Thread: My little Poppy's been attacked :(

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.

Yes giving a pill can be tricky. What I find works well is the element of surprise. Have the pill ready, along with a cup of water and a teaspoon. Grab cat, hold on your lap so he can't back away, prise mouth open with the left hand, bracing cat with your upper body, shove pill in as far down as possible, then, using the teaspoon, put a drop of water down straight after. This makes them swallow so if you've got the pill in the right place it will go down. If you manage to complete the whole operation seamlessly and in seconds they will hardly even know what's happened. But if they cotton on to what you're about to do then you may have a fight on your hands, and stress to the cat (who's already poorly!)

Hope she recovers soon!

Sorry to hear Poppy has been in the wars :(
A a rule I don't take any nonsense from my cats when it comes to giving them meds! Open wide and straight down-hold mouth closed briefly and massage throat! But having said that one of my moggies who is actually the smallest of our clan, will not take tablets. She becomes a viscous she devil!!! Even the vet gave up on her after putting her in a special bag for naughty cats, zipping it up so she couldn't attack and still could not give the tablet!!! Lol
Hope Poppy is on the mend now though

Jo

I hope poppy feels better soon!