Done with the medicine

Today, Otis took his last dose of ivermectin. He had been taking 1.5 ml of it every day in order to get rid of his mange. The bottle has a handy lid with a hole on top where the syringe plugs into. To get the right dose, you just plug the empty syringe on the top, turn the bottle and syringe over, and pull out the plunger. Very neat and very exact. We tried giving one of our previous rescue dogs ivermectin that we had mixed ourselves. It was much messier and a lot of it ended up going to waste. I liked the new bottle better.

Otis was very good about taking his medicine. The ivermectin is very sour and very bitter tasting. He started to wise up about it after a couple weeks. Once I had squirted it into his mouth, he would shake his head in an attempt to get rid of the foul tasting liquid. I started squirting the medicine on top of a piece of thick whole wheat bread and gave that to Otis. He liked that much better and would eat the whole piece no problem.

But now he's done and his coat looks much, much better. The holes are starting to fill in. He's going to be a beautiful boy very soon!