How To Give My Cat Liquid Medicine?

[sleepyjohn]

HELP!

I took my cat to the vet with thinnning fur on the ears. HE didn;t speak good English but immedaitly said ahhh.....something Mange.

Gave her two shots, and gave me a bottle of medicine and a syringe without a needle, for three 2 cc doses a day and looks like enough for quite a few days.

I presumed i had to squirt this stuff in my cat's mouth (I've tended to try to squirt it in one go) but when I do it she freaks out, and a lot of it gets spat out as well. I tasted it and it tastes slightly medicinal and kind of syrupy, but I wouldn't think its for mixing with the food.

For one thing my cat is often away for most of the day and I would only be able to give her one dose. For another thing I'm concerned she's hating this so much she's gonna dissappear.

Any experience before i go back to the vet?

[sbk]

My cat reacts badly to liquid medicine too, I think its common with cats. I prefer to give her pills, I grind them up into her food.

If you don't want to go back to the vet try wrapping your cat up in a towel (firmly!) with one person holding the cat and another administering the meds. Then, afterwards make sure to give her a really nice treat, some tuna or something.

[matte]

My cat reacts badly to liquid medicine too, I think its common with cats. I prefer to give her pills, I grind them up into her food.

If you don't want to go back to the vet try wrapping your cat up in a towel (firmly!) with one person holding the cat and another administering the meds. Then, afterwards make sure to give her a really nice treat, some tuna or something.

Hey, it´s a cat. Cats have instincts. One is to keep clean. Drop the medicine on his/her paw and it will be taken care of. Easy.

[sbk]

Actually, she foams at the mouth from liquid medication so I suspect it is a bad reaction to the meds in liquid form not an unwillingness to take them.

[matte]

Actually, she foams at the mouth from liquid medication so I suspect it is a bad reaction to the meds in liquid form not an unwillingness to take them.

Ah. Then you should talk to the vet again. If you can get "solid" medicin the same principle applies. Crush the pil mix it with butter and apply on paw.

If you prefer to give the whole pill, try sticking the cats head through the sleeve of a sweater before feeding the pill. Keeps the claws away.

[lampard10]

I use a syrynge to give both my cats medicine, then a swab to wipe the blood off my hands where they have scratched me.

[lampard10]

HELP!

I took my cat to the vet with thinnning fur on the ears. HE didn;t speak good English

What cats do?

[matte]

HELP!

I took my cat to the vet with thinnning fur on the ears. HE didn;t speak good English

What cats do?

Aristocats?

[Orion76]

Most cats hate it and struggle but with some practice it becomes easy.

One way that works well is to grab the cat firmly by the skin behind the head (like a mother cat carries her kittens), lift it so it's standing upright like a human facing away from you and push the syringe into the side of its mouth. Make sure you don't inject the medicine too fast, take a few seconds to empty the syringe.

Lifting the cat by the skin behind the head makes them very docile for a short while so if you're quick you can get the medicine in before it starts to struggle.

[Rimmer]

Most cats hate it and struggle but with some practice it becomes easy.

One way that works well is to grab the cat firmly by the skin behind the head (like a mother cat carries her kittens), lift it so it's standing upright like a human facing away from you and push the syringe into the side of its mouth. Make sure you don't inject the medicine too fast, take a few seconds to empty the syringe.

Lifting the cat by the skin behind the head makes them very docile for a short while so if you're quick you can get the medicine in before it starts to struggle.

Absolutly 100% correct I give both my cats water 4 times a day by hand, to guard against struvites and calcium oxalates and whilst they don't care for it, if the plastic part of the syringe is in the side of the mouth they will do a lapping thing with their tongue and swallow the lot.

[lampard10]

HELP!

I took my cat to the vet with thinnning fur on the ears. HE didn;t speak good English

What cats do?

Aristocats?

Orion76 Today, 2006-03-26 19:20:01 Post #9

Most cats hate it and struggle but with some practice it becomes easy.

What speaking English?

Edited March 26, 2006 by lampard10

[Patsycat]

Rub liquid onto their fur where they wash, the big syringe things ie cream i would rub around his mouth and whiskers.

I was scratched alive once trying to give the cat a pill, never again. And they are not stupid - even if you grind it up in their food they will eat around it. Sneaky little buggers, but we still love them!!

[Patsycat]

By the way orion, have you ever grabbed a fully grown cat behind its ears and rendered it docile enough to give it a pill?? I DONT THINK SO.

[Orion76]

By the way orion, have you ever grabbed a fully grown cat behind its ears and rendered it docile enough to give it a pill?? I DONT THINK SO.

Sure, I have three fully grown cats and had to do it lots of times.

Just push the pill into its mouth from the side with your finger and keep its mouth closed until it swallows.

It seems impossible the first time you try but practice makes perfect

[leisurely]

I have never tried liquid medicine, but when our cats had ringworm I would push the pill into a piece of cheese. No problem. Could you ask your vet for solid drugs?

[kurgen]

Take a medium sized carrot and ram it up your cats jacksie.

Not only will it render your cat immobile it will also give you 5-10 seconds where the mouth is wide open thus making it easy to give the medicine.

[Crossy]

Google turned up this gem, could be useful:-

http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/Humor/...ll-Cat-Dog.html

A second (serious) answer from Mr Google:-

http://cats.about.com/cs/catmanagement101/...eliquidmeds.htm

Edited March 29, 2006 by Crossy

[Orion76]

Google turned up this gem, could be useful:-

http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/Humor/...ll-Cat-Dog.html

Hahaha thanks for that, that's hilarious!!

[Sheryl]

I have what may be the hardest cat in the world to give medicine to (or to get to do anything else she doesn't want to do. My fault. I spoil her).

I got a marvelous device given to me by a vet for giving pills. It is like a syringe but with a grip at the end that holds the tablet, you insert it into the mouth way back and push the plunger then quickly withdraw and hold the cat's mouth closed for about half a minute, keep mouth tilted back throughout.

If you can't get what you need in a tablet form then depending on the viscosity of the liquid and your cat, the applying to fur may or may not work. My cat simply rubs liquid medicines off onto the upholestry or, better yet, expensive hard to clean fabrics. Only after she has smeared as much as possible onto hard to clean fabrics of mine will she lick.

I have had between little to no success giving her liquid medication, deopending on how much she hates the taste. To the extent I suceed at all, it is with a grasp similiar to that described by previous poster, head tilted back and mouth squeezed shut immediately afterwards then (mouth still squeezed shut) blowing on her nostrils. I don't know why but this last tends to make them swallow, learned it from an American vet. Even so, if she really hates the stuff she manages to spit it out.

[Scott]

I have 3 cats and all have had to take medicine (one has to have medicine every day for the rest of his life). I've had real problems with liquid medicine and now I always ask for pills. Cats quickly learn that they can spit up liquid medicine if it tastes bad to them.

I give them pills. I hold them on the floor firmly, tilt their head back to a 90 degree angle, open their mouth and drop the pill as far back as possible. I then close their mouth and rub the neck until they have swallowed. The trick is to be quick and firm--hold them firmly and don't try to be "nice" about it.

With one cat I sometimes use a small syringe with water, which I put in his mouth after the pill to facilitate swallowing.

Best of luck.

[sleepyjohn]

Thanx for all your suggestions.

As it was quite difficult to find my cat for usually two of it's doses out of the thre per day, and as she was really rather shall we say unenthusiastic (this may be the greatest understatement ever recorded) I have put her in to the clininc off Nimmanhemin to stay until the course is over.

100 baht per day and I know she'll get her med and gonna love me even more when i save her from that place!