help! ointment from vet - now what???

[soft pawz]

baily has a light eye infection. the vet gave me a little tube of ointment.
he said i need to put a small amount in his eyes twice a day for the next 10 days....

well when i came home i realized.........that i have NO CLUE how....

i know baily wont like it and not stay still nicely for me to begin with. i gave him eye drops before and he was less then amused......
but thats only the beginning.
i dont really know how to start this
do i put it on my finger and then rub it into his eye? or simply from the tube
and how much is a "small amount" anyway?

has anybody every had to do this and can explain it to me or give me some tipps?

any help is really appreciated!

[Debi]

hold his head as still as possible (having someone else hold him is even better), then run a thin line of ointment along bottom of his eye along the 'lash' line. then massage the ointment in by gently closing his eye and rubbing. I had to put ointment in Ham's eye recently. he didn't like it the first day, but then got so used to it that I didn't even have to hold his head. :)

[soft pawz]

thank you Debi.
i hope baily will get used to it too!!!

[lpollockandrsn]

Hold his eye open with a hand over the top of his head and put a small squeeze into the corner of his eye, when he closes it just gently rub/stroke the lid and that will disperse it well enough. The ointment usually isn't too bothersome.