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I have read tons of suggestions online, on this site and others, regarding how to give a cat meds but am looking for further suggestions.
Cat is impossible to handle at vet - vicious and aggressive and they cannot handle him - so she gave him gabapentin to try before appts - 200 mg night before and 200 mg two hours before visit.
So far have tried:
Tuna water - worked perfectly the first time when I opened gabapentin capsules and mixed it in when I was just trying to see what effect it had on him. He vomited two hours after but it did sedate him. Vet prescribed Cerenia for the next time to counteract the nausea. One month later when I really need it the night before a vet visit, no dice - so then I tried:
Mixing with his regular canned food - nope;
Mixing it with ham baby food - wouldn’t touch it;
Mixing it with lickable cat treats tuna and salmon flavors - nope, wouldn’t touch it;
Have previously tried Pill pockets - worked once a few years ago, second time, no way;
Re the Cerenia - Coated pill in butter - licked around it, finally just had to shove it down his throat while my son held him;
I bought a pill popper but it seems as if the gaba capsule is kind of large to just shove in the back of his throat?
So I have to give him gaba again tomorrow AM before the vet and don’t know how I’m going to get it into him. I was told not to feed him tomorrow AM and have an early appt so hoping he’ll be hungry enough to take it with some tuna.
By now you may be wondering why I keep this guy - but this is him sleeping next to me in bed and he’s been my cat for 13 years. I know his behavior is fear-based aggression but I have to be able to take him to a vet. I had one come to the house to the tune of $600! He and his assistant wrangled him but it was pretty ugly.
Cat is impossible to handle at vet - vicious and aggressive and they cannot handle him - so she gave him gabapentin to try before appts - 200 mg night before and 200 mg two hours before visit.
So far have tried:
Tuna water - worked perfectly the first time when I opened gabapentin capsules and mixed it in when I was just trying to see what effect it had on him. He vomited two hours after but it did sedate him. Vet prescribed Cerenia for the next time to counteract the nausea. One month later when I really need it the night before a vet visit, no dice - so then I tried:
Mixing with his regular canned food - nope;
Mixing it with ham baby food - wouldn’t touch it;
Mixing it with lickable cat treats tuna and salmon flavors - nope, wouldn’t touch it;
Have previously tried Pill pockets - worked once a few years ago, second time, no way;
Re the Cerenia - Coated pill in butter - licked around it, finally just had to shove it down his throat while my son held him;
I bought a pill popper but it seems as if the gaba capsule is kind of large to just shove in the back of his throat?
So I have to give him gaba again tomorrow AM before the vet and don’t know how I’m going to get it into him. I was told not to feed him tomorrow AM and have an early appt so hoping he’ll be hungry enough to take it with some tuna.
By now you may be wondering why I keep this guy - but this is him sleeping next to me in bed and he’s been my cat for 13 years. I know his behavior is fear-based aggression but I have to be able to take him to a vet. I had one come to the house to the tune of $600! He and his assistant wrangled him but it was pretty ugly.