When our furry friend is unwell and the vet tells us that we have to give him medicine, we immediately think that it is going to be a very complicated task. And I'm not going to fool you: it is. These animals have highly developed senses, so it is very easy for them to detect the pill… Even if we mix it well with your favorite food.
But sometimes you will have to accept it to be able to heal as soon as possible, so I will explain how to give a medicine to a cat.
Peace of mind is the key
If you are tense or nervous, inspire, hold the air for 10 seconds and release it slowly. Do it as many times as necessary until you have achieved a more relaxed, calm state. Rushing doesn't help anyone 🙂 and when it comes to giving a cat medicine much less.
Once you are calm, prepare his medicine and, before giving it, caress him, pamper him so that he feels good too. Then, depending on what type of medicine it is, it will be necessary to proceed in one way or another.
How to give the medicine?
There are 3 types of medications: tablets, syrups, drops and those administered through injections.
- Pills: when you have to give one to the cat, it is highly advisable to wrap it with a towel, open its mouth, insert the pill and close it. Keep it closed until I swallow. If you expel it, mix it with your favorite food. You can also try chopping it up and adding it to the chicken broth.
- Syrups: to give your cat a syrup you will need a syringe (obviously without a needle). Take his head, open his mouth and insert it on one side, where their teeth end and empty it.
- Drops
-Eyes: If you have to put drops in their eyes, ask someone to hold the animal sitting on their legs, while you carefully open the eye to pour the drops later.
-Ears: When it is the ears that need treatment, we will put the animal down and pour the drops into the ear. - Injections: if your furry needs daily care, there are veterinarians who let the caregiver be in charge of giving their cat the injections. He will tell you which part of the body to put it on, and how. It's a lot easier than it sounds, but you have to be very calm.
Administering a drug to a cat is not always easy, but surely with these tips you can give it without major problems.
Fortunately, my cat is fine now, she does not stick her tongue out or drool from the infection she had in her mouth.
Being picked up from the street, she is very distrustful, and I don't know where she gets her strength from, because her 5-month-old children are older than her, but for being small she has a lot of power.
The vet needed to put her in a kind of cage that is narrowing to immobilize her, and to be able to give her 2 injections of painkiller because one was not enough to calm her, and even so to look at her mouth I had to hold her back legs.
He gave her an injection of antibiotics, but to give us the pills at home, it was almost impossible.
I tried mixing the crushed pill with various types of food, but nothing at all, nor was I hungry. He approached and when he smelt the plate he retired.
We decided to powder the pill and mix it with hardly any water, to give it to him with a syringe (without a needle) in his mouth.
I grabbed her by the neck to immobilize her, but as we brought the syringe to her mouth, she jerked her hind legs (the vet already knew what it was about…) and my husband took a good blow.
We made more attempts, I grabbed her by the neck, we held her back legs, but she was seen and not seen, she gave a cramp, she jumped and the cat was gone ...
I see it well to wrap it with a towel, it would be the most correct. But with this cat, first the job is to catch her (she lets herself be caressed but not caught) and then keep her in the towel for 3 seconds because she goes crazy, but it is still the ideal.
My daughter managed on a couple of occasions and with great luck, to empty the syringe into her mouth, taking advantage of the fact that she opened it to “snort” at her.
Anyway, thank goodness he's cured. I put more vegetables in her regular meal and I guess that and the two pills we managed to give her have helped.
I realized before it began to happen, that some of the can that I gave him caused discomfort and others did not. As he did not know that he was missing two molars, and that is why the infection etc. he thought the pate was sticking to a hole in his mouth.
Advice; If a cat does not like a food no matter how good it is, do not force it, or you will visit the vet sooner or later.
Wow, what character has hehe
I totally agree with what you say: if you don't like food, it is much better to try another until you find one that you like.