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Koala update
On 8/5/2014 10:11 PM, Mike Mayers wrote:
I have suggested this before. Crush the pill into a fine powder and mix it with tuna juice (chicken of the sea packed in water). Most cats love the tuna juice and will eat it right down. Unfortunately, Mike, my cat is one of the few who will not eat tuna. When she first came to live with me the vet wanted me to give her deworming pills (just in case). He suggested water packed tuna. I thought oh boy, she's getting a treat! Persia sniffed the tuna and looked at me like I was crazy. That's why I suggested using a pill cutter and pill pockets. Jill |
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On 8/6/2014 2:25 AM, Joy wrote:
When I went in to give him the medicine, I pulled out the bed, but didn't find him. Finally I looked in his newest hiding spot, and he was there. It's back in the shadow, and he's dark colored, so he's almost invisible when he's there. He wasn't as compliant as he was yesterday. He never used his claws, or even his paws, but he did try to turn his head away and clamp his mouth shut. However, I did get the medicine into him. Joy Purrs for continued success. Please do consider (for the BIG pill at the end) using a pill cutter and pill pockets. I had to give Persia an appetite stimulant this morning. I tucked 1/4 of a pill in a pill pocket and she thought it was a rare treat. Good luck purrs continue. Jill |
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jmcquown wrote: On 8/5/2014 10:11 PM, Mike Mayers wrote: I have suggested this before. Crush the pill into a fine powder and mix it with tuna juice (chicken of the sea packed in water). Most cats love the tuna juice and will eat it right down. Unfortunately, Mike, my cat is one of the few who will not eat tuna. When she first came to live with me the vet wanted me to give her deworming pills (just in case). He suggested water packed tuna. I thought oh boy, she's getting a treat! Persia sniffed the tuna and looked at me like I was crazy. You remind me of the time I served Cornish Game Hen to holiday dinner guests. The recipe said to allow a whole bird per person, which I thought was probably overgenerous, but I figured the leftovers would be a treat for the cats. After dinner, I carefully removed the meat from the bones (to avoid bone-splinters) and set a bowlful down before each cat. All three turned up their little noses and wouldn't TOUCH it! (It wasn't highly seasoned, nor had I used any exotic herbs.) |
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"Joy" wrote in message ... Things never go the way one expects them to go. Today was the day I opened the door to Koala's room. It was open for several hours. During that time, Pickles twice stuck her head in the doorway and meowed. Koala stayed in his hidey-hole. It's a good thing that's all that happened, because I got a call from the vet about an hour ago. The results of Koala's stool sample finally came in, and he has coccidiosis, an intestinal tract infection caused by an organism. That means two things. First, I have to keep them separated for another two weeks. I'm glad there was no real interaction. It's a pain to keep them separate, and I think it will make it take that much longer for Koala to feel comfortable here. However, to keep Pickles healthy, I can do it. Second, I'm supposed to give Koala medication once a day for ten days. I didn't know if that would be even possible, since he stays hidden all the time. If he decides to hide under the bed, I doubt if I can do it. However, today he was on a low bookcase shelf. Getting down there was hard, and getting up was much harder, but I managed. When I reached in and touched him, he raised his head. I put the syringe in his mouth and gave him the medication with no trouble at all. I hope it goes that easy for the rest of the time. The only problem is that, in ten days I have to give him a pill, and it's a rather large one. That might not go so well. Joy Sorry to hear he has coccidiosis. I didn't realise cats could get it. Hens can but providing it's caught in time it's fairly easily cured. Well done for getting his liquid meds in! If the tablet proves to be a problem, I'd nip him along to the vet and let the nurses do it. I had to leave Boyfie at the vets for longer than I wanted to after his accident and operation because he needed pilling several times a day to prevent peritonitis and even after all these years he won't let me do it. He let you touch him and raised his head, then took his liquid meds, sounds like he's coming round. It's very scary for him to go to another new place (I presume he was somewhere else then went to the shelter then to you) in the space of his short 16 week life. Actually, having just said that, I probably wouldn't try and force a large pill down him when you're just getting acquainted. Best not to spoil your new relationship. Let him hate the vet nurses and not you. Tweed |
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On 8/6/2014 12:57 PM, Judith Latham wrote:
In article , Joy wrote: On 8/5/2014 3:43 PM, toci wrote: On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 4:59:59 PM UTC-5, Joy wrote: On 8/5/2014 1:15 PM, Judith Latham wrote: In article , Joy wrote: Things never go the way one expects them to go. Today was the day I opened the door to Koala's room. It was open for several hours. During that time, Pickles twice stuck her head in the doorway and meowed. Koala stayed in his hidey-hole. It's a good thing that's all that happened, because I got a call from the vet about an hour ago. The results of Koala's stool sample finally came in, and he has coccidiosis, an intestinal tract infection caused by an organism. That means two things. First, I have to keep them separated for another two weeks. I'm glad there was no real interaction. It's a pain to keep them separate, and I think it will make it take that much longer for Koala to feel comfortable here. However, to keep Pickles healthy, I can do it. Second, I'm supposed to give Koala medication once a day for ten days. I didn't know if that would be even possible, since he stays hidden all the time. If he decides to hide under the bed, I doubt if I can do it. However, today he was on a low bookcase shelf. Getting down there was hard, and getting up was much harder, but I managed. When I reached in and touched him, he raised his head. I put the syringe in his mouth and gave him the medication with no trouble at all. I hope it goes that easy for the rest of the time. The only problem is that, in ten days I have to give him a pill, and it's a rather large one. That might not go so well. Joy It's a shame that Koala has this infection but he will get better from it and by then maybe Pickles will have got more used to there being another cat in the house even if he's only in one room. Do you think that Koala would come to you if you just sat quietly in his room, reading or something. He might come out if he thought you were not after him. If you do this when you're not giving him his medication he might get used to you, then when you do give him his medication, it may be easier. Would it be possible for your vet or vet nurse to give him the big pill? Judith I did that a few times before I started giving him the medicine, and he wouldn't come near me. I'm sure he won't now. I don't know whether they'd charge me to give it to him, but I'd have to get him into the carrier and take him. I think that would be as much trouble, and as hard on both of us, as my giving him the pill. Right now I'm concentrating on trying to figure out how I'm going to get him out from under the bed to give him his medicine this evening. Joy -- Joy Unlimited Colorful Crocheted Critters Photos at http://www.PictureTrail.com/joy9 You might do what my daughter does- fill underneath the bed with boxes, so there's no room for a cat. My approach, though, is to just let him stay under the bed until he comes out. We both try to keep our bedroom doors shut, with him outside, but that seems to make our rooms more attractive. Toci When I went in to give him the medicine, I pulled out the bed, but didn't find him. Finally I looked in his newest hiding spot, and he was there. It's back in the shadow, and he's dark colored, so he's almost invisible when he's there. He wasn't as compliant as he was yesterday. He never used his claws, or even his paws, but he did try to turn his head away and clamp his mouth shut. However, I did get the medicine into him. Joy Well done. That's another one done. Judith Right. Only ten more doses and a pill to go. Joy -- Joy Unlimited Colorful Crocheted Critters Photos at http://www.PictureTrail.com/joy9 |
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On 8/6/2014 12:06 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
jmcquown wrote: On 8/5/2014 10:11 PM, Mike Mayers wrote: I have suggested this before. Crush the pill into a fine powder and mix it with tuna juice (chicken of the sea packed in water). Most cats love the tuna juice and will eat it right down. Unfortunately, Mike, my cat is one of the few who will not eat tuna. When she first came to live with me the vet wanted me to give her deworming pills (just in case). He suggested water packed tuna. I thought oh boy, she's getting a treat! Persia sniffed the tuna and looked at me like I was crazy. You remind me of the time I served Cornish Game Hen to holiday dinner guests. The recipe said to allow a whole bird per person, which I thought was probably overgenerous, but I figured the leftovers would be a treat for the cats. After dinner, I carefully removed the meat from the bones (to avoid bone-splinters) and set a bowlful down before each cat. All three turned up their little noses and wouldn't TOUCH it! (It wasn't highly seasoned, nor had I used any exotic herbs.) Yup. There's no way to predict what any give cat will like or dislike - or eat even if he doesn't like it. Skeeter hated canned food, but because Lindy got some every day, Skeeter had to have some too. He held himself stiffly as he ate, and if he could have held his nose, he probably would have done so. Joy -- Joy Unlimited Colorful Crocheted Critters Photos at http://www.PictureTrail.com/joy9 |
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On 8/6/2014 2:22 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"Joy" wrote in message ... Things never go the way one expects them to go. Today was the day I opened the door to Koala's room. It was open for several hours. During that time, Pickles twice stuck her head in the doorway and meowed. Koala stayed in his hidey-hole. It's a good thing that's all that happened, because I got a call from the vet about an hour ago. The results of Koala's stool sample finally came in, and he has coccidiosis, an intestinal tract infection caused by an organism. That means two things. First, I have to keep them separated for another two weeks. I'm glad there was no real interaction. It's a pain to keep them separate, and I think it will make it take that much longer for Koala to feel comfortable here. However, to keep Pickles healthy, I can do it. Second, I'm supposed to give Koala medication once a day for ten days. I didn't know if that would be even possible, since he stays hidden all the time. If he decides to hide under the bed, I doubt if I can do it. However, today he was on a low bookcase shelf. Getting down there was hard, and getting up was much harder, but I managed. When I reached in and touched him, he raised his head. I put the syringe in his mouth and gave him the medication with no trouble at all. I hope it goes that easy for the rest of the time. The only problem is that, in ten days I have to give him a pill, and it's a rather large one. That might not go so well. Joy Sorry to hear he has coccidiosis. I didn't realise cats could get it. Hens can but providing it's caught in time it's fairly easily cured. Well done for getting his liquid meds in! If the tablet proves to be a problem, I'd nip him along to the vet and let the nurses do it. I had to leave Boyfie at the vets for longer than I wanted to after his accident and operation because he needed pilling several times a day to prevent peritonitis and even after all these years he won't let me do it. He let you touch him and raised his head, then took his liquid meds, sounds like he's coming round. It's very scary for him to go to another new place (I presume he was somewhere else then went to the shelter then to you) in the space of his short 16 week life. Actually, having just said that, I probably wouldn't try and force a large pill down him when you're just getting acquainted. Best not to spoil your new relationship. Let him hate the vet nurses and not you. Tweed Thanks. I'll take that under advisement. Joy -- Joy Unlimited Colorful Crocheted Critters Photos at http://www.PictureTrail.com/joy9 |
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"Joy" wrote in message ... Sorry to hear he has coccidiosis. I didn't realise cats could get it. Hens can but providing it's caught in time it's fairly easily cured. Well done for getting his liquid meds in! If the tablet proves to be a problem, I'd nip him along to the vet and let the nurses do it. I had to leave Boyfie at the vets for longer than I wanted to after his accident and operation because he needed pilling several times a day to prevent peritonitis and even after all these years he won't let me do it. He let you touch him and raised his head, then took his liquid meds, sounds like he's coming round. It's very scary for him to go to another new place (I presume he was somewhere else then went to the shelter then to you) in the space of his short 16 week life. Actually, having just said that, I probably wouldn't try and force a large pill down him when you're just getting acquainted. Best not to spoil your new relationship. Let him hate the vet nurses and not you. Tweed Thanks. I'll take that under advisement. Joy ://www.PictureTrail.com/joy9 |
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I have suggested this before. Crush the pill into a fine powder and
mix it with tuna juice (chicken of the sea packed in water). Most cats love the tuna juice and will eat it right down. Unfortunately, Mike, my cat is one of the few who will not eat tuna. When she first came to live with me the vet wanted me to give her deworming pills (just in case). He suggested water packed tuna. I thought oh boy, she's getting a treat! Persia sniffed the tuna and looked at me like I was crazy. I get antithyroid pills into Chloe by rolling them in a postage stamp sized piece of thinly sliced ham and having her take them from my fingers. By now she knows to ask me for her pill first thing every morning. Shaking the pill bottle always brings her through into the kitchen. I'm told antithyroid pills taste much nastier than most medications, so tuna juice wouldn't work. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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On 8/6/2014 8:02 PM, Jack Campin wrote:
I have suggested this before. Crush the pill into a fine powder and mix it with tuna juice (chicken of the sea packed in water). Most cats love the tuna juice and will eat it right down. Unfortunately, Mike, my cat is one of the few who will not eat tuna. When she first came to live with me the vet wanted me to give her deworming pills (just in case). He suggested water packed tuna. I thought oh boy, she's getting a treat! Persia sniffed the tuna and looked at me like I was crazy. I get antithyroid pills into Chloe by rolling them in a postage stamp sized piece of thinly sliced ham and having her take them from my fingers. By now she knows to ask me for her pill first thing every morning. Shaking the pill bottle always brings her through into the kitchen. Who said anything about antithyroid pills? I'm told antithyroid pills taste much nastier than most medications, so tuna juice wouldn't work. I'm sure most pills taste nasty. Jill |
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