Big Major Prayers for Tiger

[momtomany]

I am sorry Tiger is not doing well. We will keep the prayers going up for you both.

[Catty1]

Lara - could you open a capsule and do the same thing with it that you do with the pred?

Maybe it is the CAPSULE he senses.

Couldn't hurt to try. Remember that other lady - her cat had had NO cancer treatment and recovered.

As you say, Tiger's may be more advanced by now...but heck, open the caps and stir it in to the stinky stuff!

HUGS to that gorgeous boy.

[Emeraldgreen]

Lara - could you open a capsule and do the same thing with it that you do with the pred?

Maybe it is the CAPSULE he senses.

Couldn't hurt to try. Remember that other lady - her cat had had NO cancer treatment and recovered.

As you say, Tiger's may be more advanced by now...but heck, open the caps and stir it in to the stinky stuff!

HUGS to that gorgeous boy.

That is how we've been doing it. The capsule is too big to do it any other way. I open the capsule and mix in half of it, sometimes even less hoping he won't detect it. I mix it really well with the stinkiest food I can find and he knows it's in there. The cream cheese is the only way to hide it so I'll keep trying with that.
Thanks for the suggestion though. You are right, that woman, Bethany didn't give her cat any cancer treatment other than the TF so I'll keep on.

[Catty1]

Maybe Denise could have a word with Tiger about the TF? I'm serious. At this point, I wonder if it is him truly not liking the stuff, OR just asserting his independence! (NO cat does that ,right?)

The only other thing I can think of - though it would be REALLY time consuming - is to get smaller gel capsules and a plastic 'pill-popper'. Hubby holds mouth open, you shoot cap to back of throat (with a tad of butter on it).

Sorry to nag...I just want SOMETHING to really help this boy!

[Emeraldgreen]

Maybe Denise could have a word with Tiger about the TF? I'm serious. At this point, I wonder if it is him truly not liking the stuff, OR just asserting his independence! (NO cat does that ,right?)

The only other thing I can think of - though it would be REALLY time consuming - is to get smaller gel capsules and a plastic 'pill-popper'. Hubby holds mouth open, you shoot cap to back of throat (with a tad of butter on it).

Sorry to nag...I just want SOMETHING to really help this boy!

The Denise idea might be a good one but I wouldn't want to pill Tiger at this point. He is having difficulty swallowing wet food on his own so I don't want to add anymore stress to his throat area. He is a very difficult cat to pill, even for the tech who had help. She was ultimately unsuccessful. I'm sure that my husband and I could manage to force a few down him but it would be a struggle and I can't do that to him. The few doses I would be able to get into him won't be enough to save his life. I have to find a way that I can get it into him on a regular basis without trauma. I wish the TF came in a tablet form because it would then be a smaller amount of medication to deal with. This capsule is really packed and it's hard to hide two full caps per day. He only wants the cream cheese once per day.
I think I need to get more creative and try stuff like warm cream of chicken soup and stuff like that. Or maybe I could purree some chicken with chicken stock and hide it in there. I will pick some up tomorrow. If you have any other ideas with regard to food that you think might make a good place to hide the TF, I'm all ears.