I took my cat Hammie to the Vet Saturday for "butt problems". He had bloody runs & some issues with his anal sacs. Turns out -- his anal sacs were NOT infected, but they expressed them for him (I guess to clean them out???) and they ran a barrage of tests on my boy.
Well he has no parasites and his bum seems fine; however the stool sample & such had 'black' blood in it, and the doc says Hammie has had an upper intestinal infection for quite some time. Turns out -- the black 'beads' and such we always saw on his butt was not poo but instead it was blood, dried. I swear I never noticed any bloody poo in the boxes before, it was just recent.
Anyways he's on Amoxil (liquid form) and this pill that is cut in half and dissolves in water easily. The Amoxil isn't the big deal - he seems to like it! But the PILL is the problem! I can't shoot this thing back into his mouth, I tried that and he gagged and then puked and actually foamed. I think the pill dissolved in his mouth and it was so awful he barfed.
So the Vet says, dissolve it in water & THEN shoot it using the liquid dropper. So I do that; he STILL spits it out. So, I tasted the medicine myself. YUCK. I mean it tastes like pure rubbing alcohol, no wonder Hammie doesn't like it.
I tried mixing it with sugar & milk to dissolve it. This morning he did the same thing... spit it out all over the place.
I wrap him in a thick towel like the nurse says, however --- Hammie is a big strong cat and well, my neck, stomach and arms have scratches from giving him meds only 4 times this weekend. He busts free from that towel like it's thin air.
I need tips and I need them fast. I want his infection to be gone and his butt to be better. I need tips on administering the yucky-tasting stuff???
This stuff is so awful I don't know what to mix it with. Milk & sugar certainly didn't work.
ThankX! (p.s. - we have 10 days to go on this stuff, twice a day)
Stephanie
Well he has no parasites and his bum seems fine; however the stool sample & such had 'black' blood in it, and the doc says Hammie has had an upper intestinal infection for quite some time. Turns out -- the black 'beads' and such we always saw on his butt was not poo but instead it was blood, dried. I swear I never noticed any bloody poo in the boxes before, it was just recent.
Anyways he's on Amoxil (liquid form) and this pill that is cut in half and dissolves in water easily. The Amoxil isn't the big deal - he seems to like it! But the PILL is the problem! I can't shoot this thing back into his mouth, I tried that and he gagged and then puked and actually foamed. I think the pill dissolved in his mouth and it was so awful he barfed.
So the Vet says, dissolve it in water & THEN shoot it using the liquid dropper. So I do that; he STILL spits it out. So, I tasted the medicine myself. YUCK. I mean it tastes like pure rubbing alcohol, no wonder Hammie doesn't like it.
I tried mixing it with sugar & milk to dissolve it. This morning he did the same thing... spit it out all over the place.
I wrap him in a thick towel like the nurse says, however --- Hammie is a big strong cat and well, my neck, stomach and arms have scratches from giving him meds only 4 times this weekend. He busts free from that towel like it's thin air.
I need tips and I need them fast. I want his infection to be gone and his butt to be better. I need tips on administering the yucky-tasting stuff???
This stuff is so awful I don't know what to mix it with. Milk & sugar certainly didn't work.
ThankX! (p.s. - we have 10 days to go on this stuff, twice a day)
Stephanie