Pet Medications And Supplements Safely

Tips for Giving Pet Medications And Supplements Safely

Learn

• The name of the drug and what it should do.
• What change your pet will experience if the medication is working.
• What you will see if the medication is not working.
• If there are side effects and how they can be remedied.
• What to do if you forget to give the product.
• If the product can be given with food.

Do NOT

• Change the dose unless your veterinarian tells you to.
• Suddenly stop the product. Pets experience sudden, severe effects when not weaned from some products slowly, especially if it is an anti-seizure, anti-clotting medication, or a steroid.
• Put the drug in another bottle without the original label.
• Give old medications you have because they worked before unless the veterinarian says the medication would be appropriate with the current problem.
• Give medications that have lost potency or may have grown bacteria. That is, don’t give them past the expiration date.

Do

• Reward your pet for taking its medication!