As many of you know, there are several chimpanzee residents at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest who need daily medication. Some require medication related to heart disease, such as Burrito and Cy. Some take medication for pain management, such as Foxie and Negra.
So, how in the heck do we get chimpanzees to take medications?
You know what they say, just a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down!
Most of the chimps are pretty easy, and take meds in a bit of Gatorade, such as Foxie, Terry, Lucky and Dora. A few are a little fancy and want their meds in grape juice only, such as Cy, Burrito and Mave (I don’t know why I consider grape juice fancier than Gatorade, but I do!). And then we have Willy B, Negra and Honey B. We have to get creative with these chimps! (In their defense, Willy B and Honey B are on several meds, and they change from time to time, so it’s understandable that they would require occasional changes to the meds recipe. Oh, and Negra, well, she’s the Queen!)
We’ve been using honey pretty regularly these days with Willy B and Honey B and, knock on wood, we’re having some luck!
Check out today’s video to see Honey B enjoying her new meds concoction!
