☺ Help Me Drug My Cat

[wolf63]

Help, please, before I throttle him.

I am changing my strategy with regards to giving the thug that is called Frankie his daily medication. I have used Webbox liquid stuff but he doesn't always lap it up, I have used the Sticks from Tesco and Webbox but the consistency of the stick varies greatly. Some times it is pliable and easy to use and other times it is solid and annoying

I am now packing the chopped up steroids into a Dreamie with a hold in it. The perfect solution would be to crush the tablet and put the powder into the treat.

I have tried transferring the powder with tweezers but they don't pick up much. I have shaky hands which could result in me spreading the drug all over the place except in Frankie's system.

Can anyone think of a tool or method to use?

Cats are the most devious little critters

[ferlew]

I used to crush meds with 2 spoons, and mix in with Dairylea, or a little icecream in the case of my Siamese, she loved icecream.

[Islay]

As ferlew did, i roughly crush mine and mix it in a teaspoon of cream cheese

[wolf63]

Frankie loves Roast Beef, ham etc but nothing else.

If it was just him in the house it would be okay but Princess Merlin (his sister) also stays here.

[Barmaid]

Insert the med inside

piece of cheese
very moist piece of chicken
piece of mashed up tuna
Prawn

[furrypusscat]

I have a tool from my vet. It is a syringe where you place the pill into the rubber end, open cats mouth place syringe towards back of mouth and use the plunger to eject pill close to throat and puss will swallow. It is quite a useful tool and costs very little.

[Barmaid]

Is he an opportunist thief who would take the food off your fork?

If so, on your plate, put your plate down, let him scoff piece of tasty morsel ......

[mccfluff]

that pill popper thing is great if you have a cat that placidly lets you open their mouth, murph is really strong and a proper wriggler, if i try to open her mouth, she'll chomp down... luckily we reached a compromise, she gets her pills in cheese

[Barmaid]

I agree with you McFluff. If I tried to do that to ASBO I'd be spending the rest of the day in A & E.

[wolf63]

I tried a pill popper a couple of years ago - he wouldn't come near me for days.

He is not the bravest of souls but he does love his food, his sisters food and the odd spider.

I have just turned two prednisolone tablets into powder and stuffed the Dreamie with it. It was difficult to transfer and I have the feeling there is quite a lot of steroid under my laptop.

With my dogs all I had to do is stick a tablet in any type of food and throw it in the air.

Thanks folks - he has been coughing and barfing this morning but is now sleeping up on my bed.

How long do cats live?

[queenofmean]

Our Teddy has to get powdered meds, the only method we found effective was the single tiny sachets of Sheba sprinkled with meds topped with his urinary kibble...gone, but not quite in 60 seconds!

[corylus]

The very best of luck mate, gloves at dawn!

[ferlew]

If he only eats meat - what about crushing in some of that meat paste you get in a jar?

[Buenchico]

I'm possibly not the best person to answer this as it can take me days just to get some flea treatment onto the back of a cat's neck. (My record is three weeks of chasing the same cat around several time a day before achieving success).

However a simple sheet of paper might help. Take a sheet of nice crisp paper (e.g. 90gsm A4 inkjet printer paper) and cut it into two. Take one of the A5 pieces and fold it into two (ensuring that there's a really crisp crease), then fold that into two similarly. Open out the last fold and place the crushed tablet powder into the crease. You should then be able to lift the paper and tilt it so that the powder flows down the crease, allowing you to drop it precisely into position.