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Old 06-14-2016, 03:44 PM   #2151 (permalink)
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Alright, so first thing's first, I asked my mother and she was adamant that you need to be very careful about this. She's worked in a vet clinic (not as a vet though) so she does have some expertise.

Her advice is that if you can't do what I said (get your cat to eat food with dissolved medicine in a broth mixed in with their food) then her way was basically to corner the cat, force it into some kind of corner where it couldn't escape from while bodily holding it in place, and force the medicine down its throat. While you're doing this, take a squirt bottle and spray the side of the cat's mouth to wash it down. Make sure to spray the side of the cat's mouth, otherwise you could spray the water down its throat and into its windpipe.

My mother has a history of keeping near death cats alive for months, even years after they should have stayed alive, in comfort. So she doesn't just keep miserable animals that wish they were dead alive. My mother is a psychopath about making sure all of her animals live the maximum amount of happy years available to them and if there was anyone who I would listen to, it would be her.

Seriously, she's ****ing crazy, but I wouldn't even trust a veterinarian with the last years of my pet before I would trust her. Even they are amazed at the relatively healthy condition of the animals she finally has to bring in to be put to sleep.
Cheers, I'm going to give it a go in the morning so I'll tell you how it went. Not looking forward to this tbh. Why can't they just stop being cunts and swallow the pill?

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Dude just get a pill gun. Basically shoots the pill down the unsuspecting cats mouth. Work like a charm. Heres a link.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...lAbf8NP3HNCjyA
Wouldn't it choke it
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Old 06-14-2016, 03:46 PM   #2152 (permalink)
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Not gonna say **** about that cause I don't know, but I would first talk to my veterinarian. I would definitely be paranoid as a non-registered vet about shooting a "pill gun" down my cat's throat. That sounds like it would be very easy to shoot down my cat's lungs.
Its as simple as holding your cat in place. The gun has rubber tips so that you do not injure the cat. Place it at the back of the throat and depress the back end. Its simple and no cat has ever been injured with one. Seriously if you've never used a pill gun, definitely get one. I had to give my dog pills for years for his hyper thyroid and the pill gun is the way to go. 10/10
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Old 06-14-2016, 03:47 PM   #2153 (permalink)
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Cheers, I'm going to give it a go in the morning so I'll tell you how it went. Not looking forward to this tbh. Why can't they just stop being cunts and swallow the pill?



Wouldn't it choke it
No, trust me its the only way to go. Very simple to use.
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Old 06-14-2016, 03:52 PM   #2154 (permalink)
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Its as simple as holding your cat in place. The gun has rubber tips so that you do not injure the cat. Place it at the back of the throat and depress the back end. Its simple and no cat has ever been injured with one. Seriously if you've never used a pill gun, definitely get one. I had to give my dog pills for years for his hyper thyroid and the pill gun is the way to go. 10/10
Maybe you're right. But I'm not lying when I say my mother is a pet care psycho, and she never used one. Not saying it's not viable, since I have none of my mother's experience, but I would be seriously cautious about anything like that without the express okay of a veterinarian.

So, MONKEY, BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING... TALK TO A VETERINARIAN. We're *******s on an internet forum. Talk to a veterinarian before you do anything.
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Maybe you're right. But I'm not lying when I say my mother is a pet care psycho, and she never used one. Not saying it's not viable, since I have none of my mother's experience, but I would be seriously cautious about anything like that without the express okay of a veterinarian.

So, MONKEY, BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING... TALK TO A VETERINARIAN. We're *******s on an internet forum. Talk to a veterinarian before you do anything.
The veterinarian gave me the pill gun. He said sometimes using hands is more harmful as you can scratch the inside of your animals throat/mouth. The pill gun has rubber edges and ends and allows for easy depression of the tongue and allows you easy access to the back of the throat and only requires you to depress your thumb to release it. Trust me I used one for about five years before my dog passed of old age.
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The veterinarian gave me the pill gun. He said sometimes using hands is more harmful as you can scratch the inside of your animals throat/mouth. The pill gun has rubber edges and ends and allows for easy depression of the tongue and allows you easy access to the back of the throat and only requires you to depress your thumb to release it. Trust me I used one for about five years before my dog passed of old age.
Dog? Not cat? I'm not at all trying to disparage your own opinion, but a cat is different from a dog, and is much less willing to put up with ****.

Like I said, Monkey dude, talk to your vet. Talk, talk, talk to your vet, vet, vet. You wouldn't administer medical care to your child without advice from a doctor, so don't do so without advice from a vet. If the vet says using a pill gun on a cat is A-Okay then great. Sounds like a lot less hassle than what I said.

But talk to your vet. No question, no excuses. Talk to your vet. Talk to two vets. Multiple opinions from doctors and all that.
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Dog? Not cat? I'm not at all trying to disparage your own opinion, but a cat is different from a dog, and is much less willing to put up with ****.

Like I said, Monkey dude, talk to your vet. Talk, talk, talk to your vet, vet, vet. You wouldn't administer medical care to your child without advice from a doctor, so don't do so without advice from a vet. If the vet says using a pill gun on a cat is A-Okay then great. Sounds like a lot less hassle than what I said.

But talk to your vet. No question, no excuses. Talk to your vet. Talk to two vets. Multiple opinions from doctors and all that.
Are you suggesting that I should talk to my vet
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Are you suggesting that I should talk to my vet
Seriously watch how easy it is on youtube and then buy a pill gun. Don't waste your money on a vet visit. Pay the five bucks for a gun and voila, problem solved.
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Are you suggesting that I should talk to my vet
Nope. **** vets. They're just trying to get your cat hooked on Ritalin.
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Tips on how to get a cat to swallow his medicine tablets? He won't eat it if it's in food. What do the MB cat owners do?
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If the cat isn't a vicious sunbitch who'll scratch the **** out of you, just force the pills down their throat and close it's mouth until it swallows them.
I used to have a psycho tom cat and that worked on him. I'd grab him from behind so he couldn't back up and stick the pill in the side of his mouth, then put it at the back of his tongue with my finger. A bit gross but it worked most of the time. Sometimes he'd spit it out so you have to do it again when he's already pissed off.
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