Pilling the Monster

[jennielynn1970]

Will he eat wet food if it's ground up and mixed in there?

Can you ask for it to be compounded by the pharmacy so that it can be transdermal? I know for my one cat they did that and I had to rub it into the skin of his ear (which was just weird in itself).

[Laura's Babies]

I grind up Giz's medicine and put it in about 1/2 a teaspoon of wet cat food that I use as a "treat".. Amy and Boo get their Cosequin the same way.. The only problem I have is keeping them away while I mix it into the food..

I too, have used a pill popper but this is so much easier!

[Emeraldgreen]

I was also going to suggest having the meds turned into a transdermal gel. My cat Jimmy is on prednisilone and I've used that on him for a couple of years. As Jenn mentioned, you just squirt out the dose which usually isn't much and smear it on the inside of his ear. It enters his body that way and is so much easier. I use the back of a spoon to get it onto his ear.

You can also take the clomicalm to a compounding pharmacy and have them mix it up with a flavored suspension (chicken, salmon or beef) and then administer the suspension by syringe into his mouth or if you're able to, hide the now flavored meds into a similarly flavored food. But if your cat is anything like a few of my cats, they might be very suspicious of anything that could have 'tainted' their food.

That pill popper thing is pretty cheap, I think it's under 10.00 and most vet clinics sell them.

[mamaducky]

Emeraldgreen, BIG hugs to you -- I am keeping you & Tiger in my thoughts and prayers.

Thanks, everyone, for some really good suggestions; I'm going to try the wet cat food idea later this evening and see how it works.

Hugs,
Diana

[Pawsitive Thinking]

My hubby's grumpy old cat Tweed had to be wrapped in a towel and virtually sat on to get anything down her throat My RB Cally on the other hand would take a tablet out of your hand

[MoonandBean]

I have never had any problems pilling my cats alone so this may sound ridiculous to those of you with experience with more difficult cats but I'll give it a shot anyway (I only thought of it because I've been having my SO hold Moon down while I apply his frontline because that has been a challenge alone).

So...what about getting help? Have one person hold his front paws and another hold the back paws and then you can open his mouth and pill him?

[catmandu]

I TRY TO HAVE THE MEDS IN A GEL SO I CAN WIPE IT ON THIER PAWS OR NOSE, AND SOMETIMES THEY LICK IT OFF.
ALTHOUGH JJJ3 HAS THE KNACK NOW OF SHAKING HIS HEAD AND THROWING IT OFF!!!
THE ONLY ONE WHOS NO TROUBLE IS MICHAEL THE DREAMWHO ACTUALLY PURRRS AS HES PILLED AND MEDICATED. THATS WHY HES THE DREAM CAT