Tablets cats easy../snip/.. and with a bit of luck it should swallow the tablet.,
hahahaha.. meet Ziggy
Ziggy has been very sick over the past few months with pancreatitis & triaditis and used up a few of his 9 lives. Because he has been so poorly he's not just been treated by my vets, but also others as he was in ICU at the AMC. During this time he has earned a reputation as being 'a bugger when it comes to pills' even with the AMC vets.
With my vet we've tried me holding him down, her pill popping. Weve tried the nurse coming in to hold him down. Weve tried wrapping in towels. Weve tried those pill inject down the throat things. One of the vets thought after a struggle she'd done the job. Only for him to spit the pill out 1 min later.
Weve had several cases of him foaming at the mouth after trying to administer tablets.
I was a bit upset one day after one attempt.. he really wouldnt take a much needed tablet when the vet and nurse took him into the back to try administer and it was only when I got him home I realised he was limping slightly.. This I didnt realised till he got home.. but knowing how he kicks off I guess they must have held his back leg firmly - which isnt good as he has a FHO (false hip) since a kitten
I didnt complain or say anything because I know he needed that tablet.
My vet is now resigned to him being hard work and she will give him weekly injections of steroids rather than daily tablets. Same with the anti-nausea meds and any antibiotics he needs during a flare up.
I also get given syringes of vetergesic to use at home rather than trying to give him pain relief tablets. Unfortunately the appetite stimulant is pill only and it tastes very bitter - (the human version is normally dosed with sweeteners) and he can smell it a mile off.
He's always been like this and why I have to use back of the neck drops for flea and worming. Aside from when taking medicines, hes a sweet tempered gentle cat who is very loving and affectionate.