Am very upset about Luna today

**Cinder & Smoke** · 09-04-2003, 04:23 PM

Originally posted by Denyce
...I found that Velveeta cheese makes a
great carrier for a nasty pill...

Furgot ta mention...

Dad tried dis Cheeze Ball method...

Did a great job of *wrappin* da pill...
"Fully Wrapped" - nuffin showin cept CHEEZE.

Downa Hatch it went...
Took da Kat over a minnit -
LOTTA phunnie facial expressions -
twisted his head almost inna circle -
then some *chompin* an finally a *Swallow*!

Quickly followed by a Pa-Tewee

as
da pill flew outta his mouff!!

JEST da pill! Cheeze Ball went downa hatch!

Dad bought da Pill Shooter next day!

**Barbara** · 09-04-2003, 04:24 PM

I love the nice drawings in Phred's article above. The cat looks so quiet and content.

Filou didn't look like that when we tried to give him the pill (although I had cats in my life for whom it would work).

We put Filou's first pills in Gimpet Multivitaminpaste. After he had checked that there were pills we were using raw meat. Filou swallowed all of it.

The problem for you (like for me) will be to be firm but quiet (I am even more scared than the cat). My husband had to do it.

Fingers crossed!

**jenluckenbach** · 09-04-2003, 05:38 PM

OK. skip the cheese, pill shooter here I come. I really DID want to get one, but I have been so darned rushed lately!

**Cinder & Smoke** · 09-06-2003, 12:42 AM

Well... we seem to have picked up ONE Convert to the Pill Shooter...

But what about Kirsten??

Who's ahead in Your House in the Pill War??

**Ally Cat's Mommy** · 09-06-2003, 01:48 AM

Hi Kirsten,

I'm really sorry to hear about all the troubles you are having! Hang in there - things will improve!

Re the "pill" issue - I have thankfully never had to give Ally a pill, but at the shelter the lady who does the meds usually wraps them in an old towel - really tight - before she tries to pill them.

**Kirsten** · 09-06-2003, 02:25 PM

That pill shooter thing sounds very helpful, I'll check the German online pet stores for a thing like this.

But the pills Luna has to eat now are BIG, and I have no other choice but mixing it under her food.

BTW, no more peeing accidents so far, I hope the antibiotics are helping her already!

Kirsten

**jenluckenbach** · 09-12-2003, 02:50 PM

Sadly I finally got the pill shooter and it was a big flop. The hole at the bottom was to large to even hold the pill inside. I do not know for sure if Sterling or Jim got their dose this afternoon. Does it come in different sizes? I only saw one choice.

(sorry to use this thread for my question, but this is where we were talking about it)

**Barbara** · 09-12-2003, 03:02 PM

Kirsten, these pill shooters exist here too. Gudrun bought one at her vet's.

**krazyaboutkatz** · 09-12-2003, 11:42 PM

Originally posted by jenluckenbach
Sadly I finally got the pill shooter and it was a big flop. The hole at the bottom was to large to even hold the pill inside. I do not know for sure if Sterling or Jim got their dose this afternoon. Does it come in different sizes? I only saw one choice.

(sorry to use this thread for my question, but this is where we were talking about it)

I got mine from my vets office and as far as I know it only comes in one size. I mainly used it when I had to give my RB Pepper more than one kind of pill. I would stuff 3 different pills in it so that I only needed to bother him one time.

Where did you buy it? Maybe you should call your vets office to find out if they only come in one size.

**Tonya** · 09-13-2003, 12:20 AM

As for the sofa, have you ever tried Nature's Miracle to remove the urine stain and smell?

I don't know if I could live without Nature's Miracle. It works great. I bet it is a medical problem; cat's are generally clean animals.

**Cinder & Smoke** · 09-13-2003, 12:45 AM

Originally posted by jenluckenbach
Sadly I finally got the pill shooter and
it was a big flop.
The hole at the bottom was to large to even hold the pill inside.

... Does it come in different sizes? I only saw one choice.

Hmmmmm??

The "outer" or "gripper" part of our Shooter has four segments that *almost* touch...
It would probably hold any pill larger than a grain of rice.

If your pill IS too small to be held;
WRAP it in something - like wad of CHEESE -
to enlarge the pill to a size the Shooter can hold.

**jenluckenbach** · 09-13-2003, 04:54 AM

The "outer" or "gripper" part of our Shooter has four segments that *almost* touch...

that's just IT......they DON'T almost touch. maybe it was a defective one (you know, mass production

) I'm planning on returning it.

**Kirsten** · 09-13-2003, 06:21 AM

I think I'll ask my vet for the pill shooter, too. I think it wouldn't have worked with these ones because even the quarter of the antibiotics were too big for a cat to swallow. Luna got the last one this morning btw.

And so far, I haven't checked the net for Nature's Miracle, but I will... The baking soda worked very well on that spot on the sofa and I can't smell it anymore. But I have to be prepared for further accidents to happen...

Kirsten