Snoopy went to the vet! * HELP !!!!!*

**Maya & Inka's mommy** · 07-13-2006, 10:12 AM

Well, it is a very small pill, so I just put it in that pouch, it is same size as her kibble

**Pawsitive Thinking** · 07-13-2006, 10:13 AM

When Cally needed pills I crushed them between teaspoons and mixed them in something yummy that she then licked off my finger

**Killearn Kitties** · 07-13-2006, 10:21 AM

Does Snoopy like tuna? The best way to get Jessica to take a pill is to crushing it in some tuna mixed with a little mayonnaise.

**Maya & Inka's mommy** · 07-13-2006, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by Killearn Kitties

Does Snoopy like tuna? The best way to get Jessica to take a pill is to crushing it in some tuna mixed with a little mayonnaise.

What a perfect idea!! She goes bersek for tuna, and she adores mayonnaise!!
I will let you know the result!

**Sonia59** · 07-13-2006, 10:36 AM

I am sorry to hear this Lut, poor little Snoopy! I have no advice for the infection and feeding, but I think many more PT'ers had done it.

For the pill, Jasmine is terrible for it also, even if the pills are very small! I have found something that works like crazy: I use the soft cheese that you put in hamburgers or "croque-monsieur". Do you see what I mean? Sorry, I don't know the name of this cheese. I have tried with tuna and other food, but it is very difficult to hidde the pill enough. This cheese works very well because it is soft (you can also try the "vache qui rit" cheese, I am sure you know that in Belgium

), you can really hide the pill in it.
Jasmine is crazy with fish, but fish did not work at all in this case.

I think your Snoopy is just a delicate princess, like my Jasmine

Good luck, and kiss her for me, OK?

**Abby&Buddy'sMom** · 07-13-2006, 03:23 PM

I dont know if this is any help or not, but when Abby had her UTI just a few weeks ago, I had to give her a pill daily for 10 days. The vet showed me how to do it by grasping her cheeks with one hand and popping open her mouth with the other hand and just inserting the pill at the very back of her throat , so she could not throw it back up. I think Abby was easy to do (give the pills) as she had to get another 7 daily pills as a follow up treatment. I am sure most kittys would not be so co-operative as her

**sasvermont** · 07-13-2006, 03:41 PM

What I do is hide the pill in a pocket. When the cat is least expecting it, I grab her and hold her under my left arm (I am right handed) and pry her mouth open with my right hand, hold it open with my left and toss the pill in with the right. I use this method to clip nails. I do the old "death grip" on them and the usually freeze. Even little, not so little anymore, Lucy.

You may want to ask for some assistance until she gets the hang of it. Miley is my current kitty taking meds and she is a dream compared to the others.....I dread the thought of having to pill all the cats at one time. I will have to take the time off work, to catch them all.

I feel your pain.

**Grace** · 07-13-2006, 03:45 PM

I do a combination of what Abby&Buddy'sMom and Sasvermont have described. Get it as far back in her mouth as you can, then clamp those jaws shut, and lightly blow on her face.

Only real trouble is that after few days, they stop trusting you and run for the hills when they see you.

**Maya & Inka's mommy** · 07-13-2006, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by Abby&Buddy'sMom

The vet showed me how to do it by grasping her cheeks with one hand and popping open her mouth with the other hand and just inserting the pill at the very back of her throat , so she could not throw it back up.

I tried that, and even with the help of my daughter who was holding Snoopy and her paws, it was Impossible to get that pill in her mouth

. That little monkey is really very lively.....!

**CarrieUnderwood** · 07-13-2006, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by Maya & Inka's mommy

HELP!!!!

I tried to pill Snoopy!!

1) normal way: put in mouth: does NOT work, she spits it out!!
2) with pill-shooter: she spitsit out
3) in a pouch: I added it to some knibble: guess what, she ate eveything exept the pill-in-pouch...

and.... I have lots of scratches on my arm

HELP!!!

why don't you justask the vet for licoed bottles you know like motion is in example of what it looks like

**Lizzie** · 07-13-2006, 04:12 PM

Lut - thank you for making me smile this morning with your description of what happened when you tried to pill Snoopy. That may sound heartless but I'd just come from the vet with the news that yet another kitten has a cold (calici virus, really horrible) and it made me feel better to see that someone else is going through heck. Misery loves company!

Have you tried wrapping her burrito style? If your daughter can hold her in one arm because she is wrapped up, she can also squeeze against her jaws to open her mouth and you can push down on her lower jaw with one hand and throw the pill, or poke the pill, right to the back of her throat with the other. I have to do this on my own and when I hold the jaws open, I make sure to slide a small amount of the lip over the lower teeth so the cat is less inclined to bite and it seems to work. There is also scruffing and upending. I'm laughing now, I'm afraid, imagining Snoopy squirming and thrashing and struggling - it's amazing what a ?about 7 pound cat can put you through, isn't it?

**Husky_mom** · 07-13-2006, 04:14 PM

sorry i have no idea as ho to pill cats besides the one you posted, as for my dogs i usually inserted the pill in some hotdog or rolled it in cheese as they gulped it in, but i might think cats dont gulp as dogs so...........how about breaking the pill down to powder mix it with water and then shoot it with a syringe (sp?) of course without the needle

or mix it with some canned food?? well just a thought...........

sorry for your battle wounds.........