Help me with my cat...Update

[heathertre]

My vet gave me some powdered dewormer (he's a shelter cat and there were no records of him having a dewormer). Thus comes the problem. He (my cat) is very picky about his food. He refuses to eat canned cat food. He won't touch canned tuna fish. He won't touch canned salmon. He won't even touch ice cream. I've tried all of these just by giving him a little to see if he'd eat it because I didn't want to waste the meds. I can't figure out what to do. If it was a pill, I'd have no problem. Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!


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Thank you all for the suggestions. I ended up mixing the powder with some water and used a eye dropper to squirt it right down his throat. I wrapped him in a blanket. Worked surprisingly well. From now on though, I think I'm going to ask my vet to give him meds in pill form. I think he may be plotting against me now. He's got the evil eye on my.

 

[tasmanian]

Mix it in his water. Or some milk.

 

[FP]

Put it in some canned food and leave it out. He will eat it when he gets hungry.

 

[spidey07]

Mix with a little bit of water and squirt it down his throat with an eye dropper and hold his mouth shut.

Or this...
1. Grasp cat firmly in your arms. Cradle its head on your elbow, just as if you were giving baby a bottle. Coo confidently, "Thats a nice kitty." Drop pill into its mouth.

2. Retrieve cat from top of lamp and pill from under sofa.

3. Follow same procedure as in 1, but hold cat's front paws down with left hand and back paws down with elbow of right arm. Poke pill into its mouth with right forefinger.

4. Retrieve cat from under bed. Get new pill from bottle. (Resist impulse to get new cat.)

5. Again proceed as in 1, except when you have cat firmly cradled in bottle-feeding position, sit down on edge of chair, fold your torso over cat, bring your right hand over your left elbow, open cat's mouth by lifting the upper jaw and pop the pill in - quickly. Since your head is down by your knees, you won't be able to see what you're doing. That's just as well.

6. Leave cat hanging on drapes. Leave pill in your hair.

7. If you're a woman, have a good cry. If you're a man, have a good cry.

8. Now pull yourself together. Who's the boss here anyway? Retrieve cat and pill. Assuming position 1, say sternly, "Who's the boss here, anyway?" Open cat's mouth, take pill and...Oooops!

9. This isn't working, is it? Collapse and think. Aha! Those flashing claws are causing the chaos.

10. Crawl to linen closet. Drag back large beach towel. Spread towel on floor.

11. Retrieve cat from kitchen counter and pill from potted plant.

12. Spread cat on towel near one end with its head over long edge.

13. Flatten cat's front and back legs over its stomach. (Resist impulse to flatten cat.)

14. Roll cat in towel. Work fast; time and tabbies wait for no man-or woman.

15. Resume position 1. Rotate your left hand to cat's head. Press its mouth at the jaw hinges like opening the petals of a snapdragon.

16. Drop pill into cat's mouth and poke gently. Voila! It's done.

17. Vacuum up loose fur (cat's). Apply bandages to wounds (yours).

18. Take two aspirins and lie down.

 

[Rike]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Mix with a little bit of water and squirt it down his throat with an eye dropper and hold his mouth shut.

Or this...
1. Grasp cat firmly in your arms. Cradle its head on your elbow, just as if you were giving baby a bottle. Coo confidently, "Thats a nice kitty." Drop pill into its mouth.

2. Retrieve cat from top of lamp and pill from under sofa.

3. Follow same procedure as in 1, but hold cat's front paws down with left hand and back paws down with elbow of right arm. Poke pill into its mouth with right forefinger.

4. Retrieve cat from under bed. Get new pill from bottle. (Resist impulse to get new cat.)

5. Again proceed as in 1, except when you have cat firmly cradled in bottle-feeding position, sit down on edge of chair, fold your torso over cat, bring your right hand over your left elbow, open cat's mouth by lifting the upper jaw and pop the pill in - quickly. Since your head is down by your knees, you won't be able to see what you're doing. That's just as well.

6. Leave cat hanging on drapes. Leave pill in your hair.

7. If you're a woman, have a good cry. If you're a man, have a good cry.

8. Now pull yourself together. Who's the boss here anyway? Retrieve cat and pill. Assuming position 1, say sternly, "Who's the boss here, anyway?" Open cat's mouth, take pill and...Oooops!

9. This isn't working, is it? Collapse and think. Aha! Those flashing claws are causing the chaos.

10. Crawl to linen closet. Drag back large beach towel. Spread towel on floor.

11. Retrieve cat from kitchen counter and pill from potted plant.

12. Spread cat on towel near one end with its head over long edge.

13. Flatten cat's front and back legs over its stomach. (Resist impulse to flatten cat.)

14. Roll cat in towel. Work fast; time and tabbies wait for no man-or woman.

15. Resume position 1. Rotate your left hand to cat's head. Press its mouth at the jaw hinges like opening the petals of a snapdragon.

16. Drop pill into cat's mouth and poke gently. Voila! It's done.

17. Vacuum up loose fur (cat's). Apply bandages to wounds (yours).

18. Take two aspirins and lie down.

Perfect! I :heart: cats, but making them do anything they don't want to is always rather complex and usually involves pain. :Q

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Mix with a little bit of water and squirt it down his throat with an eye dropper and hold his mouth shut.

Or this...
1. Grasp cat firmly in your arms. Cradle its head on your elbow, just as if you were giving baby a bottle. Coo confidently, "Thats a nice kitty." Drop pill into its mouth.

2. Retrieve cat from top of lamp and pill from under sofa.

3. Follow same procedure as in 1, but hold cat's front paws down with left hand and back paws down with elbow of right arm. Poke pill into its mouth with right forefinger.

4. Retrieve cat from under bed. Get new pill from bottle. (Resist impulse to get new cat.)

5. Again proceed as in 1, except when you have cat firmly cradled in bottle-feeding position, sit down on edge of chair, fold your torso over cat, bring your right hand over your left elbow, open cat's mouth by lifting the upper jaw and pop the pill in - quickly. Since your head is down by your knees, you won't be able to see what you're doing. That's just as well.

6. Leave cat hanging on drapes. Leave pill in your hair.

7. If you're a woman, have a good cry. If you're a man, have a good cry.

8. Now pull yourself together. Who's the boss here anyway? Retrieve cat and pill. Assuming position 1, say sternly, "Who's the boss here, anyway?" Open cat's mouth, take pill and...Oooops!

9. This isn't working, is it? Collapse and think. Aha! Those flashing claws are causing the chaos.

10. Crawl to linen closet. Drag back large beach towel. Spread towel on floor.

11. Retrieve cat from kitchen counter and pill from potted plant.

12. Spread cat on towel near one end with its head over long edge.

13. Flatten cat's front and back legs over its stomach. (Resist impulse to flatten cat.)

14. Roll cat in towel. Work fast; time and tabbies wait for no man-or woman.

15. Resume position 1. Rotate your left hand to cat's head. Press its mouth at the jaw hinges like opening the petals of a snapdragon.

16. Drop pill into cat's mouth and poke gently. Voila! It's done.

17. Vacuum up loose fur (cat's). Apply bandages to wounds (yours).

18. Take two aspirins and lie down.

Totally accurate IMO. :laugh::thumbsup:

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Rike
Perfect! I :heart: cats, but making them do anything they don't want to is always rather complex and usually involves pain. :Q

You just need to use the right (and awkward-looking) positioning. Remember how Steve Irwin would deal with crocodiles by flat out laying on them? It's kind of like that with a cat, only it's more of a squat - press down on their entire body, grip their head firmly in one hand, and "administer" the pill with the other. Depending on your cat, it might get more tolerant of the procedure, or, more likely, it'll learn the subtle cues that hint at an impending forced-ingestion session, and it will hide, seemingly in some alternate dimension, remaining there for days, or possibly months - as long as it deems necessary.

 

[Synomenon]

When we couldn't get our cat to take his de-worming pill, we brought him to the vet. The vet took a large bath towel, wrapped my cat in it and left my cat's head sticking out one end of the towel burrito and held my cat down. Then the vet opened my cats mouth and put the pill in it. After the pill went in, the vet held my cat's mouth closed until he had swallowed it.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: Rike
Perfect! I :heart: cats, but making them do anything they don't want to is always rather complex and usually involves pain. :Q

You just need to use the right (and awkward-looking) positioning. Remember how Steve Irwin would deal with crocodiles by flat out laying on them? It's kind of like that with a cat, only it's more of a squat - press down on their entire body, grip their head firmly in one hand, and "administer" the pill with the other. Depending on your cat, it might get more tolerant of the procedure, or, more likely, it'll learn the subtle cues that hint at an impending forced-ingestion session, and it will hide, seemingly in some alternate dimension, remaining there for days, or possibly months - as long as it deems necessary.

But this is a powder. If it were me I'd mix it with a little water, force the jaws open and then paint his tongue, the back of his mouth and force it so far down that he will hate me for life with medicine.

Eventually they'll submit and give up. Hopefully.

But that's me, and I love my kitties.

 

[Canai]

Thank god my cat eats pretty much everything I put in front of him.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: Rike
Perfect! I :heart: cats, but making them do anything they don't want to is always rather complex and usually involves pain. :Q

You just need to use the right (and awkward-looking) positioning. Remember how Steve Irwin would deal with crocodiles by flat out laying on them? It's kind of like that with a cat, only it's more of a squat - press down on their entire body, grip their head firmly in one hand, and "administer" the pill with the other. Depending on your cat, it might get more tolerant of the procedure, or, more likely, it'll learn the subtle cues that hint at an impending forced-ingestion session, and it will hide, seemingly in some alternate dimension, remaining there for days, or possibly months - as long as it deems necessary.

But this is a powder. If it were me I'd mix it with a little water, force the jaws open and then paint his tongue, the back of his mouth and force it so far down that he will hate me for life with medicine.

Eventually they'll submit and give up. Hopefully.

But that's me, and I love my kitties.

Hey, you were the one who posted an 18-step process for getting a cat to swallow a pill.

Mixing the powder with some tasty food should do the trick. He might think it tastes a bit weird, but I'm sure the smell and taste of pureed fish/beef/miscellaneous-animal should persuade him to ignore it.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Hey, you were the one who posted an 18-step process for getting a cat to swallow a pill.

Mixing the powder with some tasty food should do the trick. He might think it tastes a bit weird, but I'm sure the smell and taste of pureed fish/beef/miscellaneous-animal should persuade him to ignore it.

yeah, if they're hungry they will eat it. If they don't like the food you give them that just means they aren't hungry enough.

tough love, it works with pets...it works with kids.

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: Rike
Perfect! I :heart: cats, but making them do anything they don't want to is always rather complex and usually involves pain. :Q

You just need to use the right (and awkward-looking) positioning. Remember how Steve Irwin would deal with crocodiles by flat out laying on them? It's kind of like that with a cat, only it's more of a squat - press down on their entire body, grip their head firmly in one hand, and "administer" the pill with the other. Depending on your cat, it might get more tolerant of the procedure, or, more likely, it'll learn the subtle cues that hint at an impending forced-ingestion session, and it will hide, seemingly in some alternate dimension, remaining there for days, or possibly months - as long as it deems necessary.

If you have help, gripping them by the scruff of the neck will immobilize them , allowing you to administer the meds.