Best way to give a cat a pill?

Aelia Jusa · 05-22-2003, 04:43 PM

Tuppence needs her worm pill. I tried the meat-flavoured chewies but she wouldn't eat them (also tried them mixed up with her other food but that made her leave her food

). Now resorting to the little pill you have to shove down her throat. I have traumatic memories of the last time I tried! Anyone have any good tips on how to give her her pill and avoid losing blood?

[ 05-22-2003, 04:46 PM: Message edited by: Aelia Jusa ]

Kakero · 05-22-2003, 04:51 PM

put the pill inside a fish flesh. the cat will eat the fish and will "accidentally" eat the pill as well. that's what i do to my cat.

Chewbacca · 05-22-2003, 04:53 PM

This is hard to describe. We give our little kitty with a lung tumor her pill everyday this way with minimum blood loss.

You want to tip the cats head back causing the mouth to open involuntarily and pop the pill in.

Use one hand to grab the cats head from behind, near the neck, tilt head back, and pop!

Then massage the kitties throat to encourage swallowing.

I found this technique in a book and I got it to work after a few tries.

Aelia Jusa · 05-22-2003, 04:56 PM

You don't think she'll writhe around and scratch and claw when I try opening her mouth Chewie? She's not the most accomodating cat in the world

Man if there's typos in that I don't care anymore. I retyped that time after time. Must be almost winter

Kakero · 05-22-2003, 05:00 PM

Oh, I didn't notice that you already tried the stuff in food method.

I guess you need someone to help you to hold the cat and the cat's paw while you give him the pill.

Chewbacca · 05-22-2003, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Aelia Jusa:
You don't think she'll writhe around and scratch and claw when I try opening her mouth Chewie? She's not the most accomodating cat in the world

Man if there's typos in that I don't care anymore. I retyped that time after time. Must be almost winter

Use suprise! I grab the cat and get that pill in the mouth in less than two seconds. You won't have to open the mouth because the motion of tilting the head back opens it for you. This is the only reliable method we found. The cat wouldn't eat anything with the pill in it.

Good luck! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Spelca · 05-22-2003, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Aelia Jusa:
You don't think she'll writhe around and scratch and claw when I try opening her mouth Chewie? She's not the most accomodating cat in the world

Man if there's typos in that I don't care anymore. I retyped that time after time. Must be almost winter

Maybe if you try wrapping her in a towel and then somebody can help you holding her down. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Epona · 05-22-2003, 05:20 PM

This is one I read about but don't know if it works.

Grind pill up and mix it into some slightly softened butter. Put butter on the top of kitties paw. Kittie will lick off butter because cats don't like greasy paws.

Allegedly. I could see it developing into a farce of some proportion though, if kittie decides instead to race around the house leaving a trail of butter behind and sliding around on it!

Kakero · 05-22-2003, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Chewbacca:

I found this technique in a book and I got it to work after a few tries.

pardon me for asking, what's the name of the book? I might be interested to read it.

Chewbacca · 05-22-2003, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kakero:

quote:
Originally posted by Chewbacca:

I found this technique in a book and I got it to work after a few tries.

pardon me for asking, what's the name of the book? I might be interested to read it. [/QUOTE]The title of the book is "The Cat Care Manual" by Bradley Viner
ISBN- 0-8120-1767-6, It is published by Barron's.

It actually has pictures of the pill-giving technique I described above.

[ 05-22-2003, 05:28 PM: Message edited by: Chewbacca ]

05-22-2003, 04:43 PM	#1
Aelia Jusa Iron Throne Cult Join Date: August 23, 2001 Location: Brisbane, Australia Age: 42 Posts: 4,867	Tuppence needs her worm pill. I tried the meat-flavoured chewies but she wouldn't eat them (also tried them mixed up with her other food but that made her leave her food ). Now resorting to the little pill you have to shove down her throat. I have traumatic memories of the last time I tried! Anyone have any good tips on how to give her her pill and avoid losing blood? [ 05-22-2003, 04:46 PM: Message edited by: Aelia Jusa ] __________________

05-22-2003, 04:53 PM	#3
Chewbacca Zartan Join Date: July 18, 2001 Location: America, On The Beautiful Earth Age: 50 Posts: 5,373	This is hard to describe. We give our little kitty with a lung tumor her pill everyday this way with minimum blood loss. You want to tip the cats head back causing the mouth to open involuntarily and pop the pill in. Use one hand to grab the cats head from behind, near the neck, tilt head back, and pop! Then massage the kitties throat to encourage swallowing. I found this technique in a book and I got it to work after a few tries. __________________ Support Local Music and Record Stores! Got Liberty?

05-22-2003, 04:56 PM	#4
Aelia Jusa Iron Throne Cult Join Date: August 23, 2001 Location: Brisbane, Australia Age: 42 Posts: 4,867	You don't think she'll writhe around and scratch and claw when I try opening her mouth Chewie? She's not the most accomodating cat in the world Man if there's typos in that I don't care anymore. I retyped that time after time. Must be almost winter __________________

05-22-2003, 05:20 PM	#8
Epona Zartan Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: London, England Age: 53 Posts: 5,164	This is one I read about but don't know if it works. Grind pill up and mix it into some slightly softened butter. Put butter on the top of kitties paw. Kittie will lick off butter because cats don't like greasy paws. Allegedly. I could see it developing into a farce of some proportion though, if kittie decides instead to race around the house leaving a trail of butter behind and sliding around on it! __________________ [img]\"http://www.wizardrealm.com/images/epona.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

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05-22-2003, 04:51 PM	#2
Kakero 40th Level Warrior Join Date: March 24, 2002 Posts: 10,215	put the pill inside a fish flesh. the cat will eat the fish and will "accidentally" eat the pill as well. that's what i do to my cat.

05-22-2003, 05:00 PM	#5
Kakero 40th Level Warrior Join Date: March 24, 2002 Posts: 10,215	Oh, I didn't notice that you already tried the stuff in food method. I guess you need someone to help you to hold the cat and the cat's paw while you give him the pill.

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