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one of my snakes is on albon right now and i'm wondering the best way to adminster it. last night was the first night i gave it to him and i guess i didn't get the syringe far enough into his mouth because some came back out. is this to be excpected or should i put the syringe further into his mouth. i got it at the back, like where his throat starts. i have 5 more times to administer this medicine and i want to make sure that he gets all that he should because i want to make sure he gets better.

any tips as to get it into him better would be great
thanks!
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~dana~

1.1 ball pythons (hailex and roxy)
1.0 cat (whiskers)
1.1 russian hamsters (peanut and tj)

I use a 6 catheter
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1.0 Normal Ball Python - Ken
0.1 Brz Rainbow Boa - Bonnie
1.0 Brz Rainbow Boa - Clyde
0.1 Green Anaconda -
0.1 Yellow Anaconda -
0.1 Yellow Head Retic - Pandora
0.1 Granite Burm Python - Bella
1.0 Normal Ball Python - Jack
1.0 Normal Ball Python - Jake
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0.1 African Rock Python -Sissy
1.0 100% Het Black Black Red Axanthic Ball Python - Raven
0.1 Red Axanthic Ball Python - Bourbon
1.0 Yellow Ghost Hypo Ball Python - Sunny
0.1 Normal Ball Python HUGE over 8lbs - Scarlet
1.0 100% Het Albino Ball Python - Adam
0.1 100% Het Albino Ball Python - Eve
1.0 66% Het Albino Ball Python -
2.0 66 % Het Axanthic Ball Pythons - "Twins" Ding, Dong
1.0 Albino Ball Python -
0.1 100% Het Albino Ball Python -
0.4 High Yellow Ball Pythons -
0.4 Normal w.c. Ball Pythons - Mistakes
0.1 Jungle Ball Python -
0.8 Normal Ball Pythons -

0.1 Rottweiler - Shadow
1.0 Rottweiler - Reese

...a canine red rubber urinary catheter, sized appropriately for your snake (ie, don't use a #6 for a juvenile BP, rather a #14). This is attached to the syringe, the lumen of the catheter is filled with the Albon, then "feed" the catheter down the esophagus of the snake. Put a black mark from a marker on the catheter at the length of tubing which corresponds approx where the 'head-end' of the snake's stomach would be BEFORE doing anything else. Have another syringe handy, filled with a few cc's of water, to flush the catheter's contents. This assures delivery of the dose.

This is the basics of delivering an oral dose of drug to a snake.

Good luck!
Scott J. Michaels DVM