facebook live - eye drops in a cat the low stress way June 10 2020
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- Dr. Foote demonstrates how to apply eye medication in a less stressful way for your cat. Using towels, a cat friendly space and very little touch, you can apply eye drops or ointment in your cat's eyes without restraint or stress.
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My cat has fairly high anxiety and would not let me put eye drops in at all yesterday. I watched our vet and three different videos before I landed on this one. Dr. Foote's method is the only one I tried today and it worked wonderfully!!! I bought baby food, followed her technique and the drops went in with no problems or anxiety for my cat! She loved the baby food and was super cooperative!! I am thrilled with Dr. Foote!!
Thank you so so much!!!!
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But I LOVE how sweet she is to the cat with the care of not hurting it 😊
thank you!
Oh my gosh! Dr Foote, you are a genius! After so many fights to get eye gel med into my cat - I thought he was going to sprain his neck, he would yank so hard - I followed your instructions, and it was unbelievable! So easy, it was over before I knew what happened! Amazing! Thank you thank you thank you!!❤🎉
You are very welcome! I am glad things are better
Thank you! The idea of a blanket makes all the difference for medicating my cat. I'm far from being expert at it, but we're getting there!
ok- I just viewed the end of your video and see the technique with the cat carrier... I have a very skittish cat with a serious eye infection- so I got my laundry basket and a large coverlet with a big chip clip- and voila! He was compliant and calm and for the first time after several days of trying, I was able to put the ointment squarely in his eye without him flinching !!! he was calm after the process, never tried to get away and now I'm CALM- what a difference... I recommend this treatment to anyone who has to medicate a cat. And I recommend YOU as a vet to anyone who is lucky enough to live close to you and can have you as a vet!!! Thank you. And Frankie thanks you!
You are very welcome!!! This story makes me so happy. I know how hard it is to try to do what you need for your cat but they resist from pain and approach. Keep up the great kitty care!
Thank you. A week into his treatment, I finally got a drop in his eye!!!
You are welcome! I am glad you are able to help him now. I bet he feels a lot better now.
How I struggled to get drops into my cat’s eye to treat an ulcer until I took the advice given in this video of placing him in a blanket inside a laundry basket, where he feels enclosed and can’t back out. What a difference - the procedure is now over in a flash and my puss and I can both relax and get on with the day and his eye is pretty well back to normal! Thank you for this helpful video.
you are very welcome. I am so glad your cat's eye ulcer is healing. ulcers can be quite seriousl
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Finally advice I can use! Thank you! 🙏🏼
you are welcome!
Thank you doctor my cat had a very bad infection lots of green pus in the eyes and your method was effective and stress free for both of us but especially her, worked like a charm
Very Helpful. My first attempt before watching the video was a disaster. This worked with no problem at all.
Great demo & especially helpful since I have lots feral & non feral cats (17) in my front yard who only let me handle them.
This is so informative! Ive had cats for 24 years and have always struggled with applying meds, and not a lot of great advice from my previous vets. Thank you!!
you are welcome!
Wow, hard to imagine how this could’ve been more thorough or helpful. Thank you so much!
you are welcome! please share this around - so many people struggle with this.
A demo with an uncooperative cat would be a bonus.
That’s cus your cat was hella cooperative.
This video was incredibly helpful and I’ve been successful applying eye drops using the towel method and my cat has gotten used to it. Incredible! Thank you
You are very welcome
I'm going to try this. Thanks. (UPDATE) It helped! The coming from the back technique helped a lot.
Changing the approach to come from the back is one of the biggest help in reducing stress. I hope it has helped you and your kitty.
Oh God bless this woman, very useful!
agreed!
You are very kind - Please tell your friends about my videos and my website www.drsallyjfoote.com/
Thank you! My cat also thanks you!
This is the how-to for instilling/applying a cats eye medicine we ACTUALLY need. It's so thorough, detailed and addresses everything down to hand position, left and right, and how to get the cap off the drops!
I think I'm going to forward this to my cats vet optho, too.
My kitty has (and likely will have for life) residual eye issues from a past infection with FIP and she's currently getting drops in both eyes, 3 times a day, for 3 weeks ... that's a lot of opportunity for potentially negative interactions.
I am so glad you found this to be such a help. A veterinarian was actually struggling with apply eye drops for her cat, which prompted me to make this video. Thank for sharing it to your vet - I know it will help many other pet parents and their cats!
God bless!
Thank you cause my cat Tiggerpoo tries to bite!
❤️🙏🏼❤️
Worked like a charm
thanks. Tell your veterinary practice about my channel - they can use these videos to help other clients, and take my CE to learn how to do this and other low stress techniques.
I’m gonna have to try this my big boy has been struggling so much.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SUCCESS! :)
Glad it helped.
Wonderful. So clear and detailed.
Thank you, Dr. Foote! I really needed this instruction!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. its been extremely helpful today. I subscribed, please continue your outstanding work.
Thank you! Will do!
What a good kitty !
This was a great demonstration Dr Foote thank you.🙏
you are welcome! Please tell others about these videos - I see so many owners struggle because the veterinary staff did not have the time to explain how to do this, and with curbside care, we vets are a bit disconnected from what pet owners need help with.
The cat in this video is so calm. My can only smells medication, he doesn't let me even come close.
How to apply a medication to a cat that is stressfull about it, always moves and tries to escape?
I tried to associate it with food, with a game, with treats, nothing helps.
Will be helpful for any advice or a link to a video with a "harder patient" 🙂
That was very helpful. Thank you.
awesome, you explain everything so well!
thanks!
The carrier trick was the only way I could
Clip
My cats nails. She thought she was going to the vet so
She would
Hunker and freeze. Worked great!
outstanding video Doctor, thank you!
You are welcome. Please share this with other cat parents.
Super helpful, thanks!!
My cat won't allow me to do it any other way. My vet told me to scruff. Now my cat is scared of med time. My cat is HUGE as well and we are putting in ointment.
Oh my! I am so thankful I found your video. My sweet rescue has feline herpes in her eye (now eyes) it has been virtually impossible to get her to take oral meds, so now we're on to anti-viral eye drops. I hope this helps❤️❤️
Looking forward to trying these techniques with my foster kitten. One comment - it's a little strange to hear you talk about doing something with your right hand when in the video it looks like you're using your left hand. I think there are settings you can use to correct this so the video image matches the audio.
Great Video. Raising the upper eyelid technic really helped. What flavor of baby food does Binks like?
All this is very helpful but I have two cats who run away when I get close to them. It’s their schedule not mine.
So I can’t really have them laying on a towel or in a basket because as soon as I get close they run away and hide under the bed.
I’ve been told to give eye drops 4 times a day to each cat and I’ll be lucky if I get 1 drop on a single cat.
It would be helpful if this was edited to shorten it, but also having the long version is good too. Lots of repetition. Nice video.
Good viedot
fabulous, thank you, but my cat is far less cooperative than your cat!
So what if your cat doesn’t like having things go from behind? My cat absolutely won’t let me get near him when trying to apply his eye drops and I’ve tried wrapping him but he absolutely hates it and I don’t want to stress him out, I’ve tried calming treats but those don’t work either so I feel like I’m out of options because he needs his eye drops every day
Thank you for this method. My cat is a one year old feral rescue who has guacoma so she needs drops in both eyes twice a day. Her vet could get one drop in before she got nailed and my daughter who is a vet tech was able to calm my cat enough to get drops in each eye. However my cat became so upset by the process that the next time I tried the drops she went full tiger and scratched me all down the front. I find it so distressing too and dread trying to giving the drops which she so needs to keep her vision. I will slowly get her use to your method and feel this will help me be less distressed so I can help her.
use a lot of food - what ever she loves for every step of the process. Keep your hands off the head also - I have put the food on a wall to have the cat hold their own head up then put in the drops - completely hands free. This decreases alot of the pain from touch as you get the drops in. Good luck
Okay, but how do you get the drop in both eyes? Do you switch hands?
Do you have any advice if you've attempted to put eye drops in but the cat struggled a lot and had a bad experience. How do you keep them still enough to be able to administer the eye drops, especially if they have already associated it with a stressful experience?
The key is you have to create a new place, that you have had the cat come to for rewards before you do any treatment. Watch the early part of the video where I am describing how I created this nice place, fed Binx before I did any touch so he likes it. Then every step has to be paired with the reward. Be aware of approaching from the side, not the front. Your cat may have a lot of pain - Tell your vet about your troubles!! They may be able to give your cat a pain reliever that will help with the eye drops.
@@DrSallyJFoote What baby food does Binx like, brand and type ???
Easy when your cat just sits there. I have an under-socialized kitten who bolts, hates to be held and is terrified of towels and blankets. She has conjunctivitis that needs treatment. None of these techniques work with her.
yes.... our rescue cat is young and became scared....I am also nervous looking at many videos that give different information...I do not wan to hurt her..........what I get from this video is that you need set up a place with a towel or a basket or box with a towel in it..give the cat treats..place you hand under the jaw NOT the neck..and be gentle.....get the cat used to these steps..before you try the drops..........The thing is my cat needs the meds and she is already scared...the vet did not instruct us well.............but I have to keep trying... this Dr....seems to have the best method......careful SARAH not to be heavy handed with your cats head not neck...you may hurt her.........
What about gel on a street cat I rescued. It's going to be impossible with the way I have him separated from my other two cats which hang out in my bedroom while he hangs out in the livingroom, kitchen, etc.
look at my 3 step plan for cat introductions on this channel.
My cat doesn't really love any treat enough for me to be able to give him anything 😭
use the feliway spray and give your cat the calming treats by vetriscience.
Does this work on kittens aswell?
yes- just use a smaller towel. and give them tuna or other food reward afterwards
@@DrSallyJFoote Thank you for your reply. Great information, thank you for sharing this.
i had apsolute problem with this and to makes things worse i had male cat unsterilized and every times i try eye drop he start running or growl i am lucky if i can get just one drop !
I had the same problem and I just tried it. It worked wonderfully! What was taking an hour and I didn't know if the medicine even got in the eye just took me like 2 minutes! No struggles, no fighting and I don't think my cat even noticed! Amazing!
Just try this following all the steps - be sure to have him a new place you have not applied eye drops at before so he not afraid of the space.
@yJFoote good news, he is good now with minimal treatment ,conjunctivitis usually heal itself and only 3 or 4 drops were enough !