If you can provide a sure-fire way to administer two meds to my cat, I would be forever thankful. I have been at this since January and have failed miserably. This is a case where two brutish, strong-willed individuals collide. My cat is a 14 lb brutish "Weigie" mixed. He was a family's outdoor cat. With his insecurities with being held, taking meds and getting even two drops of water on his fur, I am beginning to doubt whether he was ever completely socialized.
I have two capsules I need to administer to my baby, one twice a day, the other once a day. He's my angel and love of my life. He goes into "beast mode" when trying to burrito pill or bath. The latter makes me consider updating my life insurance policy.
I am in desperate need of one super creative way to sneak a pill into his tummy or alternatives to administering the two capsules to my angel, suspected of having IBD. His Vet offered to trial him on Budesonide 1mg capsule daily in lieu of the invasive biopsy that I refused. He also needs the antibiotic Tylosin 50mg capsule twice daily for intestinal bacterial overgrowth.
The only option I see feasible at this point is concealing the meds in capsule form, inside his current kibble or another larger kernel type that I can transition him too soon (thinking Royal Canin's larger kibble for Maine Coons).
He loves his kibble and has declined every sort of food and treat money can buy. The expense isn't a concern for this as I am desperate and tired of seeing him suffer from this. I will list what has failed and why.
My thought is to resize the already small capsules into smaller gel caps, encase them into something sticky like thinned out Greenie Pill Pocket material, then cover them with ground up kibble. Since he typically eats the morsels whole he probably won't bite into the pill. It is absolutely imperative that I get this past his keen sense of smell and totally off-the-planet finickiness.
Things that have failed horribly or wouldn't pass his Inspector Clouseau's (The Pink Panther) suspicious sense of smell and finickiness:
Towel Burrito w/Pill Popper: Failed (like straight-jacketing Houdini)
-not doing this to him ever again for pilling. The option is totally off the table. He has an -excellent memory for stuff, especially when emotionally traumatized.
Pill slurry via syringe: Failed (spills out and requires towel Burrito)
Pill Pockets: Failed smell test
Smelly foods: Weruva, human canned tuna, all top tier wet cans: Failed smell test
Frozen raw cat food sample (thawed) Failed smell test
Blue Wilderness Soft Moist Cat Treats: Failed (worked only once for a Capstar while hungry)
*He will hunger strike any food that doesn't pass his smell test, even after not eating for over 12 or more hours. Hill's Veterinarian Diet Wet canned would not touch after 14+ hours hunger. Refused to eat the Vet's provided kibble when there for nearly 33 hours.
Just some background info on his illness. Please if you have any ideas as to getting these meds into him without stressing the both of us out, I will add you to my VIP list. :-) Please, no comments on his diagnoses or treatment. I'm just not up for discussing it. Thank you.
Many of the above food samplings were done when he had not eaten in 6 - 8 hours, the average time it takes for his tummy to settle down where he can retain water and food. Currently into 7 hours of being unable to retain food or water (some I'm sure gets through). He drinks more water in an attempts to sate the discomfort of hunger. This has been going on for about 5 months and occurs every 7 to 10 days. No worries...it will pass in a couple of hours, as it has done on a weekly basis since I took him inside over 5 months ago. He has steadily gained weight since and gone from 11 lbs his first Vet visit to a now 14+ lbs. The vet wants him back down to 12 lbs.
Thank you for any sure-fire methods, suggestions or what worked for you, if you have such a feline that senses pilling and will go to extreme measures not to be restrained and have something popped down their throat. :-)
I have two capsules I need to administer to my baby, one twice a day, the other once a day. He's my angel and love of my life. He goes into "beast mode" when trying to burrito pill or bath. The latter makes me consider updating my life insurance policy.
I am in desperate need of one super creative way to sneak a pill into his tummy or alternatives to administering the two capsules to my angel, suspected of having IBD. His Vet offered to trial him on Budesonide 1mg capsule daily in lieu of the invasive biopsy that I refused. He also needs the antibiotic Tylosin 50mg capsule twice daily for intestinal bacterial overgrowth.
The only option I see feasible at this point is concealing the meds in capsule form, inside his current kibble or another larger kernel type that I can transition him too soon (thinking Royal Canin's larger kibble for Maine Coons).
He loves his kibble and has declined every sort of food and treat money can buy. The expense isn't a concern for this as I am desperate and tired of seeing him suffer from this. I will list what has failed and why.
My thought is to resize the already small capsules into smaller gel caps, encase them into something sticky like thinned out Greenie Pill Pocket material, then cover them with ground up kibble. Since he typically eats the morsels whole he probably won't bite into the pill. It is absolutely imperative that I get this past his keen sense of smell and totally off-the-planet finickiness.
Things that have failed horribly or wouldn't pass his Inspector Clouseau's (The Pink Panther) suspicious sense of smell and finickiness:
Towel Burrito w/Pill Popper: Failed (like straight-jacketing Houdini)
-not doing this to him ever again for pilling. The option is totally off the table. He has an -excellent memory for stuff, especially when emotionally traumatized.
Pill slurry via syringe: Failed (spills out and requires towel Burrito)
Pill Pockets: Failed smell test
Smelly foods: Weruva, human canned tuna, all top tier wet cans: Failed smell test
Frozen raw cat food sample (thawed) Failed smell test
Blue Wilderness Soft Moist Cat Treats: Failed (worked only once for a Capstar while hungry)
*He will hunger strike any food that doesn't pass his smell test, even after not eating for over 12 or more hours. Hill's Veterinarian Diet Wet canned would not touch after 14+ hours hunger. Refused to eat the Vet's provided kibble when there for nearly 33 hours.
Just some background info on his illness. Please if you have any ideas as to getting these meds into him without stressing the both of us out, I will add you to my VIP list. :-) Please, no comments on his diagnoses or treatment. I'm just not up for discussing it. Thank you.
Many of the above food samplings were done when he had not eaten in 6 - 8 hours, the average time it takes for his tummy to settle down where he can retain water and food. Currently into 7 hours of being unable to retain food or water (some I'm sure gets through). He drinks more water in an attempts to sate the discomfort of hunger. This has been going on for about 5 months and occurs every 7 to 10 days. No worries...it will pass in a couple of hours, as it has done on a weekly basis since I took him inside over 5 months ago. He has steadily gained weight since and gone from 11 lbs his first Vet visit to a now 14+ lbs. The vet wants him back down to 12 lbs.
Thank you for any sure-fire methods, suggestions or what worked for you, if you have such a feline that senses pilling and will go to extreme measures not to be restrained and have something popped down their throat. :-)
