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If you share your home with an unusual friend —like a parrot, rabbit, reptile, or ferret you already know how special (and sometimes challenging) their care can be. These unique animals often have very specific medical needs, and when it comes to medication, more often than not, there is simply no medicine available with your pet in mind.

If your dog has ever had an ear infection, you know how tricky it can be to manage daily or twice daily ear drops. Few pets are thrilled about having medicine put in their ears, especially when painful and inflamed, and some dogs make it downright impossible. Fortunately, veterinarians now have a helpful option: compounded long-acting ear medications.

Slow-release capsules or tablets—often referred to as sustained, controlled, or modified release—are commonly used in humans to reduce dosing frequency or minimize side effects. But can these same formulations be safely used in dogs, cats, or other animals?

When it comes to medicating animals, flavour is often considered a top priority.

Many pet owners assume that if their cat loves chicken, whether it’s cooked, raw, or from a can, then it will also enjoy chicken-flavoured medicine. Sometimes this is true, but not always.

Cats can be notoriously difficult when it comes to taking medication. With their sharp claws, strong personalities, and uncanny ability to sense when you’re trying to be sneaky, getting them to swallow that pill can feel like an impossible task.

Compounding has come a long way since a mortar, pestle and a strong right arm were the mainstays of mixing a good product in a pharmacy setting.
Introducing MAZ® – the latest member of our team. MAZ® performs mixing and deaeration simultaneously by revolving and rotating the container concurrently with a powerful planetary motion, without the need for blades.

While we hope to never have to medicate our beloved fur babies, it can come as a shock when we suddenly have to give kitty a capsule twice a day, administer an ear medication to the dog or a syringe of medicine to the rabbit.

A transdermal gel or cream is a way of delivering medicine to your pet through the skin instead of having to make them swallow it. There are many examples of this in human medicine now where medicines such as pain killers, hormones, even nicotine replacement is delivered through the skin to have an effect in the whole body.

Sometimes, deliciously compounded or not, our fur buddies are just not going to co-operate and take their medicine. Here are a few ways you may not have come across, to help get them across the line.