Struggling…. I tried putting the content in their food and no luck either
Thanks for the tips :)
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I had a friend claim that once someone else was sitting on the floor holding the cat, he would use a straw like a dart blowgun, and shoot it right into the cats mouth.
Lol
Put in lap
Put two fingers on each end of jaw where they kinda hold their mouth slightly agape.
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Method I use because my cats are really tolerant:
- Open mouth gently and give treat
- Repeat couple of times
- Feed pill with a treat
- ???
- profit
Depends on your cat. My cat, I kind of cradle the back of her head, behind her ears in one hand, (think scruffing but not scruffing bc that’s not nice). With my dominant hand (the hand to the front of her, I come at her from the side), I lift her chin, open her mouth with a finger, and with my index finger push the pill to the back of her tongue.
She’s had to take a lot of pills in her life so we have it down pat. But it’s mostly about being firm but not scaring them.
Press your index finger and thumb into the back end side of the cats mouth, this will open it, shove the pill towards the back of their mouth against her throat with the other hand and then let go. If it was far enough back they will swallow it.
I clamp the cat between me and a wall whilst petting and then gently open his mouth and after massage the pill down. If we do it elsewhere he will scratch and go mayhem, this way he stays still and calm
My cats will eat anything if it’s served with Churu. That stuff is wild. Just a blob of Churu in my hand with the pill in it and the cat’s so into licking the Churu they don’t even realize they just took a pill.
The daily injections though, those weren’t fun. Especially once he started feeling better and had energy to fight us.
I just put it in his food but some cats aren’t cool with that.
My cat will find the 2 piece of kibble that have been in the bowl 4 hours longer than the rest and set them aside for me
I give my cats malt paste regularly. They lick it from my fingers and like it a lot. When they need pills from the vet I simply put them into the paste. They don’t even really notice and there is no struggle at all.
I use a pill gun like this one then immediately follow up with a treat. He hates the pill but the sooner that’s over with the sooner he gets the treat, and we have to do it again if he manages to spit the pill out. Treat doesn’t come until the pill is swallowed.
Yeah this combined with tucking the cat in your armpit, works like a charm. They will hate it but it’s effective!
Why don’t they make cat (and dog) pills taste like a treat? It can’t be that hard!
It’s not hard it’s more expensive. Heartworm and flea and tick meds come in treat form.
cats also tend to be a lot more finicky about different foods :(
True, but my lot wolf down different treats.
They make pill pocket soft treats for both cats and dogs, and depending on the medication, some places will just make a medicated soft treat.
My elder cat was having kidney problems, wouldn’t take pills, would eat around the pill to eat the pill pocket treat, and would violently shake her head if you tried using liquid meds. Eventually, I found an online pet pharmacy that would just blend her kidney meds right into a soft chew treat… unfortunately, this was several years ago, and I can not remember the name of the site I used.
Depends in how much skin you want to keep.
There are aides for giving medication to cats. Dont know the name but it exists.
Like others said : towel roll
I like putting her back against my belly so she can not get away to fast. Than put pill in mouth by opening it a bit. Than keep her mouth shut a bit. To make her swallow you can pet her on the troath.
Some cats who like food a lot dont mind milled pill-dust on their diner.
There is a paste to put the pill in and it tastes better. You can buy it at the vet. Maybe in a drugstore/petstore to.
With middle finger and thumb, gently press them on opposite sides of cats mouth. They will tilt their head back and start licking to move u and in that moment fling the pill with your pointer finger in their mouth and gently hold their head back and up until they swallow it.
My cat doesn’t fuck with pill pockets or crushed up on their food and this way works great.
I grind it like, snorting fine, and sprinkle it wet food and stir, has always worked for me.
Remember to check with your veterinarian if it’s okay to pulverize the pills, some medications are slow release and crushing them is probably bad
Oh good to know thanks!
Pill pockets are the only way we can get our cat to take her pills. But we’ve had to put the pills into little gelatin capsules and wrap those in pills pockets because the pills are bitter. If my cat gets a taste of the bitter pills and the pill pocket, she’ll never eat the pill pocket flavor again.
