This will never work with my 19 year old cat. I can’t even hold her still. The veterinarian profession and the pharmaceutical industry need to figure out a better solution for people to administer medication to cats. This is ridiculous having to go through all this B.S.
How about this tactic, I can't hold this one either. Need more time but still ok Can Any Cat Parent Identify With This? (1/2) ruclips.net/user/liveEkZv_Co3IK0?feature=share
Thanks for this video! We use to have a cat (he now lives with my oldest son) that wouldn't take his medicine. Sometimes he would trick us in believing that he did take it because we would later find the pill on the ground. He's a pretty smart cat.
Thanks this is really helpful. I have my vet exaplin this but not show me. My cat sadly now needs life saving heart meds and one is vvvv bitter and needs to be concealed.
Interesting video. Those gel caps look huge! No way I could get my cat to eat them. In fact I'm watching videos like this because he fights tooth and nail any attempt to give him any liquid medication. I know the "shooting it down their throat" is supposed to be a choking hazard but it's the only way with this cat, and that's with TWO people. I'm really struggling to find a way to give him meds. He just squirms his head around any time he even sees a syringe.
I agree Paul, my cat would never even sit calmly between my lap. Maybe the first time, but once he's onto what comes after that, won't happen! I can barely do the shooting down throat method as he squirms like mad. Thanks to to the creator of this video, but this method only works with a cat that is at least somewhat cooperative.
I have the same horrible experience. My cat has been diagnosed with Chronic Kidney disease stage 4 - she needs to take hypertensive liquid medicine twice a day as long as she may lives - With 2 people it is a hell of a struggle
My cat acts TSA when I have ANYTHING in my hands! He will fight to his death to avoid medicine. I really suck at this. I'm going to get the hide-a-pill Greenie:s ASAP
Your kitty is so good. I am struggling with my kitty. She fights me and is very difficult to put a pill in her mouth without getting bit. She took her meds in a soft treat for years with no problems but now she is elderly and her appetite is so poor she won't eat treats anymore and I have to manually pill her and it is such a struggle to get the pills down. She spits them out over and over and won't allow me to get them back over her tongue so they will go down. I try to be calm and not upset her but she always throws a fit. It would be so nice if she would let me medicate her and I wouldn't have to be dreading it every day.
I find that breaking it into tiny morsels and wrapping it in tiny pill pockets work good w that, takes longer time but much less stressful for kitty. And "confuse" them infusing the intervals w some other treats... let me know if it works for you too
This is so tough for me. My cat has severe anxiety and was given Prozac to administer. I’m doing my best to dose her but this would just stress her out. Sad 😞
I feel so bad doing it I make my wife do it. My previous cat we had to give her a IV constantly because her kidneys were failing. I just couldn't do it, I felt horrible and I felt like I was torturing her. Soo I made my wife do that too.
But forcefully feeding when wrapping them in a towel is very stressful for my skittish ones and makes it very traumatic for them next time around, so being delicate w them in our case
@@MeloCat good point when it comes to pills. I think it’s harder for them to spit out liquid medicine with this method though. Worked really well for me
This will never work with my 19 year old cat. I can’t even hold her still. The veterinarian profession and the pharmaceutical industry need to figure out a better solution for people to administer medication to cats. This is ridiculous having to go through all this B.S.
How about this tactic, I can't hold this one either. Need more time but still ok
Can Any Cat Parent Identify With This? (1/2)
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I think the key is your cats are really kind. I can't even keep my cat on hold that long (while your filling those capsules)😭😭😭
Not fair she has a calm kitty to work with. She would never be able to do that with my Zarrah Rose.
Thanks for this video! We use to have a cat (he now lives with my oldest son) that wouldn't take his medicine. Sometimes he would trick us in believing that he did take it because we would later find the pill on the ground. He's a pretty smart cat.
Your cat is so calm!
I love your kitties. They have such different personalities, i can tell❤
This method is amazing! Our cat always spit out liquid medicine in the past, but now they take it no problem! Thank you so much for the idea.
You're so welcome, I find that my cats don't fear the sight of liquid meds or hearing me shake the bottle... it's really good!
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That somebody help me look 6:04 😂
One of my cats actually gags if he smells the medicine so he is extremely tough to give meds if he needs them. Thanks for this video, great advise👍
Same thing, they learn fast too. So this way the smell is sealed in the cap and double sealed w the pill pocket. Let me know if this works for you!
That was an awesome tutorial. Thanks for sharing.
This is an amazing solution! Thank you so much! I will try this on my 23(!) year old cat, that is struggling with gingivitis 😢
Thanks this is really helpful. I have my vet exaplin this but not show me. My cat sadly now needs life saving heart meds and one is vvvv bitter and needs to be concealed.
Glad it was helpful!
cat care, cute.
an important way of helping new owners i approve o such videos wholeheartedly,
also more cats on my screen is never bad thing .)
Interesting video. Those gel caps look huge! No way I could get my cat to eat them. In fact I'm watching videos like this because he fights tooth and nail any attempt to give him any liquid medication. I know the "shooting it down their throat" is supposed to be a choking hazard but it's the only way with this cat, and that's with TWO people. I'm really struggling to find a way to give him meds. He just squirms his head around any time he even sees a syringe.
It's not huge, you can use smaller size and more caps instead if you like~
I agree Paul, my cat would never even sit calmly between my lap. Maybe the first time, but once he's onto what comes after that, won't happen!
I can barely do the shooting down throat method as he squirms like mad.
Thanks to to the creator of this video, but this method only works with a cat that is at least somewhat cooperative.
I have the same horrible experience. My cat has been diagnosed with Chronic Kidney disease stage 4 - she needs to take hypertensive liquid medicine twice a day as long as she may lives - With 2 people it is a hell of a struggle
My cat acts TSA when I have ANYTHING in my hands! He will fight to his death to avoid medicine. I really suck at this. I'm going to get the hide-a-pill Greenie:s ASAP
My cat won’t even open his mouth for me to put the syringe in😢
Your kitty is so good. I am struggling with my kitty. She fights me and is very difficult to put a pill in her mouth without getting bit. She took her meds in a soft treat for years with no problems but now she is elderly and her appetite is so poor she won't eat treats anymore and I have to manually pill her and it is such a struggle to get the pills down. She spits them out over and over and won't allow me to get them back over her tongue so they will go down. I try to be calm and not upset her but she always throws a fit. It would be so nice if she would let me medicate her and I wouldn't have to be dreading it every day.
I find that breaking it into tiny morsels and wrapping it in tiny pill pockets work good w that, takes longer time but much less stressful for kitty. And "confuse" them infusing the intervals w some other treats... let me know if it works for you too
@@MeloCat Thank you for the suggestions, I will give it a try and let you know how it goes.🥰
I find that integrating "bogus" treats w no meds w the ones w meds works real well for us~
This is so tough for me. My cat has severe anxiety and was given Prozac to administer. I’m doing my best to dose her but this would just stress her out. Sad 😞
Clever. Good tip.
It saved so much headache and unnecessary broken trust and resentment, it's really good, so thought I would share
Problem: The pill capsules are no longer available from Amazon...
Good idea 🌸
My cat won't let you open its mouth.
I don't know I always get scratched my 🐈 don't know I give her Medicine for her own good! I'd don't do it to hurt her
"Panic" cur. Yep. My cat freaks out.
Yeah that stuff taste icky!!!
I feel so bad doing it I make my wife do it. My previous cat we had to give her a IV constantly because her kidneys were failing. I just couldn't do it, I felt horrible and I felt like I was torturing her. Soo I made my wife do that too.
it wont work to my cat.. its a nightmare to feed him medicine
Dang has he ever choked on those pills..😮
No it's too small
Lol😂
Need a video on how to wipe a cat's rear. My bf and I are both bloody from trying to hold on to him
He's slippery 😂
I don’t think we need to wipe their butts…
@@MeloCat sometimes they get runny 💩 in their fur
The secret is a warm washcloth. Let the water run so it's bathwater temperature. Softer the cloth the better too. Gentle and quick.
Wrap cat in towel!! 😅
But forcefully feeding when wrapping them in a towel is very stressful for my skittish ones and makes it very traumatic for them next time around, so being delicate w them in our case
Thats you cats temperment. My cat is difficult.
I'm sure your cat is special too:)
An even easier method is to feed your cat a Churu treat (or something similar) and sneak in the liquid meds while she’s distracted eating the treat
Only works for the super easy cats who don't spit out the pill and swallows the treats
@@MeloCat good point when it comes to pills. I think it’s harder for them to spit out liquid medicine with this method though. Worked really well for me
Oh sorry liquid... misread... in that case yes but some meds are horrific like panacur.... ewww
@@MeloCat true, luckily I just had gabapentin!