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Advice on giving pills to Kenzie
wrote in message ... The vet just called, and Kenzie's thyroid functions are elevated, as was suspected. That's the good news. The bad news is that her liver functions are very high (very, very bad) and her pancreas function is also elevated (not AS bad). And the vet doesn't know why. So she recommended treating Kenzie's thyroid problem, and checking her lab($) in a month.lali The recommended treatment is 2x a day. This not going to be fun; Kenzie is like a lot of calico cats: she's happy, as long as everything is too her liking. If not, she can be difficult. Up till now, this wasn't a problem, until I had to take her to the vet. What a fight she puts up, when I try to put her in the carrier! So I'm NOT looking forward to giving her tapazole 2x day. I can get liquid tapazole, but it's very expensive, compared to pills; so I'm going to try the pills first. Any and all advice for giving a pill to a very uncooperative cat would be greatly appreciated. If you live alone it's very difficult to pill an unco-operative cat, you need more hands than you've got. KFC is impossible to pill for me and very difficult with liquid meds, she sprouts more legs than she has all with a million claws which she is not afraid of using. She has amazing strength for such a small cat that is supposed to be on her last legs ;-) I like the idea of rubbing the meds into their ear. I've never heard of it here, my pharmacist would probably faint at the idea I expected him to be able to do it but if that can be done in USA, that's the way I'd go with Kenzie. Has anyone got a link about how cat meds can be put into a form by a pharmacist that can be rubbed into the ear? If I could rub something into KFC's ear, it would save so much upset. She gets so angry if she has to be held to be medicated. It's easy for the vets to say "give her this" they have vet nurses to do it and help each other. I noticed last time she was in hospital the nurses ducked out from her last dose of meds and allowed me to do it when we got home. I wonder why? ;-) I know why. It's those million claws that appear out of the blue. If you met KFC you would think she was charming. She loves people and purrs up a storm when she is petted. She was charming at the vets until they tried to medicate her. The day before, they told me that they did not understand why I had any trouble giving her medication as she was such a nice kind cat. Until they tried. LOL! They could not wait to get rid of her..there were some injuries, apparently. KFC has this persona - she is smaller than a 4 month old kitten and no-one who sees her takes her seriously. Except myself..and perhaps the vet now. She is brilliant with toddlers, she will allow them to clutch her and will only purr. I was surprised, I though she might scratch, but no. It was an accident that my young nephew, 15 months, got to get hold of her. I was out of the room and my brother did not see the danger of it. The baby grabbed her by the skin of her back. If I had done that she would have probably scratched me as a quick response to "do not ever get hold of the skin on my back unless you want to die." She ignored it and played with the baby. She likes children more than I do. Tweed |
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Has anyone got a link about how cat meds can be put into a form by a
pharmacist that can be rubbed into the ear? If I could rub something into KFC's ear, it would save so much upset. She gets so angry if she has to be held to be medicated. http://tinyurl.com/cuamox is the first one I could find. |
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"Dan M" wrote in message ... Has anyone got a link about how cat meds can be put into a form by a pharmacist that can be rubbed into the ear? If I could rub something into KFC's ear, it would save so much upset. She gets so angry if she has to be held to be medicated. http://tinyurl.com/cuamox is the first one I could find. Could you post the full url? My ISP is very suspicious of tinyurl and won't let me access the links to it. Tweed |
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On Mar 4, 1:41 pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote: wrote in message ... The vet just called, and Kenzie's thyroid functions are elevated, as was suspected. That's the good news. The bad news is that her liver functions are very high (very, very bad) and her pancreas function is also elevated (not AS bad). And the vet doesn't know why. So she recommended treating Kenzie's thyroid problem, and checking her lab($) in a month.lali The recommended treatment is 2x a day. This not going to be fun; Kenzie is like a lot of calico cats: she's happy, as long as everything is too her liking. If not, she can be difficult. Up till now, this wasn't a problem, until I had to take her to the vet. What a fight she puts up, when I try to put her in the carrier! So I'm NOT looking forward to giving her tapazole 2x day. I can get liquid tapazole, but it's very expensive, compared to pills; so I'm going to try the pills first. Any and all advice for giving a pill to a very uncooperative cat would be greatly appreciated. If you live alone it's very difficult to pill an unco-operative cat, you need more hands than you've got. KFC is impossible to pill for me and very difficult with liquid meds, she sprouts more legs than she has all with a million claws which she is not afraid of using. She has amazing strength for such a small cat that is supposed to be on her last legs ;-) I like the idea of rubbing the meds into their ear. I've never heard of it here, my pharmacist would probably faint at the idea I expected him to be able to do it but if that can be done in USA, that's the way I'd go with Kenzie. Has anyone got a link about how cat meds can be put into a form by a pharmacist that can be rubbed into the ear? If I could rub something into KFC's ear, it would save so much upset. She gets so angry if she has to be held to be medicated. It's easy for the vets to say "give her this" they have vet nurses to do it and help each other. I noticed last time she was in hospital the nurses ducked out from her last dose of meds and allowed me to do it when we got home. I wonder why? ;-) I know why. It's those million claws that appear out of the blue. If you met KFC you would think she was charming. She loves people and purrs up a storm when she is petted. She was charming at the vets until they tried to medicate her. The day before, they told me that they did not understand why I had any trouble giving her medication as she was such a nice kind cat. Until they tried. LOL! They could not wait to get rid of her..there were some injuries, apparently. KFC has this persona - she is smaller than a 4 month old kitten and no-one who sees her takes her seriously. Except myself..and perhaps the vet now. She is brilliant with toddlers, she will allow them to clutch her and will only purr. I was surprised, I though she might scratch, but no. It was an accident that my young nephew, 15 months, got to get hold of her. I was out of the room and my brother did not see the danger of it. The baby grabbed her by the skin of her back. If I had done that she would have probably scratched me as a quick response to "do not ever get hold of the skin on my back unless you want to die." She ignored it and played with the baby. She likes children more than I do. Tweed For the first time in my life, I may be 'happy' that Kenzie was front declawed, before I got her. She does bite though, like many declawed cats do. She has *never* broken my skin, so far. I know she easily could, though. I've been betten before; I know how powerful cat's jaws can be! I found this about the skin prep: There is a topical version of Tapazole that can be formulated by one of our pharmacies. It helps minimize the inconvenience of giving an oral medication to a cat every 12 hours. It is expensive, and at this point in time, does not work as well as oral Tapazole. It was on this website, devoted to feline hyperthroidism: http://www.lbah.com/feline/hyperthyroidism.htm#trt They do not get any more specific than what I copied. Thank you for all the advice! I haven't had to pill a cat for 25 years; I've been very fortunate. And back then, I had help. Now, I'm on my own. Kenzie is NOT going to like this AT ALL. But since cost is a factor, I'm going to try the pills first Thank you Gandalf -- still hates Google groups. Working on getting another computer for temporary use, at home. |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Dan M" wrote in message ... Has anyone got a link about how cat meds can be put into a form by a pharmacist that can be rubbed into the ear? If I could rub something into KFC's ear, it would save so much upset. She gets so angry if she has to be held to be medicated. http://tinyurl.com/cuamox is the first one I could find. Could you post the full url? My ISP is very suspicious of tinyurl and won't let me access the links to it. Tweed |
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Advice on giving pills to Kenzie
wrote in message ... On Mar 4, 1:41 pm, "Christina Websell" wrote: wrote in message ... For the first time in my life, I may be 'happy' that Kenzie was front declawed, before I got her. She does bite though, like many declawed cats do. She has *never* broken my skin, so far. I know she easily could, though. I've been betten before; I know how powerful cat's jaws can be! I found this about the skin prep: There is a topical version of Tapazole that can be formulated by one of our pharmacies. It helps minimize the inconvenience of giving an oral medication to a cat every 12 hours. It is expensive, and at this point in time, does not work as well as oral Tapazole. It was on this website, devoted to feline hyperthroidism: http://www.lbah.com/feline/hyperthyroidism.htm#trt They do not get any more specific than what I copied. Thank you for all the advice! I haven't had to pill a cat for 25 years; I've been very fortunate. And back then, I had help. Now, I'm on my own. Kenzie is NOT going to like this AT ALL. But since cost is a factor, I'm going to try the pills first Let me know how you get on. You might get the pills into her without being slashed to pieces, but there again you might not. I have accepted that KFC cannot be pilled. Lots of luck with Kenzie. Tweed |
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