To make a long story short, Jamie's HCM is now full-blown congestive heart failure, and he's gone from getting one pill a day to seven.
He's a biter, so just opening his mouth and sticking a pill in isn't an option. He's been "stuck" so many times this week that we have to forget about injections for the time being.
I'm getting the pills into him, but anticipating that he'll get wise to his "treats" containing pills, so I thought maybe getting some other ideas wouldn't be a bad idea.
Here's what I've been using successfully so far:
Cat sticks: basically the equivalent of pill pockets, because you just mold a piece around the pill. Pill pockets have been discontinued here.
Water-packed tuna: his favorite, but it has to be "human" tuna
Spray cheese (hissy's excellent suggestion): American Cheese is a hit
Cat liverwurst (from Lidl, for Europeans' info)
What I have in reserve:
Cocktail shrimp
Crabmeat
Hardboiled eggs
Suggested by a vet tech:
Whipped cream
Liver (cooked or raw)
Cooked chicken
Jamie doesn't like raw, but I suppose that would be an option for other cats? We don't have Kentucky Fried Chicken in this area - is that really irresistible?
He's a biter, so just opening his mouth and sticking a pill in isn't an option. He's been "stuck" so many times this week that we have to forget about injections for the time being.
I'm getting the pills into him, but anticipating that he'll get wise to his "treats" containing pills, so I thought maybe getting some other ideas wouldn't be a bad idea.
Here's what I've been using successfully so far:
Cat sticks: basically the equivalent of pill pockets, because you just mold a piece around the pill. Pill pockets have been discontinued here.
Water-packed tuna: his favorite, but it has to be "human" tuna
Spray cheese (hissy's excellent suggestion): American Cheese is a hit
Cat liverwurst (from Lidl, for Europeans' info)
What I have in reserve:
Cocktail shrimp
Crabmeat
Hardboiled eggs
Suggested by a vet tech:
Whipped cream
Liver (cooked or raw)
Cooked chicken
Jamie doesn't like raw, but I suppose that would be an option for other cats? We don't have Kentucky Fried Chicken in this area - is that really irresistible?