Dealing with sick cats is never, easy, and one of the major issues for a lot of people is getting their cats to eat pills or take medication easily. Cats will fool you. You think you were victorious in getting the pill down the cat's throat only to find the little pill on the floor under the sofa a few days later. Or worse, in the case of liquid medicine, flung about and spattering the floor and walls. Fortunately there are some ways of making cats take almost any medicine, no matter how unpalatable it might be to them.
Things You'll Need
- Canned cat food
- Cat pill popper
- Two teaspoons
- Baby food (meat)
- Tuna fish, packed in oil
Instructions
Turn a pill into powder by placing it on a teaspoon. Place another teaspoon on top of the first, and press down hard. The pill will pulverize under the pressure between the two spoons. Take a tiny amount of canned cat food and sprinkle the pulverized pill onto the food. Make a tiny meatball out of the canned food and feed it to your cat. If the canned cat food does not work, use pureed baby food. If that fails, drip the oil from a can of tuna onto the powdered pill and mix it up. Your cat should lap it up happily.
Hide the pill or liquid medicine in the cat's food or in a small amount of tuna fish oil. There are cat pill pockets available in any pet supply store made specifically for pilling a cat. They are highly palatable little treats that look like tiny pita pockets. You place the pill inside the pocket and feed it to your cat. These work well most of the time.
Use a pill popper. This is a long, cylindrical stick that has a rubber tip on the end. The pill is placed inside the rubber tip, and then you press the other end with your index finger. The pill is released when you press the other end. Insert the pill popper into your cat's mouth, almost to his throat on one side of the mouth. Stroke his throat immediately after releasing the pill. Double check to make sure he has gotten it down and it stays down. Use this same method for liquid medicine only use an eye dropper or syringe instead of the pill popper, which is available from your vet.