Suggestion on administering Meds and/or foods with syringe

[UTreptiles]

I was reading a post in the Beardie ER section that was a bit disturbing. Bearding possibly breaking jaw while biting down hard on a syringe during a feeding. Ouch viewtopic.php?p=802703

:idea: It dawned on me that a possible fix to prevent mouth damage would be to attach a 4 inch piece of aquarium tubing to the tip of the syringe. This is the tubing that is used for aquarium air lines. That way if they do clamp down while feeding they don't hurt thier jaw or mouth.

I have never had to force feed or administer meds to any of my beardies but just an idea for others. If anyone has done this or has other ways of helping avoid mouth damage during forced feedings please share.

 

[Twobeardieguy]

Yes I myself have put a piece of air tubing on the end of a syringe to force feed my BD and it did work but it just took a little longer to get the food through it!!!!!!!!!!



Lance

 

[Lennifer]

If you go to Beautiful Dragons.com, u can order a rubber nipple that fits right over the syringe

~Sandy