This is such good news! Keep the tuna and pills coming! 
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Eye Infection In A Feral / Socialization Progress
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We are making even more progress!!! Sometimes you don't even notice it too. The other day I realized that almost every time I go in the kitchen, she comes out of the bathroom to beg for a treat. She rubs against the wall, gets all happy and excited. She comes close to my legs (rubbed up against them once), she dances...it's really very cute and really hard not to reward her every time (she would be so fat if I gave her a treat every time she asked lol). All I have to do is make a noise in the kitchen and there she is!!! Being cute!
After I noticed this I also noticed that she is not as nervous when we walk past her. Usually she would scurry away or move so we can't get too close. Now she - for the most part - stays where she is while we walk past. When she is on her "blankie" we can walk right past her and she doesn't budge at all.
:-)
Yay!
After I noticed this I also noticed that she is not as nervous when we walk past her. Usually she would scurry away or move so we can't get too close. Now she - for the most part - stays where she is while we walk past. When she is on her "blankie" we can walk right past her and she doesn't budge at all.
:-)
Yay!
Awesome progress! Keep the treats coming.
This is such good news! She is really making strides.
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Aaaannnnnddd...we hit a snag with the deworming pill! She refused to take her second dose...I went through 3 doses and several different techniques. She managed to take the better portion of the third dose so at least there is that! I will have to go get another supply for her next doses
The first dose was wasted when I tried to give it to her that way I did the first - in her evening bowl of canned food. She didn't even take a bite. I thought it was because she wasn't hungry but no - it was definitely the pill.
The second dose I dipped in margarine and hid inside some tuna. Nope. I pulled it out of the tuna and tried to hide it in the canned food. Nope. Added tuna juice. Nope. More food? Nope.
The last pill I tried was broken in half from cutting (each dose is actually a 1/2 pill). The vet suggested a delicious food for "urgent care" and another for "recovery" (Science Diet type foods). She managed to eat part of the dose in the "urgent care" canned food! So yay. Then she got wise and wouldn't eat anymore so I put the rest of the dose in the "recovery" formula.
Nope.
Stuffed in some cheese?
Nope.
Finally I put the wet, dissolving pill into some Friskies with gravy and she finished it up.
Two more doses left. I don't know how I'm going to sneak it next time!!!
The first dose was wasted when I tried to give it to her that way I did the first - in her evening bowl of canned food. She didn't even take a bite. I thought it was because she wasn't hungry but no - it was definitely the pill.
The second dose I dipped in margarine and hid inside some tuna. Nope. I pulled it out of the tuna and tried to hide it in the canned food. Nope. Added tuna juice. Nope. More food? Nope.
The last pill I tried was broken in half from cutting (each dose is actually a 1/2 pill). The vet suggested a delicious food for "urgent care" and another for "recovery" (Science Diet type foods). She managed to eat part of the dose in the "urgent care" canned food! So yay. Then she got wise and wouldn't eat anymore so I put the rest of the dose in the "recovery" formula.
Nope.
Stuffed in some cheese?
Nope.
Finally I put the wet, dissolving pill into some Friskies with gravy and she finished it up.
Two more doses left. I don't know how I'm going to sneak it next time!!!
Most of the deworming medicines are just awful tasting. I have had better luck when I place the tablet in a gelatin capsule. I actually order chicken flavored gelatin capsules that work even better. Yet, when they get wet from wet food/tuna/butter, they start to break down and the nasty taste will still come through. It works best when you can pill them and with this kitty you cannot pill her. Is there any way, a vet tech could come to the house and pill her for you?
I did have luck with using a gelatin capsule inserted into a pill pocket and then wrapped in a bit of fresh cooked chicken in a very small amount of wet food.
At this point, I wouldn't worry about it. Next time ask for a dewormer that requires only one dose and ask the vet to give it to her. I have two former ferals that live in my house. One I still cannot pill. Cream cheese works sometimes, but I always make sure when he gets his yearly dewormer that the vet does it. It's worth the extra bit of cost.
I did have luck with using a gelatin capsule inserted into a pill pocket and then wrapped in a bit of fresh cooked chicken in a very small amount of wet food.
At this point, I wouldn't worry about it. Next time ask for a dewormer that requires only one dose and ask the vet to give it to her. I have two former ferals that live in my house. One I still cannot pill. Cream cheese works sometimes, but I always make sure when he gets his yearly dewormer that the vet does it. It's worth the extra bit of cost.
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there are only 2 pills left and I am heading out of town for 2 weeks - my cat sitter is going to have to give it a try. Worst case it will wait until I get home and then I will have a vet tech come to the house to help me out. We will have to be creative with her...
Did I mention that she doesn't like the pill pockets? I tried to give empty ones to her and they got poo-pooed as well.
Did I mention that she doesn't like the pill pockets? I tried to give empty ones to her and they got poo-pooed as well.
How about cream cheese or fresh cooked chicken that is really soft and able to be molded around the pill? I have heard cheese whiz too.
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Feral cat ... Eye drops impossible. Vet nope not willing to pay for a cat thats not mine. Rescue reluctantly told me ... Half a 250mg Azithromycin ( zpack)pill crushed divided into 5 best you can . give 1/5 of powder a day in wet food over 5 days for a small cat( abt 7lb cat). It did clear the infection. But it came back a few wks later so i redid it. Eye infection totally gone its been months now. I was told it don't work for all types of infections but it worked for this cat with no side effects. I am not a vet , try at your own risk.
that sucks you can't touch her at all because I find a dropper with a crushed pill mixed into water and just squirt into the back of kitties mouth works like a charm. the thing is the medicine is giving the food a bitter taste and she wont touch it. what are the chances you can budle yourself up, burrito the cat and dropper the meds and let her go?
