Need help with pilling Ripley please

[critters]

What's the antibiotic? It sounds like metronidazole, a notorious spit-foam-slobber antibiotic. If so, your best bet may be to talk to other rescuers and find out who the best pharmacist is in your area for flavoring kitty meds. Many don't bother, and most of the others don't have a clue how to do it effectively. The best pharmacist for kitty meds in our area practiced on his own kitty and those of rescuers until he got the recipe perfect.

[Catty1]

Failing all else - a tranny like Feliway? Just around pill time?

You mentioned trying the pill in a treat...were you using Pill Pockets?

These are larger and gooier 'treats' that are hollow so the pill can be put right in them. Their larger size may help a lot.

You may just have to wrap Ripley in a large towel and show him who is in charge at pill time....some tough love...poor baby and poor you!

hugs
Catty1

[rg_girlca]

Oh Lori, how my heart goes out to you, hubby and poor Ripley.

How I pill mine is that I kneel on the floor, put the cat between my legs, gently squeeze their sides and open their mouth and hold the head like Jen said. Once the pill is in, I keep their head up and stroke their throat.

I pray that some kind of solution will work out for you and Ripley.

Keep us posted.

((((((HUGS))))))

[slick]

The only way I can pill Max is to wrap him in a towel with only his head exposed. I then carry the "burrito" over to the couch. I sit down and squeeze him between my side and the arm of the couch. He has no where to go. My body is used to hold him in place. Then I can use my left hand to open his mouth and I shove the pill way back with my right hand. I have to be fast though because he can bite down. I cuddle him for a bit, then let him go. He darts off and won't speak to me for the rest of the day...but he doesn't spit it up and that seems to be your problem.

Does the pill come in a liquid form?? If not, try crushing it up and mixing it with a bit of stinky wet food and warm water until it's liquid. Then use a syringe to feed it in the side of his mouth a bit at a time.

Good luck.

[jazzcat]

Yes, I've tried holding him like a baby to do it. The problem now is he knows the pill will make him sick so he goes into a full fledge panic. He may be old and getting frail but he still can get as mad as a hornet under the right circumstances. I just don't know what to do.

I haven't heard of the pill pocket treats but they may be worth a try. Use to I could get Rip to take almost anything if I smeared peanut butter on it but now he runs when he smells peanut butter. He almost at the point he runs from me. To top it off he can here me open the pill bottle from the other end of the house.

I'm suppose to be keeping him calm and stress free because of the kidney failure. Now I'm afraid I'm going to kill him trying to give him his pills. On top of that the vet wants me to give him Valium to help calm him - IT'S ANOTHER PILL! ARGH!!!

Jen, I do wish you were here to give it a try.

[Laura's Babies]

LOL! A pill to calm him when pilling him is freaking him out...

[Catty1]

Maybe the Feliway or something???

Was your vet THINKING when he suggested a pill to help Ripley get pilled???

sheesh!

It would be hilarious if you and Ripley weren't having such a time!

Catty1

[jazzcat]

Maybe the Feliway or something???

Was your vet THINKING when he suggested a pill to help Ripley get pilled???

sheesh!

It would be hilarious if you and Ripley weren't having such a time!

Catty1

Actually she prescribed the pill back months ago when pilling him was easy. I guess I did make it sound like I was suppose to give him a pill to calm him for pilling, LOL!!!

I just told hubby we need to make a run to PetsMart tonight to look for pill pocket treats.