My poor ginger boy has been poorly for a while, he’s 14, went off his food 2 weeks ago, started losing weight then one morning I noticed a lump on his face (abscess), vet conformed it’s an abscess probably from fighting/hunting, they gave him a antibiotic injection and a pain killer and I started giving him anti biopics the next day. Getting them into him has been a nightmare, occasionally I have managed to get him to take it in food and when I can get a extra pair of hands (I live on my own) we have forced them down him. He’s been taking them for 5 days now and the lump has not gone down, this morning he projectile vomited his food and tablet out so he hasn’t had his morning dose, the evening dose is the hardest as he’s just not eating much.
He seemed to be picking up the last few days and eating a little more but now today he’s being sick. We are back at the vets Monday and I’m worried they will want to drain the abscess or/and run more tests to see if anything else is going on. He’s a old boy so I know his time is probably limited.
Any tips on getting tablets into him? Or do I except that the antibiotic probably aren’t working as the abscess has not gone?