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Popping pills

Posted in Chi-Town Fur Gang, tagged , on December 1, 2008| 2 Comments »

I pilled Studley Sunday night! Aren’t you proud of me?

He’s been pretty much terrified of me when we’re on the first floor as in his opinion, I seem constantly intent on catching him or pilling him or giving him suspicious (medication-laced) food or treats. But last night, he was upstairs and had his guard down and I managed to catch him because he saw me coming and started into the den, then paused and thought “Oh wait, den is bad – harder to hide in the den, should have gone in bedroom” and that pause cost him the game.

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Medication frustration, part two

Posted in Chi-Town Fur Gang, Feline nutrition and health, tagged , , , on November 30, 2008|

I wrote earlier about my current medication frustrations.

They continue.

It’s become even more difficult to pill Studley. I took him to the vet yesterday (where he got a depomedrol steroid shot for suspected asthma). If the shot works, we’ll begin inhaled meds. In the meantime, his still on some pills for another (behavioral) issue. When I voiced my concerns at the vet yesterday, as I’m not sure the pills are even helping or necessary and incredibly difficult to give him, the vet needed to see for himself by prying Studley’s mouth open and popping down a piece of a treat. Well, sure, looked easy enough for him. In my defense, the vet didn’t have to CATCH him. I’d already chased him around the house to get him and put him in a carrier and transport him to the vet, and was holding him, docile, on the exam table.
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Medication frustration

Posted in Chi-Town Fur Gang, Feline nutrition and health, tagged , , , on November 23, 2008| 3 Comments »

I’m not the world’s best “piller”, but I consider myself fairly adept at medicating cats. Not only have I had (and have) several cats with medical needs, but I also volunteered for a few years in a cat shelter’s clinic. I can pop a pill down an average cat’s throat. For your “more difficult” cat, I’ve learned most of the “tricks” – using a pill gun, “hiding” the pill in food, a bit of cheese, a bit of cream cheese, a bit of real mayonnaise, a soft treat…

You can get many, if not most, medications compounded into flavored liquids or even treats, which can make medicating the difficult cat a lot easier. Some medications can be compounded into transdermel gels you rub on the ear.

Pill Pockets are a handy little trick in the medicating bag. The ingredients make me cringe (corn syrup? pregelantized corn? wheat flour? wheat gluten? starch? soy protean?) However, they are relatively inexpensive, readily available, and easy to use. So, when I found out I’d be medicating my formerly-feral one-eyed wonder cat, Studley, I decided to go with Pill Pockets when cheese failed me. (Cheese “breaded” in freeze-dried turkey treat crumbs did work nicely, but I’m admittedly too lazy to prepare elaborate appetizers for my cat twice a day.)
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