his mouth or pours out the sides. You can see he only missed about 2 very small drops of food this way and the mouf is all nice and fairly clean afterwards :) Any vet that insinuates I don't know how to syringe feed can watch my video. I'm very aware of how to gently syringe feed my bunnies and not cause them stress or any injuries. Let see them do this with an unwrapped bunny with a serious mouth ulcer.

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• snowy
• bunny
• rabbit
• syringe
• feeding
• feed
• critical
• care

[LoveSomeBunnyBLU]

thank you for the nice comment :)

[LoveSomeBunnyBLU]

Thanks you guys :)

[sumirei001]

Great technique, thanks for the useful tips!

[mommy25bunnies]

Way to go, Snowy!!! You have such a wonderful mommy!

[mossbinky]

you are a wonderful bunny mum, very excellent and gentle feeding technique.