Pilling a cat - pets

Pilling a cat can be a "nightmarish" experience. Cats don't want a touch hard-pressed down their throats, and they'll fight with all their might to check it. In fact, it's amazing how brawny their small bodies can be. Here are some ways to make the pilling administer easier and less hectic - for both you and your cat.

The easiest way of pilling a cat is to crush the pill into a powder by using mortor & grinder or by putting the pill connecting two spoons. Then mix the powder with a small total of wet food (preferably a chemical addition free, good for you wet food). If your cat commonly eats dry food, she will doubtless view the wet food as a treat and eat it up.

If the medicine is a capsule, just pull the case apart, bit the stuffing on the wet food, & mix, & serve.

If your cat won't eat the wet food that contains the pill or if she is too ill to eat, you can get a "pill gun", also called a "pet piller", from your veterinarian. This is a artificial rod with hardly rubber cups on the end that hold the pill until a hypodermic is pressed. It's best to get a long gun with a soft tip.

Your vet can show you how to use the pill gun, but here are some basic instructions. Being paid your cat's mouth open is going to be the most arduous part. First, be sure the pill is in a handy place. You can put your cat on a projection with her foot in a back into a corner or you can put her on your lap determinedly braced. Have your cat facing to the right if you're right handed, & vice versa. With your left hand, grip your cat at the cheekbones, putting your palm at the top of her head. Custody your identify off the trigger, with your right hand, append the pill gun until the pill is positioned over the tongue & open throat. Then pull the trigger & depart the gun quickly. Be sure to give your cat a treat at once after bountiful the pill.

If you don't feel comfortable using a pill gun, you can try charitable the pill by hand. Broaden your cat's head backwards just far a sufficient amount so that her nose is pointing towards the ceiling. At this point, most cats will somewhat open their mouths. With the a small amount identify or ring feel of the hand land the pill, open the bed jaw a barely more. You may need to hold her top jaw with your other hand while doing this. Aim as the crow flies and lightly throw the pill or drop it so that it hits afar the hump in her tongue. (Be sure to drop or lightly throw the pill moderately than shoving it down so that your cat is not as expected to gag and so that you lower your accidental of in receipt of bitten. ) Most cats will then intuitively swallow the pill.

In case none of these "pilling" strategies work, as a last remedy try to find a compounding pharmacy, and have them make flavored liquid or gel out of the medication.

Deena Caruso, author, teacher, & slot machine of actual pet products Helps pet owners conceive healthy, happy pets. To be given FREE "Pet Pointers" Newsletter, go to: http://www. healthyfoodforpets. com deecaruso@cox. net Ph: 760/758-7963, 877/877-0665