We got the poo meds

TED has prescribed metrinadazole tablets. "But can I crush it up and put in
in her food so she won't notice it?" I asked.
Long hesitation. "Well, it won't be easy" he said.
I crushed Kitty's quarter tab up between two teaspoons and rolled it around
her chicken pieces. Which she fell upon until she tasted it and then spit
it out.
As chicken is the only thing she will eat at the moment, the last thing I
need is to put her off it. I put gravy on it then, it fooled her for a
whole minute.
TED, you are right, it will not be easy. It will be impossible. I dipped
my finger in the powder and tasted it myself, it is so horribly bitter that
there is no chance at all that Kitty, with her fragile appetite, would even
consider not noticing it in her food.
Back to square one.

Tweed

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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TED has prescribed metrinadazole tablets. "But can I crush it up and put
in in her food so she won't notice it?" I asked.
Long hesitation. "Well, it won't be easy" he said.
I crushed Kitty's quarter tab up between two teaspoons and rolled it
around her chicken pieces. Which she fell upon until she tasted it and
then spit it out.
As chicken is the only thing she will eat at the moment, the last thing I
need is to put her off it. I put gravy on it then, it fooled her for a
whole minute.
TED, you are right, it will not be easy. It will be impossible. I dipped
my finger in the powder and tasted it myself, it is so horribly bitter
that there is no chance at all that Kitty, with her fragile appetite,
would even consider not noticing it in her food.
Back to square one.

Tweed

My Shadow used to have to take that as daily maintenance for his IBD. I
tasted it, too, and it is nasty. I got some empty gelcaps and put his dose
in that and washed it down with a treat following it. I have read that KFC
is impossible to pill, so this might not work for you. I also don't know if
you can get empty gelcaps in the UK. I know that metrinadazole is available
as an injectable, but over here vets won't let you give it yourself. Shadow
was an exception and I got several vials given to me, but only because the
vet nearly killed him on several occasions and she was covering her @$$.

Christina Websell wrote:
TED has prescribed metrinadazole tablets. "But can I crush it up and
put in in her food so she won't notice it?" I asked.
Long hesitation. "Well, it won't be easy" he said.
I crushed Kitty's quarter tab up between two teaspoons and rolled it
around her chicken pieces. Which she fell upon until she tasted it
and then spit it out.
As chicken is the only thing she will eat at the moment, the last
thing I need is to put her off it. I put gravy on it then, it fooled
her for a whole minute.
TED, you are right, it will not be easy. It will be impossible. I
dipped my finger in the powder and tasted it myself, it is so
horribly bitter that there is no chance at all that Kitty, with her
fragile appetite, would even consider not noticing it in her food.
Back to square one.

Tweed

Dang! Now what? Purrs ongoing.....

kili

Christina Websell kirjoitti:
TED has prescribed metrinadazole tablets. "But can I crush it up and put in
in her food so she won't notice it?" I asked.
Long hesitation. "Well, it won't be easy" he said.
I crushed Kitty's quarter tab up between two teaspoons and rolled it around
her chicken pieces. Which she fell upon until she tasted it and then spit
it out.
As chicken is the only thing she will eat at the moment, the last thing I
need is to put her off it. I put gravy on it then, it fooled her for a
whole minute.
TED, you are right, it will not be easy. It will be impossible. I dipped
my finger in the powder and tasted it myself, it is so horribly bitter that
there is no chance at all that Kitty, with her fragile appetite, would even
consider not noticing it in her food.
Back to square one.

Tweed


Aptus is a Finnish brand, and not sure if it's available in the UK, but
might you have something similar?? Both Laku and Nico have been given
Attapect when they've had the runs sometime.
http://www.aptuspet.com/products?productgroup=10367436

--
Christine in Laitila, Finland
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Christine K wrote:
Christina Websell kirjoitti:
TED has prescribed metrinadazole tablets. "But can I crush it up and
put in in her food so she won't notice it?" I asked.
Long hesitation. "Well, it won't be easy" he said.
I crushed Kitty's quarter tab up between two teaspoons and rolled it
around her chicken pieces. Which she fell upon until she tasted it
and then spit it out.
As chicken is the only thing she will eat at the moment, the last
thing I need is to put her off it. I put gravy on it then, it fooled
her for a whole minute.
TED, you are right, it will not be easy. It will be impossible. I
dipped my finger in the powder and tasted it myself, it is so
horribly bitter that there is no chance at all that Kitty, with her
fragile appetite, would even consider not noticing it in her food.
Back to square one.

Tweed


Aptus is a Finnish brand, and not sure if it's available in the UK, but
might you have something similar?? Both Laku and Nico have been given
Attapect when they've had the runs sometime.
http://www.aptuspet.com/products?productgroup=10367436


Frank got that, too. It's very effective in solidifying the poo, but it
doesn't address any underlying problem. And the problem of administering
a pill to KFC remains.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

Christina Websell wrote:

TED has prescribed metrinadazole tablets. "But can I crush it up and put in
in her food so she won't notice it?" I asked.
Long hesitation. "Well, it won't be easy" he said.
I crushed Kitty's quarter tab up between two teaspoons and rolled it around
her chicken pieces. Which she fell upon until she tasted it and then spit
it out.
As chicken is the only thing she will eat at the moment, the last thing I
need is to put her off it.

I think that's a sensible thought - you really don't want her to
associate the one food she's willing to eat with the nasty taste of
the medicine.

TED, you are right, it will not be easy. It will be impossible. I dipped
my finger in the powder and tasted it myself, it is so horribly bitter that
there is no chance at all that Kitty, with her fragile appetite, would even
consider not noticing it in her food.
Back to square one.

Do you have compounding pharmacies (ie, chemists) in the UK? These are
special pharmacies that will combine the medication with other substances,
usually to give the medication a better flavor. I know some people have
used them to give their cats medicine. Maybe you could have this medicine
compounded with something that's chicken-flavored?

Purrs for successful medicating!

--
Joyce

To email me, remove the triple-X from my user name. ^..^

Here is a trick I learned from an long time kitten fosterer. I'm not
sure if
Cheez Whiz is available in the UK, but if it is this has worked well
for
me.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheez_Whiz

Take a blob of Cheez Whiz about two or three times as big as
the quarter pill you are trying to give KFC. Surround the pill
with it. Put it on the tip of your finger and open her mouth
enough to scrap it off on the back of her front teeth. They usually
like the cheez whiz and wonder why you won't just give it to
them as a treat. The stuff is so goopy the pill usually just
slides down. Now this assumes that she won't bite you when you
open her mouth a bit. Using a pill pocket is another possibility
since kitties usually think they are treats, although I've found that
one whole one is too large.

http://www.greenies.com/en_US/produc...px?Product_ID=

Hope this is helpful and KFC's poo problems resolve.

Debbie


On Jun 30, 8:36*pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
TED has prescribed metrinadazole tablets. "But can I crush it up and put in
in her food so she won't notice it?" *I asked.
Long hesitation. *"Well, it won't be easy" he said.
I crushed Kitty's quarter tab up between two teaspoons and rolled it around
her chicken pieces. *Which she fell upon until she tasted it and then spit
it out.
As chicken is the only thing she will eat at the moment, the last thing I
need is to put her off it. *I put gravy on it then, it fooled her for a
whole minute.
TED, you are right, it will not be easy. *It will be impossible. *I dipped
my finger in the powder and tasted it myself, *it is so horribly bitter that
there is no chance at all that Kitty, with her fragile appetite, would even
consider not noticing it in her food.
Back to square one.

Tweed

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...
TED has prescribed metrinadazole tablets. "But can I crush it up and put
in in her food so she won't notice it?" I asked.
Long hesitation. "Well, it won't be easy" he said.
I crushed Kitty's quarter tab up between two teaspoons and rolled it
around her chicken pieces. Which she fell upon until she tasted it and
then spit it out.
As chicken is the only thing she will eat at the moment, the last thing I
need is to put her off it. I put gravy on it then, it fooled her for a
whole minute.
TED, you are right, it will not be easy. It will be impossible. I dipped
my finger in the powder and tasted it myself, it is so horribly bitter
that there is no chance at all that Kitty, with her fragile appetite,
would even consider not noticing it in her food.
Back to square one.

Tweed

Sounds like my Bandit - getting medicine down her was near impossible. What
I used to do was mix it in a bit of water and syringe that into the side of
her mouth - this resulted in much foaming at the mouth afterwards, but it
did manage to get some of the medicine down her throat.

Purrs coming that you'll find a solution.

Hugs,

CatNipped

On Jun 30, 6:36*pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
TED has prescribed metrinadazole tablets. "But can I crush it up and put in
in her food so she won't notice it?" *I asked.
Long hesitation. *"Well, it won't be easy" he said.
I crushed Kitty's quarter tab up between two teaspoons and rolled it around
her chicken pieces. *Which she fell upon until she tasted it and then spit
it out.
As chicken is the only thing she will eat at the moment, the last thing I
need is to put her off it. *I put gravy on it then, it fooled her for a
whole minute.
TED, you are right, it will not be easy. *It will be impossible. *I dipped
my finger in the powder and tasted it myself, *it is so horribly bitter that
there is no chance at all that Kitty, with her fragile appetite, would even
consider not noticing it in her food.
Back to square one.

Tweed

Hi Tweed,

I'm not certain this would work for KFC, and I'm not familiar with
baby food (human baby food) in the UK, is it possible to get one that
is Turkey or Chicken or perhaps another meat (the type that is the
meat only, not the type mixed with veggies obviously). I fooled
Barnabus through the last bout of pilling (he's pretty frail looking
until you try to give him a pill, rather like KFC I would think).

The baby food is very smelly (how babies eat it is beyond me, but they
do) and has a pretty over-powering flavor. I did the same with
Tuppence (RB 2005) when she needed her antibiotics for her gingivitis
every month (and she was a very picky eater) Perhaps something of
that nature? Or like Catnipped suggested if that's possible.

Many purrs, prayers, and offerings that you find something that will
help KFC.

Smokie Darling (Annie)

"Cheryl" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...
TED has prescribed metrinadazole tablets. "But can I crush it up and put
in in her food so she won't notice it?" I asked.
Long hesitation. "Well, it won't be easy" he said.
I crushed Kitty's quarter tab up between two teaspoons and rolled it
around her chicken pieces. Which she fell upon until she tasted it and
then spit it out.
As chicken is the only thing she will eat at the moment, the last thing I
need is to put her off it. I put gravy on it then, it fooled her for a
whole minute.
TED, you are right, it will not be easy. It will be impossible. I
dipped my finger in the powder and tasted it myself, it is so horribly
bitter that there is no chance at all that Kitty, with her fragile
appetite, would even consider not noticing it in her food.
Back to square one.

Tweed

My Shadow used to have to take that as daily maintenance for his IBD. I
tasted it, too, and it is nasty. I got some empty gelcaps and put his
dose in that and washed it down with a treat following it. I have read
that KFC is impossible to pill, so this might not work for you. I also
don't know if you can get empty gelcaps in the UK.

I don't either, but it wouldn't help if I could. She hates being handled to
be medicated, or groomed, against her will, she becomes a hissing spitting
tornado of hell with a million claws and a thousand teeth which she knows
how to use.

I know that metrinadazole is available
as an injectable, but over here vets won't let you give it yourself.
Shadow was an exception and I got several vials given to me, but only
because the vet nearly killed him on several occasions and she was
covering her @$$.

If I cannot get the crushed up tablets into her somehow I will ask TED if
the injectable version is available here.
She must have ingested some of it - no poos at all today and although she
didn't go metrin hidden in the yoghurt or cream route this morning - she
noticed it in the cream, has never had yoghurt and sez she never wants to
thank you very much. Which is a pity. Such perfect organic probiotic
yoghurt would have been good for her intestinal flora ;-)
However, there was some lovely fat settled over the solidified stock around
the chicken I roasted for her so tonight I took a teaspoon or so of it, hid
the crushed meds in it, added it to the chopped up chicken she was going to
have and VOILA! Down the hatch it went.
I know very well that her escapade, and the food she must have been given
has given her some sort of IBS. Her poo was perfect until then. I do truly
know her better than the vet thinks he does. Because she was in hospital
recently and presented again at the surgery with something else quite soon I
wonder whether he's started to not see past her age and see it as some sort
of multi-organ failure. I will raise this with him next time I see him.
She even ate a bit of "cat food" today.
She continues to be bright and cheerful and interactive with me and doesn't
sleep all that much. I think she has a while yet..