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  #11  
Old July 21st 12, 10:53 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Christina Websell
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"---MIKE---" wrote in message
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I am supposed to get clavamox pills into Tiger twice a day. Hiding in
his food isn't working and I don't think he would eat "pill pockets". I
wonder if I could smash the pill, mix it with butter (or vasoline) and
smear the mixture on his fur. The alternative is a number of 20 mile
trips to the vet for a shot.
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See if he might like it crushed into liver or chicken pate.
Good luck!






---MIKE---

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44� 15' N - Elevation 1580')


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Old July 22nd 12, 06:08 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
William Hamblen[_2_]
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On 2012-07-21, ---MIKE--- wrote:
I am supposed to get clavamox pills into Tiger twice a day. Hiding in
his food isn't working and I don't think he would eat "pill pockets". I
wonder if I could smash the pill, mix it with butter (or vasoline) and
smear the mixture on his fur. The alternative is a number of 20 mile
trips to the vet for a shot.

---MIKE---

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44� 15' N - Elevation 1580')


I'm pretty sure the butter on fur method won't work. Clavamox isn't strongly
flavored, so mixing a crushed pill with wet food ought to work, especially if
you can delay the first feeding of the day a little. Personally, I've always
been able to pill my cats. Some medicines are so bitter you can't mix with
food, so there is not much alternative to pilling.

Bud

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Old July 22nd 12, 05:23 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
---MIKE---
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I crushed a clavamox pill in a small bowl. Then I opened a can of
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna (in water) and pored some of the
juice in the bowl and mixed it up. Tiger "polished" the bowl! Then I
gave him a few pieces of the tuna as a treat. I will try to repeat this
late today.
On another note, this morning I put out two plates of the Chicken
Soup canned food. Neither cat was interested. Then I opened a can of
Wellness turkey and put two dishes of that next to the others. They ate
the Wellness and ignored the Chicken Soup. Go figure. Cats!

---MIKE---

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44� 15' N - Elevation 1580')

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Old July 22nd 12, 06:57 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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I'm very pleased to hear it.

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Old July 23rd 12, 12:17 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"---MIKE---" wrote in message
...
I crushed a clavamox pill in a small bowl. Then I opened a can of
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna (in water) and pored some of the
juice in the bowl and mixed it up. Tiger "polished" the bowl! Then I
gave him a few pieces of the tuna as a treat. I will try to repeat this
late today.
On another note, this morning I put out two plates of the Chicken
Soup canned food. Neither cat was interested. Then I opened a can of
Wellness turkey and put two dishes of that next to the others. They ate
the Wellness and ignored the Chicken Soup. Go figure. Cats!

---MIKE---

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44� 15' N - Elevation 1580')

***

I'm glad you thought of the tuna juice. I was going to suggest that, but
never got around to posting the suggestion. Pickles is absolutely wild
about the juice from water-packed tuna, but she has very little interest in
the tuna itself. Waffles has to have some of the juice just because Pickles
gets some. This happens every time I open a can of tuna.

Joy


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Old July 23rd 12, 03:27 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
pat Chlebowski
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I'm glad to hear that you found some thing that worked..Hope it will
keep working for the pills......

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Old July 23rd 12, 05:05 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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---MIKE--- wrote:

I crushed a clavamox pill in a small bowl. Then I opened a can of
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna (in water) and pored some of the
juice in the bowl and mixed it up. Tiger "polished" the bowl! Then I
gave him a few pieces of the tuna as a treat. I will try to repeat this
late today.


That's great! How long do you have to give him the medicine?

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Joyce

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concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.
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Old July 23rd 12, 12:28 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
---MIKE---
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Joyce asked:

That's great! How long do you have to give him the medicine?

Another week. Last night he did a massive poop and this morning he
seems to be acting normal.

---MIKE---

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44� 15' N - Elevation 1580')

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Old July 23rd 12, 09:10 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Bastette
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---MIKE--- wrote:

Joyce asked:


That's great! How long do you have to give him the medicine?


Another week. Last night he did a massive poop and this morning he
seems to be acting normal.


In the great tradition of RPCA'ers cheering about cat poop: Hooray!!

--
Joyce

May the great galactic kitten always purr you to sleep.
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Old July 24th 12, 01:03 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Christina Websell
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"---MIKE---" wrote in message
...
Joyce asked:

That's great! How long do you have to give him the medicine?

Another week. Last night he did a massive poop and this morning he
seems to be acting normal.

---MIKE---

------
Hooray for the big poop! Constipation can cause a build up of toxins in the
body so I am sure he could have been feeling ill because of it.
I know this because prior to 2003 my social work team worked with both
children & adults including learning disability & elderly.
Sometimes when an elderly person was showing signs of dementia for the first
time which triggered off a call to us from relatives, it turned out that
that they had constipation (common in the elderly as they sometimes don't
drink enough fluid so they don't have to get up for the bathroom in the
night) and once it was recognised and resolved they returned to their normal
selves.
I was sorry to have to choose between the two disciplines but specialist
teams were the new forward and the adult team manager was a nasty piece of
work. If the child care team manager had become the adult team manager I
would have stayed with my real love which was working with the elderly.
Their lives can be so improved (and those of their family who are trying to
care for them) with a bit of daycare, respite and some equipment.
I will never forget one day.
No, stop. I digress.


This is Tiger's thread. May he poop daily from now on ;-)
Sort of sounds like a weird thing to say, but I mean it in the best way.
All rspca'ers are not afraid to celebrate either firm poop when it is not,
or the final release of days..

Tweed









 




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