The Pets and Their Medicine
Woman in the Middle | May 14, 2014Both the dog and the cat get medicine on a daily basis now. The dog needs hers for arthritis pain. Lucky for us, the stuff tastes great to Honey and we just have to show her the syringe and she runs over to get the magic drops of deliciousness. The cat needs his to help him poop, I am afraid, and Blackie does not think his tastes good at all.
To get at least some of the medicine down him, we now have a carefully planned and choreographed routine. Canned food is placed in Blackie’s bowl and mashed up with a little water, just the way Blackie likes it. The syringe of medicine is carefully prepared out of eyesight. Eldest daughter picks up Blackie, I move in, and the horrible tasting medicine is squirted into the mouth of a very unhappy cat. Then he and the bowl of delicious food are IMMEDIATELY united on the floor, and we all try to forget the horrible affair until the next night.
A couple of nights ago Blackie was in one of his favorite places - on the back of the couch, which gives him a great spot to observe what is going on it in the kitchen. I called Honey over and held the syringe of medicine down. She immediately lifted her mouth up, and I gave her the squirt of medicine. The look on Blackie’s face was classic! I could just hear the wheels in his brain turning as he thought, “Stupid Dog! She isn’t smart enough to know that stuff she is getting tastes HORRIBLE!!! She is even more stupid than I thought….”
When my cat had a constipation problem the vet told lme it was quite common in overweight cats. I immediately put her on a diet & after she lost 10 lbs the problem went away. Giving medicine to cats is the worst, unless it’s fish oil which they (usuallly) love. Good luck with Blackie.
I have to do two injections a day. Amazingly, this cat who I couldn’t pill when he was young will come and stand still for his injections! A year ago I had to give a liquid to all 4 cats. That didn’t work. It must have tasted bad because they would all foam at the mouth and spit it out. I had to get the pill form. I hate medicating cats!
I hated giving medicine to my dogs as much as they hated taking it…………..
One of our cats had the same non-pooping issue. Everything we tired to do to trick him into taking his medication worked once and never again. Finally, the vet recommended having the medicine made int “gourmeds”. A pharmacy was able to compound the medicine into a chicken flavored treat. After we did that, he gobbled them up every time. They were a lifesaver. Good luck!
That is a very good idea – Thank you! The medicine he is taking must be made at a compounding pharmacy anyway, so maybe we can go that route!
Good luck! I hope it helps.