A bit of background....
My dear old Tulip has been eating loads but just getting thinner over the past week or two. she is as light as a feather anyway and really small to start with. I put it down to her age as she seemed to be feisty enough. However on Wednesday she decided to stop eating so I knew there was something amiss. She also stopped sleeping on the bed and clawing my face in the morning and she's stopped mewling.Thursday was vet day! I was I must admit very apprehensive. She is 18 now but usually very vocal and speeds around like a 2 year old, (some of you may remember she still climbs curtains, at her age to
) I go on holiday for 3 weeks on Tuesday and I really did not want to come home to a dead cat! The vet was great. she looked tulip over and said she probably had constipation as well and took blood for testing her blood cells, kidneys,liver and hyperthyroid. We came aways with some rather goopy stuff for Tulips constipation and rang friday for the test results. Yes she has hyperthyroidism. The vet gave me options but said tablets were probably the best due to Tulips age. Surgery is out of the question and the radiography(?) is pretty pointless I thought as it it hugely expensive. If tulip was perhaps 3 or 4 it might be an option. anyway tulip is on 3 sets of tablets. Ones for her hyperthyroid (forever) one for potasium and some antibiotics.
Okay so here comes the question ...Tulip is little and thin and very squirmy. She has to have these tablets twice a day. Admittedly two lots will stop in a fortnight but the little pink ones are forever. She bites and claws and I am terrified I am going to break her silly neck by accident! Crushing them in food is not an option as the vet said they taste vile. Ive wrapped her in a towel but I am at a loss as to how to get these damn tablets down her.
Suggestions would be expremely welcome. We are only on day two and it is becoming clear I am not good at this - she knows its coming. Its not like when Mischa had to have her insulin injections - i was in charge then and it was just quick in and out. This is different - Tulip is different. Help!
My dear old Tulip has been eating loads but just getting thinner over the past week or two. she is as light as a feather anyway and really small to start with. I put it down to her age as she seemed to be feisty enough. However on Wednesday she decided to stop eating so I knew there was something amiss. She also stopped sleeping on the bed and clawing my face in the morning and she's stopped mewling.Thursday was vet day! I was I must admit very apprehensive. She is 18 now but usually very vocal and speeds around like a 2 year old, (some of you may remember she still climbs curtains, at her age to
Okay so here comes the question ...Tulip is little and thin and very squirmy. She has to have these tablets twice a day. Admittedly two lots will stop in a fortnight but the little pink ones are forever. She bites and claws and I am terrified I am going to break her silly neck by accident! Crushing them in food is not an option as the vet said they taste vile. Ive wrapped her in a towel but I am at a loss as to how to get these damn tablets down her.
Suggestions would be expremely welcome. We are only on day two and it is becoming clear I am not good at this - she knows its coming. Its not like when Mischa had to have her insulin injections - i was in charge then and it was just quick in and out. This is different - Tulip is different. Help!