roach problem

[Grizz]

my cham is on day eight of his reptaid med schedule. and i cant get him to eat the injected roach. is it posible that he doesnt like the taste of reptaid? any hints on how to coerse him into eating it?

 

[Todnedo]

I took mine out of the cage and held them so they would open their mouths then squirted in the back of their mouths.
They didnt seem to mind.

 

[Grizz]

i did that with albon and he was like a pitbull he wouldn't stop biting. he now does not like to be held at all. i inject dubias, he ate the first 7. it realy seems to be working(reptaid), i would hate to piss him off by forcing it down his throut like albon. im going to try brushing it on some crix.

 

[Grizz]

here is a pic right after panacur.

 

[sandrachameleon]

Is it not possible he's just bored of roaches?
You could try injecting it into a few crickets, partial dose into each one
I myself had less luck getting it to stay in the crickets than into roaches, but if I injected just a small portion of the dose it leaked out less significantly.

 

[nick barta]

Who'd a thunk we would be needling cockroaches when we started into this????