Cat Medicine

Cat medicines are hardly dispensed easily because cats take offense to sneak attacks on their food. That is, by putting pills into food, the cat will likely chuck it up before ingesting it. Cats taste every bite carefully, and this method generally works better for pooches. Alternatives include a pill gun that shoots the pill into the cat once the tip of the gun is lodged into the throat. Other folks simply open the cat’s mouth with their index finger and push the pill back. Still others opt for tasteless medication, but it’s harder to find. Online tutorials can show you how to put a pill into a cat’s mouth by force. That’s the most common method, unfortunately.

Parasites, tapeworms, bacterial infections, and pesky food poisoning are all ample cause to dispense cat medicine. Syringes, food-mixable medicines, and liquid Penicillin aren’t high on a cat’s to-do list, but they might be lifesaving antidotes. Sprays, enzymes, tablets, powders, and liquid solutions are all part of growing cat’s regimen for optimal disease prevention. The cat with a terminal illness will need special sensitivity in dispensing his medications because they’re on a schedule to be given frequently. Cats don’t like forced entries into their mouths so you have to trick them or come up with a powder that can be intermingled with food. Unless, of course, the pet owner finds it ok to inject medicines vis-à-vis the shot.

Veterinarians will have tips on the best dispensing techniques because of years of practice, but the internet provides a host of viable tricks, tips, and user-defined solutions that pet owners have accumulated over the years in newsgroups, message forums, and pet website guestbooks and chatrooms. Cat medicine should be given only when needed, and don’t give it with impertinence.

Cat medicine tablets can be dipped in some oil so the cat will not choke on the tablet. Thick gels will be licked off the cat’s paws if he won’t eat it naturally. Simply apply it to his paws. Cats squirm, shriek, back up, and scramble to get out of a cat medicine dispensation. But it’s your job to kneel, wrap them up, and forcibly put the cat medicine into their mouths. This invasive method is inadvisable if all possible to do otherwise. Some great foods like wet moist food will disguise a cat medicine powder mixture.