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

[Abby&Buddy'sMom]

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]

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]

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]

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.....!

[Lizzie]

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?