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- From: krw@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Kenneth R. Wood)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
- Subject: Giving Pills to our Fuzzy Friends
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.114250.2968@pierrot.comlab.ox.ac.uk>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 11:42:50 GMT
- Sender: krw@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Kenneth Wood)
- Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory (PRG)
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- Originator: krw@pierrot.comlab
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- One of our two cats has a recurring problem with granulanoma (main
- sympton is raw sores on the chin and lips) and until yesterday the
- treatment was a half tablet of something called Ovarid every other day.
- Now, the great thing about Ovarid is that CATS LOVE IT. As soon as she
- heard the rustle of the foil wrapping, Trin would rush over and beg for
- her pill, and then chomp and gulp till it was gone. Hilary wanted some
- too and was always pissed off at not getting any.
-
- Those days are over. The problem has gotten worse, and the vet has
- switched us to a new medication, little white pills to be given twice
- daily and a capsule of oil of evening primrose to be given once daily
- to help metabolize the pills (really). The capsules are easy--break
- them into a small saucer of milk, and hey presto milk and oil are gone
- in a flash. BUT...the pills are another matter. No amount of disguise
- will trick Trin into eating them. (Embed them in tuna, wait a minute,
- and you have a happy cat and an isolated very clean pill.)
-
- We have managed to get them down as a team, one person restraining and
- the other opening up Trin's mouth, putting the pill in the back of her
- throat and (gently) putting a finger at the back of her tongue to make
- her swallow. However, this is a very agonizing process both for us and
- for Trin. I'm worried that after a month of this, she'll put in for a
- transfer to a better home and/or I'll need skin grafts.
-
- So fellow cat people, IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO GIVE PILLS TO CATS?
-
- All advice will be very gratefully received and, as usual, I'll post
- a summary.
-
- Thanks.
-
- Ken
-