Magnolia experiences motion sickness. We had a few car rides up north with Dramamine that helped, but overall, this hasn't been consistent. Sometimes it works, but most of the time it didn't. We reached out to DDR and they worked with their vets to prescribe Magnolia Cerenia. This medication did work, however, there are some parameters we found made our journey up to the cabin successful.
1) Cerenia must be given with a small amount of food 2 hours prior to travel, so planning ahead on car rides will be necessary.
2) One side effect of the medication is loose stools. The first time we tried the Cerenia, she did have an accident in the car as a result within the first half hour of the ride. On our next car trip, we experimented with stopping for a bathroom break about 25 minutes into the drive and this worked PERFECTLY! She had a bowel movement outside, and rested comfortable the rest of the ride home.
So in a nutshell, we at least found a way that Maggie can travel without getting car sick! Yes, it will take planning to travel with her, but IT CAN BE DONE! YAY!!! Big break through!!!
1) Cerenia must be given with a small amount of food 2 hours prior to travel, so planning ahead on car rides will be necessary.
2) One side effect of the medication is loose stools. The first time we tried the Cerenia, she did have an accident in the car as a result within the first half hour of the ride. On our next car trip, we experimented with stopping for a bathroom break about 25 minutes into the drive and this worked PERFECTLY! She had a bowel movement outside, and rested comfortable the rest of the ride home.
So in a nutshell, we at least found a way that Maggie can travel without getting car sick! Yes, it will take planning to travel with her, but IT CAN BE DONE! YAY!!! Big break through!!!