Reluctant Cat

[grouchyoldcoot]

Eek is starting to refuse his pill pockets, those little blobs of doughy goodness by which I slip him his meds. This doesn't bode well for our relationship, as I'm going to have to start giving him meds by force soon

Comments

[theboomboom]

With a large enough cat and a small enough pill, sliced cheese pressed into a ball can work. If you must, grinding it and stirring it into something you know he'll eat every bite - like tuna - is an option.

[hildakrista]

Isn't there a pill-gun thingy you can buy? Ann has one.

[pondalorum]

If he won't take it voluntarily in a pill pocket, see if you can get the meds in liquid form. It's much easier to get liquids down a cat than solids (pills).

[devreux]

We stuck with the classic "pry open his mouth, jam the pill as far down his throat as you can" approach. You have to watch carefully, as cats have voluntary control of their throat muscles a lot further down than humans do, making them very talented at causing the pill to reappear several minutes later. Luke eventually became fairly resigned to his fate, but he was a pretty laid-back cat.

[anonymous]

This is the thing I told you about a few days ago. It cracks me up every time I look at it:

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3261+1992+1925+3159&pcatid=3159

If it doesn't work out, you can use it to carry your gear in. Whatever gear you have that's cat-sized, of course.

-Marg

[grouchyoldcoot]

I'm going to keep Annie in one of those *all the time*!

[erink]

Um, but, if you can get the cat into something like that, you probably don't have any trouble clipping its nails in the first place. I mean, I'm a dog person but even I know that.