Catty1
07-07-2006, 10:39 PM
Poor Oscar - he is in his 3rd week of Clavamox, 125mg twice a day. Before that he was on 25mg of Zeniquin once a day, and used that for 12 days til tests showed it wasn't working well.
So with the Clavamox, I bought some really smelly but good wet food. The 'hide in the wet food' trick worked about 90% of the time...til the last several days.
I went hunting for the Pill Pockets...because I had heard of them, and because Oscar would eventually get stressed being pilled (though he is a very good boy and would get scared of me, but never bite or scratch).
Mom found some at her vet for me today, and picked them up. I brought them home.
Oscar LOVED the smell even before I opened the bag. I put his tablet in the hole, closed up the treat, and put it on the floor. He chewed it ALL up, I heard the pill crunching - then looked up at me with bug eyes demanding ANOTHER one!
WOOHOO!
One more week - I am away til Friday night and Oscar will get tested once more a week from Monday - so I hope this keeps working and Oscar's UTI will be gone at last.
This is the parent company: http://www.nutecforpets.com/
And this is the product, Pill Pockets: http://www.pillpockets.com/index_fs.htm Just scroll down a bit and they have the ones for both dogs and cats side by side. You can see how they are designed - and they are rather squishy in texture.
Hope this helps someone!
Catty1
So with the Clavamox, I bought some really smelly but good wet food. The 'hide in the wet food' trick worked about 90% of the time...til the last several days.
I went hunting for the Pill Pockets...because I had heard of them, and because Oscar would eventually get stressed being pilled (though he is a very good boy and would get scared of me, but never bite or scratch).
Mom found some at her vet for me today, and picked them up. I brought them home.
Oscar LOVED the smell even before I opened the bag. I put his tablet in the hole, closed up the treat, and put it on the floor. He chewed it ALL up, I heard the pill crunching - then looked up at me with bug eyes demanding ANOTHER one!
WOOHOO!
One more week - I am away til Friday night and Oscar will get tested once more a week from Monday - so I hope this keeps working and Oscar's UTI will be gone at last.
This is the parent company: http://www.nutecforpets.com/
And this is the product, Pill Pockets: http://www.pillpockets.com/index_fs.htm Just scroll down a bit and they have the ones for both dogs and cats side by side. You can see how they are designed - and they are rather squishy in texture.
Hope this helps someone!
Catty1