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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / January 2006A new method of feeding pills to cats?
My trick is simple: I dip the pill and my fingers in cooking oil before medicating the cat. This achieves two things: 1. the oily pill goes down the throat fast and does not get stuck on the tongue 2. the cat's muzzle gets oily from my fingers and he starts licking his chops right away, and that prevents him from spitting the pill out. Is this a novel trick? > My trick is simple: I dip the pill and my fingers in cooking oil > before medicating the cat. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Is this a novel trick? Try fish oil they will lick your fingers clean for you Gotta try it! -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. > Is this a novel trick? might have to try that one day ot: but in the same vein, I run hot water over the back of canned cat food before trying to dump it on the plate they like the warm food, but better than this, the food just jumps right out of the can there's nothing worse than waking up... trying to dump cat food from a cool can... you're bumping the cats head each time you try... you can't see the plate for the cathead! so I run hot water on the back of them... and swish! I do warm up the can before feeding it but I don't give them the whole can at one time. Tiger would wolf it down, steal Ambers and then throw up. I dole out about half the can between two cats and then refill as they eat it. During the winter, I keep a can propped up on the baseboard heat so it is always warm at meal time. I use warm water when the furnace is not on. ---MIKE--- >>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') > I do warm up the can before feeding it but I don't give them the whole > can at one time. Tiger would wolf it down... ouch I just put two cans out they are done by nightfall then they get two more cans...a little is left by morning and they don't throw it up. Im pretty sure no-one has ever tapped into the potential of just how bad you can spoil a cat..(im not saying you've done this to yours) but Im thinking you have to spoon feed them? tell the truth > > I do warm up the can before feeding it but I don't give them the whole > > can at one time. Tiger would wolf it down... [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > tell the truth He just doesn't like cleaning up barf! My cats both eat too fast and toss it all up at least twice a week. I think Mike has a good idea here, at least for cats that wolf their food! > He just doesn't like cleaning up barf! nobody likes it > My cats both > eat too fast and toss it all up at least twice a week. > I think Mike has a good idea here, at least for cats > that wolf their food! well the solution is to give them all they want when they see there is plenty they will stop being greedy > > He just doesn't like cleaning up barf! > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > well the solution is to give them all they want > when they see there is plenty they will stop being greedy Nope. Not Boo. Honest. > Nope. Not Boo. Honest. oh I can't believe that seems like when he's ready to pop he would go lay down say he barfs...he will be hungry soon after that...so he goes over to his still plentiful bowl i am sure he would only curve his appetite people want things more when they are not as accessible for example http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Elvis-Toe-Nails-From-29-Years-Ago-DEC-1976_W0QQitemZ758180 3045QQcategoryZ104986QQssPageNameZWD2VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > Nope. Not Boo. Honest. > > oh I can't believe that > > seems like when he's ready to pop he would go lay down Hey! He's a girl. >:[ > people want things more when they are not as accessible > > for example http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Elvis-Toe-Nails-From-29-Years-Ago-DEC-1976_W0QQitemZ758180 3045QQcategoryZ104986QQssPageNameZWD2VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem lmao! The big reason for not putting out the whole can at once is that Tiger is already a big boy. He weighs 24 pounds! He would gobble up his share and then move in on Amber (who is a slow eater) and steal her food. My cats are inside cats and spend a lot of time sleeping so they will get fat if they eat too much. ---MIKE--- >>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') > The big reason for not putting out the whole can at once is that Tiger > is already a big boy. He weighs 24 pounds! He would gobble up his > share and then move in on Amber (who is a slow eater) and steal her > food. My cats are inside cats and spend a lot of time sleeping so they > will get fat if they eat too much. We always had pets growing up alls you do is leave the food out man sure, they will hurl a couple of cans..poor things yes... ok, maybe..feed as usual...gently filling them. :) after they are full, put enough out for both i think boredom can play a part too (wanting to eat for entertainment) > i think boredom can play a part too (wanting to eat for entertainment) I agree. Boo was left alone for long periods of time before we got her when she was five. > Hey! He's a girl. >:[ sorry bout dat I saw her pictures too- shame on me she is really nice Suddenly, without warning, Mr Tibbs exclaimed (20-Jan-06 8:41 PM): >> Nope. Not Boo. Honest. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Elvis-Toe-Nails-From-29-Years-Ago-DEC-1976_W0QQitemZ758180 3045QQcategoryZ104986QQssPageNameZWD2VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Cats ain't people, thought like people you can't paint them all with the same brush. Rescued cats that had been starved, for instance, may never lose the fear that the meal in front of them may be their last. Animals in multi-cat households may fear that if they don't finish that mea, which could be their last, that another cat may snarf it up. Especially if the fearful one is low cat on the totem pole. Those are just two examples. jmc jmc > My trick is simple: I dip the pill and my fingers in cooking oil > before medicating the cat. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > 2. the cat's muzzle gets oily from my fingers and he starts licking his > chops right away, and that prevents him from spitting the pill out. I wonder, in addition to following your instructions, if a small drop of fish oil on the tip of kitty's nose could further improve the technique...
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