Thread: worming aaahhh!

I haven't had to give worming pills but for other pills I've used Greenies Pill pockets with success in the beginning. Then went to putting the pills in canned food with success in the beginning too. Then used a pill cutter to cut the pill into fourths and mixed in the canned food, again with success in the beginning. Now I'm grinding the pills with a pestle and mixing them in the canned food. Haven't had a problem doing this as I only give him about 1 tablespoon of the canned stuff to make sure he eats. He'll leave food behind and not get all the medicine if I give him too much food. Good luck and I hope the worms are gone quickly.

Thanks! Will try the small amount if canned food first. I did try it in his food but he ate round the area, so that may work, fingers crossed. I dont think he has worms, its a precautionary just in case as hes not been putting weight on : ( thanks again for the great tips : )

If you really don't want to admit to defeat {& most of us have at some point you don't argue with a big cat....} there is a spot on now that you apply to the back of the neck,more expensive of course but not so if you are wasting tablets,the ones that I have had most success with though with all of mine are Milbemax,they are small & palatable big boys eat them as treats & the "fussys" don't notice them crushed in a small amount of tasty food.....x

Just another quick thought if you put anything like that in fridge overnight {still in the packaging}will help kill the smell of the product...!

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

If you really don't want to admit to defeat {& most of us have at some point you don't argue with a big cat....} there is a spot on now that you apply to the back of the neck,more expensive of course but not so if you are wasting tablets,the ones that I have had most success with though with all of mine are Milbemax,they are small & palatable big boys eat them as treats & the "fussys" don't notice them crushed in a small amount of tasty food.....x

Just another quick thought if you put anything like that in fridge overnight {still in the packaging}will help kill the smell of the product...!

That is the simplest solution but in a multi cat household you have to make sure the cats aren't grooming each other for a few hours.

With mine, I wrap them snuggly in a towel, cradle them in my arm like a baby, pill in other hand I pop open their mouth, drop the pill to the back of the tongue and hold the muzzle shut until they swallow. Often I have to allow the mouth to slightly open again before they swallow otherwise they just lay there holding the pill in their mouth.

I had a pill popping syringe thing at one time but to be honest it was more of a pain in the ass to use than just dropping the pill from my fingers. My fingers don't go in their mouth at all.

We've used the spot on type on our coonies - seemed to make them itch for about 10mins then they were ok - job done! Our old moggie Jake had asthma all of his life and an over active thyroid for the last few years of his life. We used a pill gun every day and it was perfect! Over in seconds and no distress to Jake. I'm not sure if you can get the one we had any more though - it had a rubber end that gripped the pills. I think it would have been too fiddly without that

Used to pill my old lady 4 times a day , put the pill in a tiny bit of salmon paste and woof ...it was gone

Thanks guys! lots to try!!! i have just failed again by following a work colleagues suggestion ( "a sure thing!", she said... HA! ) to put half a pill in a chunk of cheese. He loves cheese but seemed to know that this was no ordinary cheese and proceeded to lick it until he confirmed his suspicions. Now run out of tablets! I will get a couple more and try the grinding up in the small amount of food, although have tryed this before. Then ill do the wrapping in the towel technic......if this does not work I will give in and take him to see the vet nurse :s im sure she'll have it down in a couple of seconds lol! will let you know how I get on....thanks again for all the help, love this site x

p.s JanieB +jckKerrison , I know the spot on you mean...Advocat?? but have got a supply of both frontline and advantage so dont want to fork out anymore for spot ons at the moment but after all this I may well swap back to it when ive run out lol!

One more quick question!! do you guys regularly worm your cats even if they are indoors? Dexter is an indoor cat but has access to a secure back yard! thanks again for all your help x

The spot on I was thinking of was Profender it only does the worms..... I do tend to do mine twice a year because they do like catching flies or at least some try & succeed occasionally while others have more success at it but I don't feel that they need doing every three months as recommended even though thats the advice I have to give out at work. You could try the "nurses" way at home as a lot of the time it is being firm & sure, a lot of people are afraid to firmly tilt the head right back if you do that you are more than half way there as the mouth is wide open & as you do that if you push the cheeks in over the teeth they are going to bite themselves first before you so thats an unlikely event & from there it is pretty easy to drop the pill in,we normally average about half a dozen cats at work a year that we now say sorry not worth risking fingers as some are always going to beat you,my first MC got the better of me more than once but in latter years I got firmer & did win with ab's although she was one who would eat the Milbimax wormers so that was one less stress for us all,oh what fun,perhaps we need vidioes of everyones succssesful tablet dosing methods....!

Yes, lol! That would be fun..not for the cats though : s ive never heard of Profender but will def look out for it. I know your right about being firm and im gonna give it a go....I managed with Saffi but I think wrapping him in a towel will help stop him squirming out of my arms. Thanks again for your help : )