Thread: My little Poppy's been attacked :(

We managed to keep her in and she slept under our bed, We crushed up her anti-biotic tablet and mixed it with some cooked chicken which is normally her treat, but she seemed to know it was there. The vet said that this tablet was the important one out of the two, although Poppy may not agree, the other one being a painkiller ! - will persevere though. She seems a little better walking this morning so will have to see tomorrow.

Pleased that you could keep Poppy in,most of the cat ab's now are palatable but I always advice people to hang back on feeding a bit so that are really hungry,put it into something wet & smelly,they don't seem to pick up the powder so easily & only in a very small amount of food so its gone in a couple of mouthfulls & they are looking for more....
If I lived closer I would come & put it down the hatch for you.
Hope she picks up well over the day.

Aww thank you ! that's good advise, as I only had to use 1/2 the tablet, I still have the other half so maybe i can try it in some wet food like you suggest. She's given up trying to get out this morning and used the litter tray, she's now laying on the bed again, so I'll try again later. x

If she like cheese you could squish it into a bit failing that the wraping up with a towel works on our fussy paws

Like with us rest is a great healer so she is doing the right thing for her,I hate it when they get hurt.....

Well I took the bull by the horns so to speak and popped the other half in, surprisingly enough she was fine with it and after spitting it back out a couple of times, i cracked it. Managed to get the painkiller down as well so, again thanks for the advise !

I hope little Poppy will feel a lot better soon. Vets usually sell a pill popper device, which enables you to slot the tablet in one end, then pull back on the other. This lets you push the pill further into the cat's mouth and more quickly so they don't spit it out.

Good for you,I know some cats are difficult & it takes two of us at work to very often get a worm pill down {have been beaten on the odd occasion} but with the MC's it has seemed easier,some of them more than others,three will just eat them,two you open the hatch with them just sitting there & the other one I kneel down put him between my legs,very ladylike,then open his mouth & in it goes.Sometimes if it has been a course towards the end I have needed someone to just steady but I have found that like bathing the more of you trying to hang on in there makes them fight against you.
Now Poppy is dosed I am sure she will rest up & fingers crossed tomorrow will all be good news.

Sorry computer froze & after a little .....swearing & giving it a thump it decided to put message through twice !
Think I will go & have a rest now !



Good for you,I know some cats are difficult & it takes two of us at work to very often get a worm pill down {have been beaten on the odd occasion} but with the MC's it has seemed easier,some of them more than others,three will just eat them,two you open the hatch with them just sitting there & the other one I kneel down put him between my legs,very ladylike,then open his mouth & in it goes.Sometimes if it has been a course towards the end I have needed someone to just steady but I have found that like bathing the more of you trying to hang on in there makes them fight against you.
Now Poppy is dosed I am sure she will rest up & fingers crossed tomorrow will all be good news.