Administering Antibiotics

Can you administer injectable antibiotics by putting it in the animal's water?

From https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/5734/what-antibiotics-are-generally-safe-for-rabbits :

"Antibiotics do not just affect the infection, they attack the good bacteria that helps the body digest, keep itself clean, produce oils that protect the fur, and many other functions. The rabbits gut is sensitive and throwing it off can lead to GI Stasis which is often fatal. For this reason the Vet that I talked with recommended never giving antibiotics orally. She recommended using subcutaneous or intravenous injection(depending on the medicine and what it was treating). "

It depends on the medicine. I have given injectable ivermectin and LA200 (oxytetracycline) orally with no problems. Tylan, I think, is okay by mouth. But, you'll need to administer it directly to the rabbit, not in the water; because they'll either not drink enough to benefit (which results in resistance to the med) or they'll totally refuse to drink at all & become dehydrated. The only exception to that is Corid to treat coccidia, which is one capful per gallon of water (and they may refuse to drink it).
NEVER give penicillin (or any "cillin") to a rabbit by mouth. They cannot tolerate it orally and will quickly die (I know from experience).

Some additional information:
Antibiotics will NOT cure pasturella (white nasal discharge/sneezing/goopy eyes), it will only mask the symptoms, while the animal continues to infect others.
Vent disease (rabbit syphilis) is only cured by Pen-G injections (the long-acting penicillin). Dosage is 1/10 CC / lb, once a week for 3 weeks. Topical penicillin (like Go-Dry) will not cure vent disease, as it doesn't allow the med to get in the blood stream.
Penicillin, Oxytetracycline or Tylan can be used for abcesses, head tilt or mastitis at 1/10 CC per lb, every other day. They may or may not be effective, depending on the root cause of the infection.
Honestly, I rarely treat anything anymore, except for vent disease. For anything respiratory or digestive-related I prefer to just cull, as I only want the genetics for the strongest immune systems getting passed down.

But, anyway, I hope this helps!

Antibiotics are very powerful biocides.  If you have exhausted every other option and have a firm diagnosis that this is a BACTERIAL infection, then please follow the instructions on the dose and method of applying them or you risk creating antibiotic-resistant bacteria or worse, wasting your money.  

As this topic is not "organic or better", I'm locking this thread.  For those of you with enough apples, you can discuss this topic in the cider press.