chaps89
Well-Known Member
Kitty cat has thyroid problems and has been on felimazole tablets for a while now.
Initially anyone could give him a tablet in a pill pocket. We must have had 18 moths/2 years of having tablets this way with no fuss.
Then we had to double his dose and he stopped touching pill pockets.
We had a good run for a couple of months using the meat stick treats to get them down him, though it would take a bit of persistence. Then they stopped being acceptable.
Then we tried a pill gun. It takes 1 person to hold him, the other to get it down him (he's a big, 6kg, cat) That eventually started getting quite traumatic. Now we save it for emergencies and OH puts his motorbike gear on to hold him.
The last few weeks he's eaten it from pate but that appears not to be an option either anymore.
I've now tried cheese, cream cheese (marginal success), ham, salami, chicken, 2 different types of pate and I'm having no success.
Tablets say not to crush else I'd try that too!
He has his bloods monitored regularly and is otherwise well in himself but usually just 2 or 3 days on no or reduced amounts of his meds has him being ill which I want to try and avoid, for both our sakes.
So, people of HHO, any ideas?
(Will call the vet to see if there's anything else we can do if we have exhausted all options!)
Initially anyone could give him a tablet in a pill pocket. We must have had 18 moths/2 years of having tablets this way with no fuss.
Then we had to double his dose and he stopped touching pill pockets.
We had a good run for a couple of months using the meat stick treats to get them down him, though it would take a bit of persistence. Then they stopped being acceptable.
Then we tried a pill gun. It takes 1 person to hold him, the other to get it down him (he's a big, 6kg, cat) That eventually started getting quite traumatic. Now we save it for emergencies and OH puts his motorbike gear on to hold him.
The last few weeks he's eaten it from pate but that appears not to be an option either anymore.
I've now tried cheese, cream cheese (marginal success), ham, salami, chicken, 2 different types of pate and I'm having no success.
Tablets say not to crush else I'd try that too!
He has his bloods monitored regularly and is otherwise well in himself but usually just 2 or 3 days on no or reduced amounts of his meds has him being ill which I want to try and avoid, for both our sakes.
So, people of HHO, any ideas?
(Will call the vet to see if there's anything else we can do if we have exhausted all options!)