Somehow it was very relatable that you left in the footage of the cat spitting out the pill instead of editing that part out like everyone else would have. A big thumbs up from me!
Your comment about creating a fearful cat made chills go up and down my spine . . . I live alone and find it very difficult (I have yet to succeed) to give my cat a pill of any size. I've tried crushing and putting in food, but I personally TASTED these pills to see what I was giving him and they were **incredibly** bitter. Just an 1/8 of a teaspoon would contaminate a small bowl of wet food as to make it inedible. What I need is a liquid form of these pills with food flavouring to inject into his food so he can eat it without the bitterness. You'd have thought that veterinary pharmaceutical companies would have figured all this out. If so, they would have made a fortune.
@robingibson5445 do you mean to tell me that you can take pills your vet gave you to a compound pharmacy , or is this only pliable to pills that are filled at the pharmacy and compounded
@@dbuchroeder It's my understanding that you just have to find a pharmacy that does compounding. I just happened on one in my neighbourhood-use Google to search for "Pharmacy that does compounding" or "compounding pharmacy near me" and it should find one, if you're in a big city (I'm in Montreal). Then you bring the pills that the vet has prescribed-they have to be prescribed and you need to give the compounding pharmacy the prescription along with the pills (or liquids, but then you wouldn't need compounding) and there you go. I never actually went through with it so I don't know how much it would have been but as someone said it's probably expensive, but when you can't give a cat a pill and it MUST take the pill, you don't care how much it costs. Hope that helps. Let us know how it went!
I love this lady. Such a sweet woman, you can tell she cares about the animals’ health, not just physical but also doesn’t want them to be upset. Thank you for helping us keep our kitties healthy.
I tried every medium. Wet food, tuna juice, chorus, dry food moistened with warm water. Not a pill, a capsule. Have to twist off the top and sprinkle it in the medium. Nope she absolutely will not have it. I am disabled and have no assistant. So we graduate to the high stress method. Wrap kitty in a towel, pry her mouth open and pop the capsule in, holding her mouth closed for at least two or three minutes until I can tell she has swallowed it, followed by lots of praises and a churu if she's not to mad at me to take it. This, after trying to get her to take her meds the vet's way for five days. Five days worth of meds down the drain. At some point, I just quit worrying about her "feelings " and worrying more about her state of health if she doesn't get her meds!
Yes sometimes you have to do it the hard way LOL Def depends on the individual cat temperament. And I FEEL you on wasting the medication. The amount of money I spent on the medicine for it to go to waste is just not acceptable. Money is scarce especially for costly animal meds. Down the hatch my furry feline child!!!
I love this video. I love that even in professional setting you showed that you can't always give the cat the pills and it made us cat parents don't feel so stupid for struggling with our babies. You also reminded me that I can just crush it and give it to him that way was way easier, and the stress on the cat and on me went down significantly. Thank you! This was the best.
I successfully applied the second technique using the syringe method step by step, and it worked like a charm. My cat remained calm and swallowed the medication with ease. Thank you immensely for sharing this helpful video. 🙏
She says the towel is the only restraint, but obviously the assistant is keeping the towel in place and even holding the cat down. I’d love to see just one person pill a cat.
I have to give my cat 6 pills a day for heart disease. I've found that slipping the small ones into those Churro-type purees are the best, or, if I can, slipping one into a freeze-dried treat like chicken. But now he is catching on, or gets bored of the flavors, or simply keeps spitting it out accidentally. Some days are easier than others! I don't have someone to help me, and he is strong, but the towel method looks helpful for the times I break down and need to give it to him if he isn't getting it with the other methods. The time frame (having to give a cat a pil every 12 hours, for example, makes it worse because then I panic that I'm missing the window and he probbaly feels it! Never wanted to have a boyfriend more than to have someone help me with giving my cat these pills! 😅 Thank you for the video.
You are doing the very best you can. Your cat benefits more from having a kind loving home than a few missed hours. You are wonderful; please be as good to yourself as you are to your cat.
I've never seen a youtube tutorial starring folks I've actually met! Thanks for your help. Great to see both of you. Haven't seen either since Shopko closed.
I love the idea of crushing the pill and adding it to broth. I have a very sick cat that needs his pill but also has a sore throat - this is the way to do it I think!! Thank you!
This is interesting and appreciate the use of this cat - the struggle is real! Would love to see a video of a single person trying to pill a resistant cat. Never yet seen a video of this. They always have help but we don’t all have assistants/housemates or neighbours to call on twice a day, every day. My cat would be backed out of there, fighting, and dreadfully stressed. Only way I can achieve this is to crush the tablet, mix in butter, and butter the top of her paws - just as I do when we move house. It’s an old way and a risk for full dosage but the only thing that works.
@@SuperMichelleDJ We wrap the towel around the neck (like at the barber's) to immobilize the front legs, so it can't scratch us. Sometimes we "sit" on them (not full weight, of course) to have a firm grip. One cat is easy, it cooperates and opens mouth fully, but the other one struggles all the way and it's so much harder with her.
thank you so so much. My little man has heart and liver problems and he has to take medication for the rest of his life, which he never ever had to. I dont want to stress him out even more. Thank you so so much for this helpful video
It worked! And I did it solo. I came up gently behind my cat, lifted his head up, nose pointing to ceiling. And then I slipped the pill in after dunking it in wet food. He did try to lick back out, but after my second placement he swallowed it. No fuss, no muss. Thank you for this video. I guess I have a nearly perfect cat.
I'm going to give this a try. My cats are very difficult. This is great because it seems too many videos show cats who are cooperative and that just leaves me feeling like a complete failure because I can't make it work.
This helped alot, thanks! I took a towel over my cat, made him lay down and sat over him on my knees too hold the towel down, then i gently took the pill in his mouth as showed in the video and I held his mouth up for about 3 minutes. And I also used a syringe with water after he swallowed the pill after about 2 minutes so he dosent have so much bad taste from it. He growled some but no scratching :-)
hahah came here because my cat did exactly what this cat did :p I had a bit of a fight with her, thanks for showing a better way. It's soo much less stressful for the cat to give it with a syringe.
I think the main point is "always have 1/2 more pills than prescribed", as half of them will get unusable, when cat spit them out. It's hot summer here also, so when I cut a pill in half, one half morning, one half for dinner, the second half transforms into dust during the hot day. I tried put it in the freezer, still got destroyed when I took it out, guess some pills aren't made to last once you cut them. So, always have half more than you need.
What if youre single and dont have someone else to hold the cat? I have to give 7 days of liquid meds and so far day 3, I get about a 1/4 of the liquid into the cats mouth every dose, now she's acting like she hates me :( I also have to give a pill on top of this. Not happy someone needs to invent a cat holding device.
TYSM!! SO glad we watched, my husband said "we can get it down, what's the point" & I said "maybe there's a less stressful way"....our cat isn't named "Whimpy" because of Popeye....
My cat is now doing daily Benadryl pills (1/2 12.5mg) and it's a rodeo. He's a super mellow fellow so he always forgives but sometimes I feel bad for him. I will try your method of crushing it and administer with water. Thanks for the video!
Hahahaha! I loved the first part of your video - just like home! Thanks for the great idea of using syringes + tasty liquid to deliver the pulverized pill without stress.
My cat is taking Denamarin, which says on the box, which says on the box that it's "sensitive to moisture". Could I still cover it in Churu right before giving it to my cat? Thanks in advance, this video was super helpful in teaching me.
I have to give me senior cat pills twice a day. She is very resistant to taking them and, even when I follow with water, occasionally (somehow) pukes them out. Tried the ear version, but it's not helping as much. I will try crushing, but any other suggestions? Your cat was a toy compared to mine. She will rip you to shreds if you aren't careful, even with two of us. Can't afford the surgery...
I love the suggestion to crush those pills (with a medication that can be crushed- obviously time released meds cannot be crushed) and mixing it with something to make it more liquid, Also, I had no idea that the best way to use a syringe is to go from the corner of the kitty's mouth. Thank you for both of these. However, I do have a question. I live alone and don't have anyone to assist me. What is a good way to hold my cat while giving him his meds that won't scare him, but will keep him secure while I get his meds into him?
Thank you 💖🙏🙂 can i just mix capstar with a can of cat food? Mine is a rescued semi ferral , big sweet heart as long as he doesnt percieve s threat. His name is Tator 🙂🙏 folks at Sonic used to buy him a hamber , they kept him alive his whole life he is a spoiled elderly semiferral , but he got his name tator from the people at sonic . He has some fleas but when i try to wipe him down to clean them off he gets upset. Have used topicals but they dont seem to work sometimes. His bedding gets washed about twice a month and he doesnt have teeth anymore so he has to have canned cat food. Hoping that capstar will work. Thank you.
Presumably pills with an enteric coating shouldn't be crushed? Also dilate the hole in the syringe ahead of time, then rinse it out before putting in the medication, to minimize squirting bits of plastic into the cat.
If this is the lowest stress possible I’m in dispair right now. I am alone, an assistant (or meaning: any other human besides me) means serious high anxiety for my cat. What is a stress free method of giving a cat (which can’t be hold without it causing her lots of anxiety) medication? She will only eat dry kibble, refuses wet cat food, (cat) milk, (cat) pudding, liquid snacks, doesn’t want fresh-, raw- or prepared meat or fish, no cheese or whatever. Still hoping she will love the churu, didn’t know that exists so looked it up but I don’t have it yet so don’t know whether that will work or not (she has to want to eat it herself, can’t feed it into her mouth on my own and having an assistant will stress her out too much
You said put the syringe where the lips meet, not in the front but rather at the corners of the mouth, but then you put the syringe in the front. ?? Or did you mean put your ‘free’ hand at the corners of the mouth to help open the mouth? Thanks.
I was putting the syringe from the side next to my thumb. It was hard to see - if the camera person came closer the cat would have reacted and this is a real life setting where we have to balance filming and demonstrating treatment.
1.) Our cat wouldn't stay still in a towel like the one here for even 5 seconds. This cat appears very calm. 2.) We don't have nice high-up exam tables at home. I am in an apartment with tiny counter space, and he is not allowed to go up there nor does he even try, so not an option, though it would be the best option! 3.) I'll keep perusing videos because as our cat ages, we will need to pill him! Every time we have tried, it rolls around his mouth, and he vomits from the bitterness.
@@DrSallyJFoote People's lives can change very unexpectedly in 7 months. My life changed too. I changed too. I don't have cats anymore because I learned how hard it is to bear the pain when they die.
This is a chronic condition that needs consistent eye meds and oral meds. Follow this video for less stressful ways to apply eye meds ua-cam.com/video/80pzrInBKj8/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared Good luck!
I'm trying to give my cat his plavix... it did not go well. I tried the first method with my husband holding him. I'd like to try the 2nd but where can I find a syringe???
I'm at my wits end....I have tried everything to get her to take this pill. 3 days no problem, 4th day not having it. Watching this video stressed me out especially when you said the pill could get stuck. The pill my cat takes is very small and coated but has managed to find it and spit it out of every treat. I won't crush it because we are trying to avoid her from throwing up and getting more dehydrated. I don't know what to do......Please help me!!!
So…EPIC FAIL! I don’t have a hemostat at home, but had a CVS syringe. I bored out the opening with a random metal tool. I don’t have the fancy paste she has on hand, so I used butter mixed with wet cat food, crushed the pill, mounded it onto the plunger of the syringe, and inserted it into the syringe. After all this work, I wrapped the 4 month old kitten in a shirt and attempted to administer said concoction. Keep in mind, this kitten has done very well with the some other liquid medicines, might even enjoy receiving it. I’ve been giving it to him for weeks. In the end, the cat panicked, got a mixture of worm, medicine, butter, and fish, flavored wet cat food all over his neck and face, the shirt, and me, and he is still running from me. I cannot catch him. This is the friendliest kitten ever and he now hates me and thinks he’s going to die. Perhaps some other modifications would work and I just really effed things up? Anyway, zero out of five stars…do not recommend. 😂😂😂
verify first with your veterinarian - this may be a drug that can be compounded into a taste tab or liquid for easier dosing than the capsule. I do not advise opening the capsule as this particular drug is bitter, and it would alter the rate of absorbtion.
true - I have a course in my shop that demonstrates working solo for eye, ear and oral meds. www.drsallyjfoote.com/shop/education/spicy-cat-home-care-recording/
Try practicing just getting your cat happy on the table with treats. Consider taking my spicy cat home care course to learn the step by step process for less stressful care www.drsallyjfoote.com/shop/education/spicy-cat-home-care-recording/
cats shut down with scruffing( grabbing the back of the neck) and it is painful. The next time you do that, they aggress and struggle. The concept of Low-Stress care is to decrease pain and stress, not to increase it and clearly understand the body language of animals.
Perdón pero yo estoy sola y no tengo una persona que me ayude a darle la pastilla al gato. Esto no nos funciona a todos. Lo pone fácil con dos personas pero solo una persona no es lo mismo. 😊
I LOVE that you used a "real" cat- not a "perfect" cat! Thank you for making this video- i can do this!
You are welcome! I like my content to be real life and relevant
Too bad all cat meds aren't in liquid form. I needed this video as my cats pain meds after her spay surgery are pills.
@@allcatzodd, they usually give an oral/sublingual cat dose of buprenorphine for post surgery pain. At least for my lil guy they did..
I love that you showed him spitting out the pill…very realistic! Thank you!
your welcome!
Thanks for a realistic presentation. Most videos show cats who are really chill about being pilled.
One could even say that those cats are... 😎 chill pilled.
😎 🌅 (yeaaaaaah!)
Somehow it was very relatable that you left in the footage of the cat spitting out the pill instead of editing that part out like everyone else would have. A big thumbs up from me!
gotta keep it real life!
I tried this myself without an assistant... Im typing this while waiting for the ambulance to arrive
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what happened??
Been there…🙄
Fr what happened
@@twi-knightthefox5543what do you think happened
Your comment about creating a fearful cat made chills go up and down my spine . . . I live alone and find it very difficult (I have yet to succeed) to give my cat a pill of any size.
I've tried crushing and putting in food, but I personally TASTED these pills to see what I was giving him and they were **incredibly** bitter. Just an 1/8 of a teaspoon would contaminate a small bowl of wet food as to make it inedible.
What I need is a liquid form of these pills with food flavouring to inject into his food so he can eat it without the bitterness.
You'd have thought that veterinary pharmaceutical companies would have figured all this out. If so, they would have made a fortune.
The pills can be compounded but it's expensive .
@robingibson5445 do you mean to tell me that you can take pills your vet gave you to a compound pharmacy , or is this only pliable to pills that are filled at the pharmacy and compounded
@@dbuchroeder It's my understanding that you just have to find a pharmacy that does compounding. I just happened on one in my neighbourhood-use Google to search for "Pharmacy that does compounding" or "compounding pharmacy near me" and it should find one, if you're in a big city (I'm in Montreal). Then you bring the pills that the vet has prescribed-they have to be prescribed and you need to give the compounding pharmacy the prescription along with the pills (or liquids, but then you wouldn't need compounding) and there you go.
I never actually went through with it so I don't know how much it would have been but as someone said it's probably expensive, but when you can't give a cat a pill and it MUST take the pill, you don't care how much it costs.
Hope that helps. Let us know how it went!
@@dbuchroeder The vet has to send the prescription to a compound pharmacy.
I had a compounded medication for a cat but it still immediately made her gag and vomit.
Worked for me today! Momo had his claws out halfway ready to beat me up but he held it down! Thank you!
I just did this for my cat!!! She didnt resist me as much as I thought she is a sweet heart. Thank you!!!
I love this lady. Such a sweet woman, you can tell she cares about the animals’ health, not just physical but also doesn’t want them to be upset. Thank you for helping us keep our kitties healthy.
I tried every medium. Wet food, tuna juice, chorus, dry food moistened with warm water. Not a pill, a capsule. Have to twist off the top and sprinkle it in the medium. Nope she absolutely will not have it. I am disabled and have no assistant.
So we graduate to the high stress method. Wrap kitty in a towel, pry her mouth open and pop the capsule in, holding her mouth closed for at least two or three minutes until I can tell she has swallowed it, followed by lots of praises and a churu if she's not to mad at me to take it. This, after trying to get her to take her meds the vet's way for five days. Five days worth of meds down the drain. At some point, I just quit worrying about her "feelings " and worrying more about her state of health if she doesn't get her meds!
Way to get it done!
Thanks for this. I maybe have to resort to this as I'm also without a helper
Yes sometimes you have to do it the hard way LOL Def depends on the individual cat temperament. And I FEEL you on wasting the medication. The amount of money I spent on the medicine for it to go to waste is just not acceptable. Money is scarce especially for costly animal meds. Down the hatch my furry feline child!!!
If you use this method without an assistant. Use your legs to hold the towel down.
Nothing about this was low stress! Classic!
Gfy 🤣🤡
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Nothing is low Stress though cat’s Are always Like this
Low stress because the cat didn't growl, yell, hiss, claw, etc....
Do this any other way and it's more stressful...
I love this video. I love that even in professional setting you showed that you can't always give the cat the pills and it made us cat parents don't feel so stupid for struggling with our babies. You also reminded me that I can just crush it and give it to him that way was way easier, and the stress on the cat and on me went down significantly. Thank you! This was the best.
I successfully applied the second technique using the syringe method step by step, and it worked like a charm. My cat remained calm and swallowed the medication with ease. Thank you immensely for sharing this helpful video. 🙏
Hey if I may ask, what did you use to mix the pill with? chicken broth or something?
She says the towel is the only restraint, but obviously the assistant is keeping the towel in place and even holding the cat down. I’d love to see just one person pill a cat.
see my other towel restraint with one person video then do the pilling steps
You just syringe feed as if feeding a newborn kitten. It's easier.
@@SuperMichelleDJ Maybe so, but my little kitty didn't want to swallow and drooled it out
@@DrSallyJFoote if it's so easy which it's not, you should do it yourself and see
@@DrSallyJFoote I left a comment asking how to safely hold a cat solo; now I find you have a video on that. I'm going to look for that now. Thanks!
I have to give my cat 6 pills a day for heart disease. I've found that slipping the small ones into those Churro-type purees are the best, or, if I can, slipping one into a freeze-dried treat like chicken. But now he is catching on, or gets bored of the flavors, or simply keeps spitting it out accidentally. Some days are easier than others! I don't have someone to help me, and he is strong, but the towel method looks helpful for the times I break down and need to give it to him if he isn't getting it with the other methods.
The time frame (having to give a cat a pil every 12 hours, for example, makes it worse because then I panic that I'm missing the window and he probbaly feels it! Never wanted to have a boyfriend more than to have someone help me with giving my cat these pills! 😅 Thank you for the video.
talk to you vet about transdermal forms of the meds. this will help too.
6 pills a day is not a life for him ...try with natural methods...what kind of veterinary would do that to a cat😢
Yes, they do feel everything, out anxiety gets to then. Good looks for you, Giant task.
You are doing the very best you can. Your cat benefits more from having a kind loving home than a few missed hours. You are wonderful; please be as good to yourself as you are to your cat.
Choose the bear
I've never seen a youtube tutorial starring folks I've actually met! Thanks for your help. Great to see both of you. Haven't seen either since Shopko closed.
@2:13 " *ugh you're guna be a pain in the ass* " 🤣
I like that you showed the real clip without editing it. Cats are cool
This helped me successfully give my cat her medicine. Thank you.
I love the idea of crushing the pill and adding it to broth. I have a very sick cat that needs his pill but also has a sore throat - this is the way to do it I think!! Thank you!
you are welcome. Honey is also a good substance to use as it coats the throat and helps it heal
@@DrSallyJFoote What if your cat doesn't swallow and drools?
This is interesting and appreciate the use of this cat - the struggle is real!
Would love to see a video of a single person trying to pill a resistant cat. Never yet seen a video of this. They always have help but we don’t all have assistants/housemates or neighbours to call on twice a day, every day. My cat would be backed out of there, fighting, and dreadfully stressed.
Only way I can achieve this is to crush the tablet, mix in butter, and butter the top of her paws - just as I do when we move house. It’s an old way and a risk for full dosage but the only thing that works.
No you have to use a towel and restrain their head. Sorry, no other way around it.
@@SuperMichelleDJ We wrap the towel around the neck (like at the barber's) to immobilize the front legs, so it can't scratch us. Sometimes we "sit" on them (not full weight, of course) to have a firm grip. One cat is easy, it cooperates and opens mouth fully, but the other one struggles all the way and it's so much harder with her.
thank you so so much. My little man has heart and liver problems and he has to take medication for the rest of his life, which he never ever had to. I dont want to stress him out even more. Thank you so so much for this helpful video
Glad I could help
Let us know how this works for you!
It worked! And I did it solo. I came up gently behind my cat, lifted his head up, nose pointing to ceiling. And then I slipped the pill in after dunking it in wet food. He did try to lick back out, but after my second placement he swallowed it. No fuss, no muss.
Thank you for this video. I guess I have a nearly perfect cat.
I'm going to give this a try. My cats are very difficult. This is great because it seems too many videos show cats who are cooperative and that just leaves me feeling like a complete failure because I can't make it work.
let me know how it works for you. Yes, I like to use real-life demos
LOL, at first I read this as "real life demons"! I mean... sometimes that's what it seems like when pilling a cat!@@DrSallyJFoote
This helped alot, thanks! I took a towel over my cat, made him lay down and sat over him on my knees too hold the towel down, then i gently took the pill in his mouth as showed in the video and I held his mouth up for about 3 minutes. And I also used a syringe with water after he swallowed the pill after about 2 minutes so he dosent have so much bad taste from it. He growled some but no scratching :-)
Great video with lots of good ideas. Well worth the 4 minutes to watch.
Thank you! Thank you Dr Foote, for making it plan and simple with the syringe; that is
an answer to prayer, Thank you
again, ma'am!
hahah came here because my cat did exactly what this cat did :p I had a bit of a fight with her, thanks for showing a better way. It's soo much less stressful for the cat to give it with a syringe.
This is what came up for "how to give a cat a pill by yourself". 😂 where's my assistant?
I think the main point is "always have 1/2 more pills than prescribed", as half of them will get unusable, when cat spit them out. It's hot summer here also, so when I cut a pill in half, one half morning, one half for dinner, the second half transforms into dust during the hot day. I tried put it in the freezer, still got destroyed when I took it out, guess some pills aren't made to last once you cut them.
So, always have half more than you need.
What if youre single and dont have someone else to hold the cat? I have to give 7 days of liquid meds and so far day 3, I get about a 1/4 of the liquid into the cats mouth every dose, now she's acting like she hates me :( I also have to give a pill on top of this. Not happy someone needs to invent a cat holding device.
I've seen people making a cat burrito with a towel
I almost lost my hand for trying 😂
TYSM!! SO glad we watched, my husband said "we can get it down, what's the point" & I said "maybe there's a less stressful way"....our cat isn't named "Whimpy" because of Popeye....
My cat is now doing daily Benadryl pills (1/2 12.5mg) and it's a rodeo. He's a super mellow fellow so he always forgives but sometimes I feel bad for him. I will try your method of crushing it and administer with water. Thanks for the video!
Here goes nothing.. thanks for the most real guide. I have churu treats laying around so should be cake!
Fitting that I was "like" 411, as this was actually informative, and with a less than enthusiastic cat!
I am glad this helped!
Thank you for making this video. It helped me to pill my cat
Excellent common sense approach. Love the crushed pill in water via a syringe. Never occurred to me.
Wonderful! Thanks for giving a realistic representation!
Glad you liked it!
Hahahaha! I loved the first part of your video - just like home! Thanks for the great idea of using syringes + tasty liquid to deliver the pulverized pill without stress.
let me know how it works for you
My cat is three times as squirrelly as that cat. I have to admit it was hilarious to watch specially, since the vet was doing it. Ha😂
just showing real life.
Thank you so much for this advice. I’ve always struggled with Poppy and pills. Will be doing it as you’ve displayed here from now on 😊
LOL!!! The pills I have aren't crushable first off and second, my cat would never even let me hold her down in a blanket like that 😂
I R E A L L Y needed this!😻
What about when you have to do it by yourself?
Very helpful, good modeling of us staying calm
Thank you so much for these wonderful techniques❤️❤️🫶🙏🏻
I didn't watch a video and did almost everything wrong last night. Tonight should hopefully be a different story. Thank you!
Thank you.
My cat is taking Denamarin, which says on the box, which says on the box that it's "sensitive to moisture". Could I still cover it in Churu right before giving it to my cat? Thanks in advance, this video was super helpful in teaching me.
I have to give me senior cat pills twice a day. She is very resistant to taking them and, even when I follow with water, occasionally (somehow) pukes them out. Tried the ear version, but it's not helping as much. I will try crushing, but any other suggestions? Your cat was a toy compared to mine. She will rip you to shreds if you aren't careful, even with two of us. Can't afford the surgery...
I love the suggestion to crush those pills (with a medication that can be crushed- obviously time released meds cannot be crushed) and mixing it with something to make it more liquid, Also, I had no idea that the best way to use a syringe is to go from the corner of the kitty's mouth. Thank you for both of these. However, I do have a question. I live alone and don't have anyone to assist me. What is a good way to hold my cat while giving him his meds that won't scare him, but will keep him secure while I get his meds into him?
You really helped me. Thank you so much
How would you give amitryptiline? It numbs the mouth.
I can't afford the transdermal for my senior cat anymore
My cat immediately senses something fishy with the syringe. Ah! It's a hard task. 😪
Feed your cat baby food alone out of the syringe so he learns to like the syringe.
Thank you 💖🙏🙂 can i just mix capstar with a can of cat food? Mine is a rescued semi ferral , big sweet heart as long as he doesnt percieve s threat. His name is Tator 🙂🙏 folks at Sonic used to buy him a hamber , they kept him alive his whole life he is a spoiled elderly semiferral , but he got his name tator from the people at sonic . He has some fleas but when i try to wipe him down to clean them off he gets upset. Have used topicals but they dont seem to work sometimes. His bedding gets washed about twice a month and he doesnt have teeth anymore so he has to have canned cat food. Hoping that capstar will work. Thank you.
Presumably pills with an enteric coating shouldn't be crushed? Also dilate the hole in the syringe ahead of time, then rinse it out before putting in the medication, to minimize squirting bits of plastic into the cat.
I love this video, but what if we don’t Ave a vet tech to help us😿
If this is the lowest stress possible I’m in dispair right now. I am alone, an assistant (or meaning: any other human besides me) means serious high anxiety for my cat. What is a stress free method of giving a cat (which can’t be hold without it causing her lots of anxiety) medication? She will only eat dry kibble, refuses wet cat food, (cat) milk, (cat) pudding, liquid snacks, doesn’t want fresh-, raw- or prepared meat or fish, no cheese or whatever. Still hoping she will love the churu, didn’t know that exists so looked it up but I don’t have it yet so don’t know whether that will work or not (she has to want to eat it herself, can’t feed it into her mouth on my own and having an assistant will stress her out too much
That cat isn't fighting at all like mine !!!!!! 😢 mine its impossible! I keep trying
Can you crush metronidazole tablets and add broth to give with a syringe or is it slow release and need to be ingested whole ?
you can crush it but it is bitter. Use a strong broth or tuna water to hide the taste.
Is it okay to mix it with food somebody answer me I'm trying to give her some vitamins like the vet ordered
Ive been scared of the cat choking or aspiring the pill.
You said put the syringe where the lips meet, not in the front but rather at the corners of the mouth, but then you put the syringe in the front. ?? Or did you mean put your ‘free’ hand at the corners of the mouth to help open the mouth? Thanks.
I was putting the syringe from the side next to my thumb. It was hard to see - if the camera person came closer the cat would have reacted and this is a real life setting where we have to balance filming and demonstrating treatment.
1.) Our cat wouldn't stay still in a towel like the one here for even 5 seconds. This cat appears very calm. 2.) We don't have nice high-up exam tables at home. I am in an apartment with tiny counter space, and he is not allowed to go up there nor does he even try, so not an option, though it would be the best option! 3.) I'll keep perusing videos because as our cat ages, we will need to pill him! Every time we have tried, it rolls around his mouth, and he vomits from the bitterness.
My options for hiding the pill in food/treats is limited because my cat has IBS. Any tips for IBS-friendly methods?
Thank you
I hope this works. My street cat really having tough time while breathing
let us know how it works
@@DrSallyJFoote People's lives can change very unexpectedly in 7 months. My life changed too. I changed too. I don't have cats anymore because I learned how hard it is to bear the pain when they die.
How do we know if know if the med can be given this way, I have can be given this way? I have to give my cat a Probiotic which is in a capsule?
double check with your veterinarian for the specific medication, but most can be pulverized
probiotics are flavorless, so you should be able to open the capsule and mix the powder into food easily.
How are you all keeping from having your cats shake head back and forth?! Mine needs an Xray for heart murmur but can't get meds in him 😭
Love this video, it worked for me 😊❤
What would you suggest if the pill is has a liquid filling and the cat is being difficult?
ask for an alternative medication
I tried this. Cat foamed and would not swallow and ended up having a mess all over. I wish this did work it looks a lot easier
What is the brother your using in the syringe?
Is it ok to crush cystaid and mix it yogurt or no?
What kind of broth do I use
churro treat - you can use baby food, or chicken broth
She also mentioned tuna water, which is what I just used. I was able to administer ALMOST all of it. 😔
Dr mam.my kitty is having FHV 1.Any suggestions hw to tk care of him.
This is a chronic condition that needs consistent eye meds and oral meds. Follow this video for less stressful ways to apply eye meds ua-cam.com/video/80pzrInBKj8/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
Good luck!
But the medicine taste so horrible that she vomits id it's not in pill form...
And she also struggles... what to do...
ask your vet to prescribe the medication as a transdermal gel. This can be applied to the inside of the ear.
I'm trying to give my cat his plavix... it did not go well. I tried the first method with my husband holding him. I'd like to try the 2nd but where can I find a syringe???
Pharmacies have syringes. As a pharmacist at a drugstore for one. They also have different sizes.
stop by your vet clinic and ask for one, or ask your local pharmacist for a 3 cc dosing syringe
Good tips, however at home we don't have a hemostat...
That kitty is a good boy.
Thank you!!!
I'm at my wits end....I have tried everything to get her to take this pill. 3 days no problem, 4th day not having it. Watching this video stressed me out especially when you said the pill could get stuck. The pill my cat takes is very small and coated but has managed to find it and spit it out of every treat. I won't crush it because we are trying to avoid her from throwing up and getting more dehydrated. I don't know what to do......Please help me!!!
Is it okay to mix the pill with the food I gotta give my cat some vitamins
If capsule dip one end in fish oil
I'm not a veterinarian but omfg I've done all of this with all my cats who had to take pills for tapeworms and etc.
So…EPIC FAIL! I don’t have a hemostat at home, but had a CVS syringe. I bored out the opening with a random metal tool. I don’t have the fancy paste she has on hand, so I used butter mixed with wet cat food, crushed the pill, mounded it onto the plunger of the syringe, and inserted it into the syringe. After all this work, I wrapped the 4 month old kitten in a shirt and attempted to administer said concoction. Keep in mind, this kitten has done very well with the some other liquid medicines, might even enjoy receiving it. I’ve been giving it to him for weeks. In the end, the cat panicked, got a mixture of worm, medicine, butter, and fish, flavored wet cat food all over his neck and face, the shirt, and me, and he is still running from me. I cannot catch him. This is the friendliest kitten ever and he now hates me and thinks he’s going to die. Perhaps some other modifications would work and I just really effed things up? Anyway, zero out of five stars…do not recommend. 😂😂😂
How can I give my cat Azodyl? 😢
verify first with your veterinarian - this may be a drug that can be compounded into a taste tab or liquid for easier dosing than the capsule. I do not advise opening the capsule as this particular drug is bitter, and it would alter the rate of absorbtion.
@@DrSallyJFoote thank you so much. I hope they can compound it 🥺🙏🏻❤️
THANK YOU❤
You're welcome 😊
thank you :)
Churro treat trick worked. But not by pushing it into his mouth. But he licked it right off my finger after licking most of the churro 😂
But this cat was laying still. Even though he is being held he didnt freak out as my cats will.
ok now can you show it how to do it alone without any help
How do I do this without an assistant though :( I have to do this everyday for at least two weeks my cat is going to hate me
Thank you for the video though - it is very helpful!
use this towel wrap technique to hold him ua-cam.com/video/G77jt0AY618/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
This assumes that you have someone to hold the cat.
true - I have a course in my shop that demonstrates working solo for eye, ear and oral meds. www.drsallyjfoote.com/shop/education/spicy-cat-home-care-recording/
It also assumes that the cat is not extremely aggressive.
My cat made his mouth foam when I did that sad😢
This is nice and all but I wish they showed us how to do it solo
You are so funny !❤❤❤
Any suggestions for doing this by yourself and not with someone else helping? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Use this towel technique to hold the cat ua-cam.com/video/G77jt0AY618/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
Let us know how it goes!
My cat won’t keep still like that
Try practicing just getting your cat happy on the table with treats. Consider taking my spicy cat home care course to learn the step by step process for less stressful care
www.drsallyjfoote.com/shop/education/spicy-cat-home-care-recording/
Wondering why you didnt grab him by the scruff of his neck before administering his pills? I've heard it makes them more docile?
cats shut down with scruffing( grabbing the back of the neck) and it is painful. The next time you do that, they aggress and struggle. The concept of Low-Stress care is to decrease pain and stress, not to increase it and clearly understand the body language of animals.
Perdón pero yo estoy sola y no tengo una persona que me ayude a darle la pastilla al gato. Esto no nos funciona a todos. Lo pone fácil con dos personas pero solo una persona no es lo mismo. 😊