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...yes really.
So, just tried to give the cat his worming pill and now have rivulets of blood running down my arms. I have crushed up a tablet and mixed it into his food but he just sitting there refusing to eat it and glaring at me hatefully.
Who the **** thought that giving cats medication in tablet form was a good idea in any way shape or form?
Oh, and yes I have read the "How to Give a Cat a Pill" and "How to Give a Cat a Bath" memes...
You can get spot on dewormer.
Ours just eat them, mixed in with a few Dreamies.
But the standard dose made the smaller cat very drowsy, so maybe she'll need a half-dose next time.
Simply place the medication in the cheek pouches of a live hamster....
Try sticking it up his bum
Another vote for spot on. Only way we can get it in ours
whereas a dog
open worming tablet packet
pretend to eat yourself (mmm,,mmm noises add to the effect)
drop on floor "accidentally"
shield ears from sonic boom as streak of brown fur exits basket and eats tablet before you can react
Try and give it to her and the suspicion is immense. Make it forbidden fruit, little ****er can't swallow it fast enough.
On this point, she nearly died a year or so back trying to swallow a meatball whole that had shot out the pan; it was dog gullet sized, got lodged, and needed a good back slap to get it out. It promptly rolled on the floor and the daft pup promptly swallowed it again, this time properly.
Dogs!
Spot On +2
Only the vet can get tablets into our cat. We use powdered wormer that goes in the food, usually with a particular favourite food with a strong taste. Other options are the flavoured putty you can get to embed the pill or the drop-on wormers, although I find it slightly odd to give something systemic when the problem’s in the gut.
Spot on. If you give it them at about 5pm you will have the pleasure of watching them go scitz around the house for a few hours before bed.
Get a pill popper, get ready, wrap cat in towel, open chops, pill popper in and pill given, run away
Or use spot-on
Smother it in Sudocreme first....
Our last cat would just know if there was any kind of medication in her food and would simply refuse to eat it. Attempts to give her a tablet would result (depending on her mood, seemingly) in either a bloody battle, or calmly accepting the pill only to then spit it out some 10-20 seconds later.
Our current cat will just eat anything you put in front of him, without hesitation.
No help to you at all, I know. But I felt like sharing 🙂
As a long time owner of a cat that knows when pills are mixed in food, and become a swirling maelstrom of teeth and claws the moment medication appears. I'd go with spot on wormer if possible or if it must be a pill, then 2 people, wrap cat in towel to control the limbs and one of these - https://www.animeddirect.co.uk/buster-pill-giver.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw9MuCBhBUEiwAbDZ-7sslt8J-Q5OVCIacyYV4Te6aZi6JQ5toUL32Vf503W1nXark6auAyhoCvDcQAvD_BwE To keep you as far away from the teeth as possible, our cat is highyl skilled at keeping pills in his mouth, then disposing of it the moment you turn your back and at one stage was actually swallowing the pill, then regurgitating it a few minutes later. At which point you give up.
It's quite easy. You'll be needing one of these though
I was informed by vet that spot on is not very effective. I appreciate they may have other motives, but hey. I use Panaclear. It comes in liquid. I mix it with the dogs food and the cats eat it no problem.
he just sitting there refusing to eat it and glaring at me hatefully.
Thing with cats is that what you think is a hateful look, might actually be a loving look. He might be trying to say, "I love it when you get rough, give me some more big boy." Grab him, stick your fingers in his mouth and shove that pill down his throat.
Does the cat need worming? We've just done our regular worm count on our dog and once again she's clear so no need to medicate.
I feel your pain. My cat is 18 years old and has no teeth. She is also considerably more sneaky than me. She pretends to take the tablet then spits/voms it as soon as my back is turned.
As a further example of how she manipulates me - before we had a cat door I used tuna to lure her inside some mornings so I could get away to work. She started hiding outside under the deck in the mornings until she got tuna!
Does the cat need worming?
He furballed this morning and there was a roundworm in it.
We used to put it in a tiny bit of cheese.
Now we use broadline flea & de-wormer stuff that you squirt on their neck.
One of our old cats had a warning on her vets records. We couldn't do it so used to take her into the vets to get done and it needed two of them with gardening gloves and some kind of tube thing to get the tablets into her. The rest of the time she was the most placid cat ever.
Cats gone now and have a dog - can throw the tablet on the floor and he'll wolf it down. Daft as a brush.
Shut me and the cat in a small room (downstairs loo size) with nowhere to escape (both me and the cat depending on how it goes). Wrap him in a thick towel, head poking and bundle under one arm like a rugby ball. Force open his mouth and shove the tablet as far back as possible. Hold his mouth shut until he swallows. Then we both stay in the room for a little bit to make sure it's down while I beg for forgiveness and he sits by the door shouting at me.
It's a bit stressful for all involved but thankfully not a common event. Don't know what we'd do if he needed regular medication.
2 people, welding gloves... and a really thick jacket
5 mins later they forget about it.
We use Frontline liquid on the neck now. In the past we have had success by poking a tablet inside half a cheesy wotsit! Only really works if you have a vegetarian cat with a penchant for retro snacks made mostly of fresh air and e-numbers.
I was informed by vet that spot on is not very effective.
Conversely my vet recommended it. Probably because it costs a bloody fortune
Ha! Done it!!!
Several treats, with a tablet snuck in after about 5 treats. Lightening maneuver to drop the pill in his mouth then clamp him for 10 seconds until he swallowed it. Victory!
However he now hates be even more than before. He needs to be either out or locked in the kitchen tonight as I fear for my life...
tonight? That's instant retribution in cat terms.
You know when you're stroking them and then just 'randomly' you get clawed. That's not random...that's revenge, served ice cold.
My wife does it, she has the knack - I just end up savaged - we've got five of them....
We use Frontline liquid on the neck now.
Frontline doesn't really work any more. Go Advantage.
Only really works if you have a vegetarian cat
I know you're only joking, but you can't have vegetarian cats.
Frontline doesn’t really work any more. Go Advantage.
My daughter is a vet, she is OK with it and our cats and dogs have shown no signs of having fleas for years whilst using it.
I know you’re only joking, but you can’t have vegetarian cats.
Err, I know.... breaking news, he doesn't just eat wotsits either 😆
My daughter is a vet, she is OK with it
I used to swear by it. Owning a cat for 18 years I've tried every flea / parasite treatment on the planet. The only one I ever found to be even remotely effective was Frontline spot-on.
A couple of shorter-lived cats later, that stopped being efficacious. I switched to Advantage.
I now have kittens. On their first MOT, wholly unprompted the senior vet unprompted said to me "we recommend Advantage, Frontline doesn't work any more."
It's dead easy. Only 3 people needed. First con cat into being caught. Cuddle sweetly, cooinng nicely etc. 2nd person approaches discretely with waxed cotton jacket. Big is best here . Quicker than a cat can move,evelop the creature apart from the mouth. Take care to wrap all 9 legs. First person now prizes its jaws open whilst the holder wrestles the alligator in the jacket. 3rd person risks a finger or two stuffing the tablet in its gob and as far down as possible. A push from something soft such as a liquorice stick won't hurt Tiddles but will save finger. Mouth opener now become mouth holder for at least an hour. Wrapper/alligator fighter holds tight for the same time. Job done. And you won't see the bloody animal for 24 hours either until it wants its sodding Dreamies.
Well done folks, you've cheered me right up with this. And the way that our two are looking at me, I think they know they're due their treatments.
I don't have a cat any more, but when I did I used to put on most of my motorcycle PPE - leathers, gloves, boots. Then use a process similar to @pocpoc.
Koshka is normally a purring fluff ball until its tablet time then it's rhino hide gloves time😁
