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How to Give a Cat Medicine ????
http://cat-health.fantastic-galleries.net,There is really no easy way
to administer medicines to your cat. Cats are quick, and can easily slip away from you, and hide. Try various methods, until you find one that works for you and depending on the size of your cat. 1. Prepare the medicine you have to administer and place on top of a paper towel, on the top of the kitchen counter so that you can grab it quickly as soon as the cat's mouth opens. 2. Lift the cat and hold around with one arm, while using your hand to open their mouth. The trick to open their mouth easily, is to use your thumb and middle finger, and press into the corner of their mouth. They instantly open their mouth, enabling you to give the cat the medication. * DO NOT squirt liquid medication into the cat's throat or tongue. Liquids are likely to go down a cat's windpipe, making the cat choke. For liquid medications, insert the dropper between the cat's cheek and teeth. Then, stroke the cat's throat or blow sharply on its nose to encourage the cat to swallow. 3. Administer thick gel like medications from a tube as for hairball prevention, is easier done by one of two methods, or a combination of both. * Place the required dose onto your finger, and insert your finger into their mouth. They lick it off easily. * If they resist, or leave some on your finger, just wipe your finger with the gel onto their paws or outside their mouth. They will wash their paws and mouth, and digest the gel. This works great!! * To give your cat a pill, crush the pill and mix it with with cream cheese. Wipe the mixture onto the cat's front leg. He will instantly lick it and therefore consume his medication. Tips ------- * Speed and sure aim help get the pill or dropper into the mouth before there's time for stress or a fight. This is why it is best to prepare the medications before you even pick up the cat. * When giving a cat a tablet, it might be easier to first dip the tablet in margarine. This practice will keep the pill from becoming lodged in the throat. It will also encourage the cat to swallow the tablet and can help cover up any unpleasant taste. * To give a cat a pill, open their mouth as described above, quickly pop in the pill, and close their mouth with your hand, while gently blowing in their nose. This will cause your cat to swallow. * When cats panic, they tend to back up. Use this to your advantage by kneeling on the floor with the cat between your knees, facing away from you. Doing this will make it easier to open the mouths of some cats or get drops into their eyes and ears. * To immobilized a cat while giving medication: Spread out a towel, put the cat in the middle of a towel and wrap the cat up like a burrito; leaving it's head sticking out. * If giving liquid medication, to keep it from getting all over the cat's fur make a hole in one corner of a paper towel and put the cat's head through the hole, using the paper towel as a bib. * Cats have a gap in the back of there row of teeth, with dropper medicine, you can point the tip of the dropper into this gap to instantly open its mouth to quickly administer medicine. Your can refer to this blog(site) which teach you all about "cat medicine" Site cat medicine : http://cat-health.fantastic-galleries.net |
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How to Give a Cat Medicine ????
wrote in message ... http://cat-health.fantastic-galleries.net,There is really no easy way to administer medicines to your cat. Cats are quick, and can easily slip away from you, and hide. Try various methods, until you find one that works for you and depending on the size of your cat. 1. Prepare the medicine you have to administer and place on top of a paper towel, on the top of the kitchen counter so that you can grab it quickly as soon as the cat's mouth opens. 2. Lift the cat and hold around with one arm, while using your hand to open their mouth. The trick to open their mouth easily, is to use your thumb and middle finger, and press into the corner of their mouth. They instantly open their mouth, enabling you to give the cat the medication. * DO NOT squirt liquid medication into the cat's throat or tongue. Liquids are likely to go down a cat's windpipe, making the cat choke. For liquid medications, insert the dropper between the cat's cheek and teeth. Then, stroke the cat's throat or blow sharply on its nose to encourage the cat to swallow. 3. Administer thick gel like medications from a tube as for hairball prevention, is easier done by one of two methods, or a combination of both. * Place the required dose onto your finger, and insert your finger into their mouth. They lick it off easily. * If they resist, or leave some on your finger, just wipe your finger with the gel onto their paws or outside their mouth. They will wash their paws and mouth, and digest the gel. This works great!! * To give your cat a pill, crush the pill and mix it with with cream cheese. Wipe the mixture onto the cat's front leg. He will instantly lick it and therefore consume his medication. Tips ------- * Speed and sure aim help get the pill or dropper into the mouth before there's time for stress or a fight. This is why it is best to prepare the medications before you even pick up the cat. * When giving a cat a tablet, it might be easier to first dip the tablet in margarine. This practice will keep the pill from becoming lodged in the throat. It will also encourage the cat to swallow the tablet and can help cover up any unpleasant taste. * To give a cat a pill, open their mouth as described above, quickly pop in the pill, and close their mouth with your hand, while gently blowing in their nose. This will cause your cat to swallow. * When cats panic, they tend to back up. Use this to your advantage by kneeling on the floor with the cat between your knees, facing away from you. Doing this will make it easier to open the mouths of some cats or get drops into their eyes and ears. * To immobilized a cat while giving medication: Spread out a towel, put the cat in the middle of a towel and wrap the cat up like a burrito; leaving it's head sticking out. * If giving liquid medication, to keep it from getting all over the cat's fur make a hole in one corner of a paper towel and put the cat's head through the hole, using the paper towel as a bib. * Cats have a gap in the back of there row of teeth, with dropper medicine, you can point the tip of the dropper into this gap to instantly open its mouth to quickly administer medicine. Your can refer to this blog(site) which teach you all about "cat medicine" Site cat medicine : http://cat-health.fantastic-galleries.net I'd like to invite you to my house to give KFC medication next time she needs it. Bring gauntlets and body armour. I'm always willing to learn this technique, though, so I'll watch how you do it first. Tweed |
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How to Give a Cat Medicine ????
I was sorta thinking along those lines. Like the cat knows it should sit
still during the process. NOT at this house. "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... http://cat-health.fantastic-galleries.net,There is really no easy way to administer medicines to your cat. Cats are quick, and can easily slip away from you, and hide. Try various methods, until you find one that works for you and depending on the size of your cat. 1. Prepare the medicine you have to administer and place on top of a paper towel, on the top of the kitchen counter so that you can grab it quickly as soon as the cat's mouth opens. 2. Lift the cat and hold around with one arm, while using your hand to open their mouth. The trick to open their mouth easily, is to use your thumb and middle finger, and press into the corner of their mouth. They instantly open their mouth, enabling you to give the cat the medication. * DO NOT squirt liquid medication into the cat's throat or tongue. Liquids are likely to go down a cat's windpipe, making the cat choke. For liquid medications, insert the dropper between the cat's cheek and teeth. Then, stroke the cat's throat or blow sharply on its nose to encourage the cat to swallow. 3. Administer thick gel like medications from a tube as for hairball prevention, is easier done by one of two methods, or a combination of both. * Place the required dose onto your finger, and insert your finger into their mouth. They lick it off easily. * If they resist, or leave some on your finger, just wipe your finger with the gel onto their paws or outside their mouth. They will wash their paws and mouth, and digest the gel. This works great!! * To give your cat a pill, crush the pill and mix it with with cream cheese. Wipe the mixture onto the cat's front leg. He will instantly lick it and therefore consume his medication. Tips ------- * Speed and sure aim help get the pill or dropper into the mouth before there's time for stress or a fight. This is why it is best to prepare the medications before you even pick up the cat. * When giving a cat a tablet, it might be easier to first dip the tablet in margarine. This practice will keep the pill from becoming lodged in the throat. It will also encourage the cat to swallow the tablet and can help cover up any unpleasant taste. * To give a cat a pill, open their mouth as described above, quickly pop in the pill, and close their mouth with your hand, while gently blowing in their nose. This will cause your cat to swallow. * When cats panic, they tend to back up. Use this to your advantage by kneeling on the floor with the cat between your knees, facing away from you. Doing this will make it easier to open the mouths of some cats or get drops into their eyes and ears. * To immobilized a cat while giving medication: Spread out a towel, put the cat in the middle of a towel and wrap the cat up like a burrito; leaving it's head sticking out. * If giving liquid medication, to keep it from getting all over the cat's fur make a hole in one corner of a paper towel and put the cat's head through the hole, using the paper towel as a bib. * Cats have a gap in the back of there row of teeth, with dropper medicine, you can point the tip of the dropper into this gap to instantly open its mouth to quickly administer medicine. Your can refer to this blog(site) which teach you all about "cat medicine" Site cat medicine : http://cat-health.fantastic-galleries.net I'd like to invite you to my house to give KFC medication next time she needs it. Bring gauntlets and body armour. I'm always willing to learn this technique, though, so I'll watch how you do it first. Tweed |
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How to Give a Cat Medicine ????
Christina Websell wrote: I'd like to invite you to my house to give KFC medication next time she needs it. Bring gauntlets and body armour. I'm always willing to learn this technique, though, so I'll watch how you do it first. Tweed Have you ever wondered how much experience these "experts" have in medicating a cat-in-residence? A lot of methods work just fine - in the Vet's office, where the cat is feeling insecure and at a disadvantage. (It's an entirely different story, when the cat is at home with its own person doing the medicating!) |
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How to Give a Cat Medicine ????
On May 31, 6:37*pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote: Christina Websell wrote: I'd like to invite you to my house to give KFC medication next time she needs it. *Bring gauntlets and body armour. I'm always willing to learn this technique, though, so I'll watch how you do it first. Tweed Have you ever wondered how much experience these "experts" have in medicating a cat-in-residence? *A lot of methods work just fine - in the Vet's office, where the cat is feeling insecure and at a disadvantage. (It's an entirely different story, when the cat is at home with its own person doing the medicating!) Yeah, cause as I'm learning in the turf wars here, there is a lot of turf and NONE of it is MINE! I have no turf therefore no standing in deciding who is going to lose skin. |
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