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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / November 2005Compounding pharmacy
Abernathy figured out that coming to me for chicken meant that he would soon get a pill. His fear overcame his love of food. We had one grand nightmare one night trying to catch him in this small room. The vet suggested a liquid antibiotic from a compounding pharmacy. This was the first time we've tried that on any of our cats. It worked on Abernathy, the poster cat of a tough customer! His antibiotic is now chicken broth-flavored, and I mix it in with additional chicken gravy from his wet cat food. It's a treat for him. What a relief for all of us! He purred for the first time in 2 days. Abernathy would like to highly recommend the chicken gravy flavor. Rhonda > Abernathy figured out that coming to me for chicken meant that he would > soon get a pill. His fear overcame his love of food. We had one grand [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Rhonda Ming had a REALLY bad case of ringworm when we got him from the shelter, and the vet thought he was going to be on oral meds for up to 3 months (it ended up being less than half that...). We had a tuna flavored mixture made up at a compounding pharmacy. Like Abernathy, Ming *liked* his medication, which made giving it to him much easier. Definately worth the effort. Katrina > Abernathy figured out that coming to me for chicken meant that he would > soon get a pill. His fear overcame his love of food. We had one grand [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Abernathy would like to highly recommend the chicken gravy flavor. My cat at work, Harriet, has been taking Lactulose since August. It was always a horrible fight that ended in a big mess. Then people here told me about FlavorRx (I think) and I called the vet to ask about it. They recommended a pharmacy, and called in Harriet's prescription. Her first bottle was chicken flavored. The current bottle is bacon. She still doesn't enjoy it, but it's SO much easier now, and 99.9% of the medication actually goes in her. I started putting her Propulsid in Pill Pockets, which she was happy to eat at first. In a matter of days she discovered that there was something in them, and now she won't go near them and I'm back to poking it down her throat. -- Liz > My cat at work, Harriet, has been taking Lactulose since August. It was > always a horrible fight that ended in a big mess. Then people here told me [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > doesn't enjoy it, but it's SO much easier now, and 99.9% of the medication > actually goes in her. Glad that worked out. How is she doing? > I started putting her Propulsid in Pill Pockets, which she was happy to eat > at first. In a matter of days she discovered that there was something in > them, and now she won't go near them and I'm back to poking it down her > throat. There is a veterinary pharmacy in S. CA that makes a bunch of different meds in treat form - the one I am most familiar with is Tapazole. I think they are located someplace around LA. If I can find the reference, I'll post it. -L. >> My cat at work, Harriet, has been taking Lactulose since August. It was >> always a horrible fight that ended in a big mess. Then people here told [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Glad that worked out. How is she doing? She's doing great. Cut back on her initial Lactulose dose and now she's pooping on a regular basis. Not messy puddles anymore, either. She's calmed down a lot and has stopped trying to kill everybody she sees. Now she only has random fits where she'll go after somebody's leg. > There is a veterinary pharmacy in S. CA that makes a bunch of different > meds in treat form - the one I am most familiar with is Tapazole. I > think they are located someplace around LA. If I can find the > reference, I'll post it. > -L. Treats with the medicine built-in would be great. Harriet loves treats and it surprised me that she stopped eating the Pill Pockets. -- Liz > I started putting her Propulsid in Pill Pockets, which she was happy to eat > at first. In a matter of days she discovered that there was something in > them, and now she won't go near them and I'm back to poking it down her > throat. The trick to giving cats pills inside of treats is using three treats. First, you tease her a little with a treat (that doesn't have a pill inside) so she'll gobble it down when she gets it. When she finishes the first treat, tease her a little with second treat (with the pill inside). As soon as she starts eating the second treat (with the pill inside) let her see you holding the third threat (without the pill). She should gobble down the second treat (with the pill) so she can have the third. Thinking about getting the third treat should draw her attention away from the pill in the second treat. The third treat will also mask the after-taste of pill in the second treat so she won't be reluctant at the next pilling. If all else fails- try a pillpopper or this method: http://www.maxshouse.com/Medicating_Your_Cat.htm Phil >> I started putting her Propulsid in Pill Pockets, which she was happy to > eat [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Phil I'll have to try that trick, but I can't use Pill Pockets for all 3 treats. Those things are expensive! Harriet LOVES treats and even when she won't touch her food, she's always in the mood to eat as many treats as possible. She also never chews them, except for the freeze dried chicken. Soft treats and crunchy treats get swallowed whole. The Pill Pockets are bigger than her usual treats once the capsule is inside, and I think she was chewing them and bit into the capsule one time. I thought about emptying the powder into the pocket, but don't want to end up wasting any medication. The vet charges $1 for each Propulsid capsule. It's really not a pain to poke them down her throat and she doesn't put up much of a fight. -- Liz > Abernathy figured out that coming to me for chicken meant that he would > soon get a pill. His fear overcame his love of food. We had one grand [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Abernathy would like to highly recommend the chicken gravy flavor. I am so glad this stuff exists! Hope all is peaceful at your place for a while. |
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