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On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:33:58 -0000, "Helen"
wrote: "Tony Toon" wrote in message om... We recently got a third kitty, a middle-aged one from my sister. She moved to England recently, and can't take the cat with her. She takes 5mg of Methimazole twice daily, or at least is supposed to. The old cats are chasing and fighting her constantly, so she won't let anybody get near her, and despite our best efforts, every taking of the pill is a total struggle. Anyways, does anybody know if Methimazole is safe to crush and put in say, baby food? That'd make it much easier and less traumatic for everybody involved. I figured I'd try here before calling a vet, since I don't even know if vets will dispense free advice to a non-client. You have various options for giving the drug, such as via gelcaps or by having it compounded by a compounding pharmacy: http://www.felinecrf.org/medications...plies.htm#TIGM You do need to work with a vet to ensure this girl has the best care though. I'm more concerned by your comment about this poor cat being harrassed by your other cats. Did you introduce them properly? Cats are territorial, and if you don't introduce them properly, it's extremely stressful for them. If the fighting continues, you could end up having to pay the vet to clean up abscesses. Here's some info on introducing cats properly: http://www.catsinternational.org/art...ntroduction.ht ml HTH I used a pill grinder and mixed the powder in liquid around the food - liquid from canned cat food -- fed the food to my colony. This worked for 5 - 6 years until she passed away. Anne Helen |
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This prescription is done by a local compounding pharmacy. It's more
expensive because it took a higher dosage of the medicine to regulate the thyroid, but not having to give a cat a pill every day is priceless. Sheri I visualized a MasterCard commercial when I read your last sentence. Thanks, I knew I heard it somewhere. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) |
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This prescription is done by a local compounding pharmacy. It's more
expensive because it took a higher dosage of the medicine to regulate the thyroid, but not having to give a cat a pill every day is priceless. Sheri I visualized a MasterCard commercial when I read your last sentence. Thanks, I knew I heard it somewhere. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) |
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"Sheri" wrote in message
... One time the vet even sent me home with a bunch of needles to give the cat shots because pilling had become impossible. It was a lot easier to pull the skin up and administer a shot that the cat barely felt rather than ram a bunch of pills down his throat. Yes, yes. When I gave my late cat Debbie Procrit shots, they were an absolute piece of cake, compared to pilling. And that's saying something, because as cats go, she was very easy to pill (thank goodness, because she got as minimum of 4 pills/day her last 5 years, due to a liver ailment & then CRF). I could give her a Procrit shot while she was napping & she'd have no clue I'd administered it; blissful ignorance. Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon |
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"Sheri" wrote in message
... One time the vet even sent me home with a bunch of needles to give the cat shots because pilling had become impossible. It was a lot easier to pull the skin up and administer a shot that the cat barely felt rather than ram a bunch of pills down his throat. Yes, yes. When I gave my late cat Debbie Procrit shots, they were an absolute piece of cake, compared to pilling. And that's saying something, because as cats go, she was very easy to pill (thank goodness, because she got as minimum of 4 pills/day her last 5 years, due to a liver ailment & then CRF). I could give her a Procrit shot while she was napping & she'd have no clue I'd administered it; blissful ignorance. Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon |
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