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Post by AnastasiaBeaverhausn on Apr 30, 2016 23:10:19 GMT
I've been crushing it and mixing half in his food at breakfast and dinner. It is an anti-anxiety med so shoving it down his throat isn't an option. I've tried a liquid form of the med compounded with chicken flavor and he smells it or tastes it and just stops eating his food. Is there some food so irresistible that he'll eat with the med mixed in?
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Post by chaosisapony on Apr 30, 2016 23:33:23 GMT
I had to do the same thing twice a day for four months a few years back. That was a treat. The best I could do was find the stinkiest, nastiest Friskies canned food and mix it with that. My vet recommended heating it up in the microwave so it smelled even worse. It worked and I could successfully hide the crushed medicine in the food without the cat refusing to eat. There would be a little bit of powder left on the dish when he was done but he was getting 95% of the medicine at least.
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Post by gailoh on Apr 30, 2016 23:36:47 GMT
Do you have a plastic dropper, one that was for medicine made of plastic? If so cut the end off a little ...if pill is small just cut in half...do the feeding twice...
get some can cat food that is the pate' or clsssic where is is the mushy kind...add a little water to make it more smooth,pudding like...squeeze up some in the dropper and put pill in it,at the end and have kitty table height ...takes a bit to learn this but just squeeze the dropper with food and pill in kitty's mouth...you may have to make the pill smaller by a pill cutter or make the pill into bits...hope I explained this enough for you to get the idea...
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Post by AnastasiaBeaverhausn on Apr 30, 2016 23:37:45 GMT
I had to do the same thing twice a day for four months a few years back. That was a treat. The best I could do was find the stinkiest, nastiest Friskies canned food and mix it with that. My vet recommended heating it up in the microwave so it smelled even worse. It worked and I could successfully hide the crushed medicine in the food without the cat refusing to eat. There would be a little bit of powder left on the dish when he was done but he was getting 95% of the medicine at least. Did you let it cool off or was it not that hot when you gave it to the cat? |
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Post by christinec68 on Apr 30, 2016 23:39:42 GMT
Greenies makes pill pockets. It's a treat with a hole in the middle for a pill. The theory is the cat is tricked into eating the pill since its In a treat. My cat fell for it once but it's worth a shot. Ask the vet if they have a transdermal medication. My cat's thyroid medicine is a gel I rub onto the tips of her ears. It was life changing for both of us.
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Post by chaosisapony on Apr 30, 2016 23:45:11 GMT
I had to do the same thing twice a day for four months a few years back. That was a treat. The best I could do was find the stinkiest, nastiest Friskies canned food and mix it with that. My vet recommended heating it up in the microwave so it smelled even worse. It worked and I could successfully hide the crushed medicine in the food without the cat refusing to eat. There would be a little bit of powder left on the dish when he was done but he was getting 95% of the medicine at least. Did you let it cool off or was it not that hot when you gave it to the cat? It wasn't that hot, I just got it to be warm. My cat's favorite was Friskies Country Dinner. The stench made me want to throw up but he's alive so it was worth it. ETA: The pill pockets didn't fool him. He looked at that and just walked away. |
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Post by AnastasiaBeaverhausn on Apr 30, 2016 23:45:45 GMT
Greenies makes pill pockets. It's a treat with a hole in the middle for a pill. The theory is the cat is tricked into eating the pill since its In a treat. My cat fell for it once but it's worth a shot. Ask the vet if they have a transdermal medication. My cat's thyroid medicine is a gel I rub onto the tips of her ears. It was life changing for both of us. Oh, I forgot. We tried transdermal once too and he hid from us all the time. This cat really needs these meds! |
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Post by christinec68 on Apr 30, 2016 23:48:23 GMT
That's tough. I give them to my cat right before I feed her so there's a positive reinforcement. Good luck...I know how difficult it is.  |
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Post by AN on Apr 30, 2016 23:49:39 GMT
The Greenie pill pockets work for us IF we only use half a pocket and get his pills small enough to fit in it (which means breaking already tiny pills into quarters). When we did half a pill and a whole pocket, they were big enough he ate around the medicine. He likes to chase treats, so as long as we throw it, he will eat it. He gets 2 in the AM and 2 in the PM and now reminds us. He wouldn't take it crushed with wet food.
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on May 1, 2016 1:39:21 GMT
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Post by AnastasiaBeaverhausn on May 1, 2016 1:48:03 GMT
Did you let it cool off or was it not that hot when you gave it to the cat? It wasn't that hot, I just got it to be warm. My cat's favorite was Friskies Country Dinner. The stench made me want to throw up but he's alive so it was worth it. ETA: The pill pockets didn't fool him. He looked at that and just walked away. Tough part is that I feefed him Friskies already. I'd have to find something worse. 9 Lives? |
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Post by AnastasiaBeaverhausn on May 1, 2016 1:49:02 GMT
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Post by AnastasiaBeaverhausn on May 1, 2016 1:50:01 GMT
Do you have a plastic dropper, one that was for medicine made of plastic? If so cut the end off a little ...if pill is small just cut in half...do the feeding twice... get some can cat food that is the pate' or clsssic where is is the mushy kind...add a little water to make it more smooth,pudding like...squeeze up some in the dropper and put pill in it,at the end and have kitty table height ...takes a bit to learn this but just squeeze the dropper with food and pill in kitty's mouth...you may have to make the pill smaller by a pill cutter or make the pill into bits...hope I explained this enough for you to get the idea... Okay, I'm afraid doing that will traumatize him too. But I'm game to try it! |
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Post by threecs on May 1, 2016 2:26:40 GMT
I just ended up opening the cat's mouth, shoving the pill in and then massaging his throat until it was swallowed. He didn't love it, but it worked.
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on May 1, 2016 2:49:12 GMT
We always got our medicine compounded and then it was just down the hatch from a syringe. They made the medicine with cat friendly flavors added. For things that can't be compounded, I find a pill shooter works wonders. You can reach the back of the mouth so much easier.
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Post by momto4kiddos on May 1, 2016 10:54:59 GMT
Any soft treat would work the way a pill pocket would. My mother had a cat that needed a pill and he was a real pia about it. He was a challenge because he wasn't that friendly towards me and unless I had the absolute right angle, inevitably one of his teeth would go through my hand.
So i'd do pill pockets, feeding him half one in hopes he'd take the other half from me after with the pill hidden in it. I also did a "paste" from amazon that was really just a ball of soft treat like substance that you pulled some off and wrapped the pill. Basically if you can find something he likes that is soft you can wrap the pill in it. Good luck!
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Post by gailoh on May 1, 2016 12:57:19 GMT
hope it worked out for you...
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Post by Zee on May 1, 2016 13:14:33 GMT
My cat has to have a very nasty, bitter medicine twice a day. I get the compounded liquid in a tuna flavor. He doesn't like it, but I just hold him by his scruff right before mealtime, quick squirt down the hatch, and then he's free to have his food so he's gotten used to the idea that he gets a treat immediately after the medicine.
I'd stick with the compounded liquid, maybe try tuna next time, and always follow it with his favorite food.
Holding onto the scruff minimizes any running away and helps me get his jaw open. I keep him on the floor but lift just his front feet ever so slightly off the floor, again by holding him by the scruff, to minimize any escape maneuvers.
He's actually so used to it that I can usually get him to walk over to me for the medicine now, because he knows the food is coming next.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2016 13:17:49 GMT
My cat's thyroid medicine is a gel I rub onto the tips of her ears. It was life changing for both of us. Same here. If I had to give the cat oral medication twice a day, one of us would have been dead years ago. He will literally fight to the death. Now with the gel, it's no big deal at all. I make it into a treat. He's very affectionate so he's willing to sit still for the few seconds of the ear procedure for a few minutes of me petting him and kissing him and telling him what a good, brave, smart, wonderful, handsome boy he is.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2016 13:26:08 GMT
I have two ways that I give my cat her prozac. One is having it compounded into a kitty treat. My vet uses a pharmacy that actually makes the medicine into a tasty salmon- or chicken-flavored treat. Most of the time she loves them. Sometimes she turns her nose up and I use guineahen 's method. It took a little practice to make it work smoothly. Hold her in your lap using your body, hold your hand over the top of her head, and pull her jaw up. Don't try to pry the mouth apart, just pull the top half up and tuck the side of her mouth over her teeth to keep it open. With your other hand, push the medicine in. Let her mouth close and gently stroke around her face until she swallows. I can do this without upsetting her at all. It's very fast --- it takes 20 times longer to read it than to do it. |
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Post by AnastasiaBeaverhausn on May 1, 2016 23:17:59 GMT
I bought some cheapo 9 Lives at the store, crushed his dose and mixed it with his food. He ate it all. I have been giving him half in the morning and half in the evening. He got a full dose. I'll see how long this lasts!
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Post by RosieKat on May 2, 2016 15:53:52 GMT
We use the Greenies pill pockets, but just half of one like someone else suggested. I kind of shape it to make sure the whole pill is covered. Thankfully it's my sweet cat that needs the meds, so she almost always cooperates. The Greenies come in chicken and in salmon flavors, so you can choose if your cat prefers one. (My boy cat likes chicken, sweet cat likes salmon, grumpy cat, well...)
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Post by underwatermama on May 2, 2016 16:03:48 GMT
I am not a cat owner nor do I ever plan to be. But I am taking care of a cat this week that needs medicine mixed in with her food, and the owner also mixes THIS in with it because she said the cat really loves the taste of it and then she doesn't mind that the other medicine is also mixed in. Who knows if it works for other cats, but it seems to work for this one. |
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