I'm looking for recommendations for a syringe and bottle, and a pill popper, aka pill gun.
I am trying to care for 6 cats: 2 strays I've taken in over the last 2 years as "mine" and 4 more that aren't "owned" per se but I'm trying to do my best for. I'm on a limited budget and luckily have found a lady who does feral rescue and feeding who has in her network a properly licensed person to get meds. She is helping me out with Advantage and Drontal at cost.
The first time I got Revolution from her, I used some needle-less syringes I had on hand, and a cleaned and sanitize bottle (with a reducer top) from a prior cat prescription, and hoo boy, that didn't go as planned. I squeezed the liquid from the tube into the bottle, and then drew doses from the bottle. The plunger on my syringes did not move smoothly and I had to try to draw each dose multiple times, as I kept getting either not enough or too much for the dose. Then I ended up using a different syringe with slightly better action on it, but to use it I had to remove the reducer top...and ended up spilling a bunch of the medication when jarred by a cat.
As with many rescue folks, I'm trying to use the Plum colored Revolution for large dogs to treat these cats. Two cats are quite overweight and two are moderately overweight so even though the normal tube is for 8 average size cats, I end up using the whole thing (or almost) on these 6 cats.
Those of you also do this tube splitting, what is the best syringe and bottle combo I can buy that will make it easy to draw up the proper amount of liquid the first time? I'd love to hear from those of you who do this regularly what syringe would make my life easier.
I have not dosed the cats with Drontal yet but really, really need to as most if not all have worms. My issue is there are many pill poppers on Amazon, but several I've seen caution that the plastic top that holds the pill has shot off into a cat's mouth, and been swallowed!
What exact brand of pill popper do YOU use for a successful pilling of your cat? Drontal pills are not small - they are large and round.
Thanks in advance for your help!
I am trying to care for 6 cats: 2 strays I've taken in over the last 2 years as "mine" and 4 more that aren't "owned" per se but I'm trying to do my best for. I'm on a limited budget and luckily have found a lady who does feral rescue and feeding who has in her network a properly licensed person to get meds. She is helping me out with Advantage and Drontal at cost.
The first time I got Revolution from her, I used some needle-less syringes I had on hand, and a cleaned and sanitize bottle (with a reducer top) from a prior cat prescription, and hoo boy, that didn't go as planned. I squeezed the liquid from the tube into the bottle, and then drew doses from the bottle. The plunger on my syringes did not move smoothly and I had to try to draw each dose multiple times, as I kept getting either not enough or too much for the dose. Then I ended up using a different syringe with slightly better action on it, but to use it I had to remove the reducer top...and ended up spilling a bunch of the medication when jarred by a cat.
As with many rescue folks, I'm trying to use the Plum colored Revolution for large dogs to treat these cats. Two cats are quite overweight and two are moderately overweight so even though the normal tube is for 8 average size cats, I end up using the whole thing (or almost) on these 6 cats.
Those of you also do this tube splitting, what is the best syringe and bottle combo I can buy that will make it easy to draw up the proper amount of liquid the first time? I'd love to hear from those of you who do this regularly what syringe would make my life easier.
I have not dosed the cats with Drontal yet but really, really need to as most if not all have worms. My issue is there are many pill poppers on Amazon, but several I've seen caution that the plastic top that holds the pill has shot off into a cat's mouth, and been swallowed!
What exact brand of pill popper do YOU use for a successful pilling of your cat? Drontal pills are not small - they are large and round.
Thanks in advance for your help!
But I do appreciate it, and the water suggestion - I think not enough people know about that and "dry pill" their cat, which is a shame.
I'm amazed people are able to do it!
