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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / February 2006Scheduled Feedings--Unexpected Benefits
I've posted about my tuxedo cat Boo's dramatic weight loss and improved mood and health since I put her on an all-canned diet in scheduled feedings every 12 hours, reducing the amount I fed her by 1/4 until she achieved her desired weight. An unexpected benefit is that I can pill her more easily now. She takes thyroid and heart medication, half a pill each twice a day. I tried everything and it was just a terrible battle that wound up with her fighting and foaming at the mouth, learning to eat the treat around the pill, and getting really cagey and looking like she swallowed but I would find the pills all over. I began giving her the pills after she has had just a mouthful or two of her canned food. She is such a chow hound she cannot be bothered to fight it--she just swallows them right away so she can get to the next bite of food! It helps that I have gotten better about tossing them way back to the very center of her throat. > It helps that I have gotten better about tossing them way back to the very > center of her throat. That's very good news about the weight loss Cybercat I know what you mean about fighting and foaming at the mouth (for the one time I had to give a pill to my cat) it was a huge ordeal. You'd think with all the advances man has made, we would find a better way to give medicine to kids. :) maybe they should make fish flavored pills. "Switch" <alt@alt.com> wrote > > That's very good news about the weight loss Cybercat Yeah, she is so happy! She zips all around and goes down the stairs in a fluid motion instead of "thump THUMP, thump THUMP, thump THUMP!" And she can reach her hiney to wash, which is very nice for us. I bet Lyn would love to be able to do that. > "Switch" <alt@alt.com> wrote > > > That's very good news about the weight loss Cybercat [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > I bet Lyn would love to be able to do that. LOL...I *so* own you! -L. > > "Switch" <alt@alt.com> wrote > > > > That's very good news about the weight loss Cybercat [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > -L. But you would love to be able to do that, now wouldn't you hoss? <G> > I've posted about my tuxedo cat Boo's dramatic weight loss and improved mood > and health since I put her on an all-canned diet in scheduled feedings every [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > It helps that I have gotten better about tossing them way back to the very > center of her throat. How about grinding up the pill and mixing it with the food?  SignatureJohn Kimmel guynoir@spireSPAMtech.com Sometimes Pascal seemed to have had a bandage over his eyes. > How about grinding up the pill and mixing it with the food? That's what I did with one of my previous cats. Much depends on how much "flavor" and "scent" the pill has. MaryL > > How about grinding up the pill and mixing it with the food? > > That's what I did with one of my previous cats. Much depends on how much > "flavor" and "scent" the pill has. Yes, it does. I did try this, but she would taste the pills and not eat all of the food. It was impossible to know that she was getting her full doses of medicines. Tapazole, one of her medicines, is reportedly terribly bitter. (It was actually a lot more trouble grinding the pills than just pilling her normally as I do now, too. I am just amazed that she has stopped fighting. It is wonderful.) guynoir <guyinthetrenchcoat@siiretech.com> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: >> I've posted about my tuxedo cat Boo's dramatic weight loss and >> improved mood and health since I put her on an all-canned diet in [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> > How about grinding up the pill and mixing it with the food? Kami ALWAYS knows when her food is spiked, and like Boo, can eat the treat from around the pill and can fake swallowing. I'll have to try interupting a meal to see if that works next time. SignatureMargarita Salt "...practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good... motives are often more important than actions." -- Eleanore Roosevelt Okay, next time Abernathy gets sick and needs pills -- he's coming to your house! Rhonda > I've posted about my tuxedo cat Boo's dramatic weight loss and improved mood > and health since I put her on an all-canned diet in scheduled feedings every [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > It helps that I have gotten better about tossing them way back to the very > center of her throat. > Okay, next time Abernathy gets sick and needs pills -- he's coming to > your house! You can come with him, Rhonda. :) Seriously, I'd love to have coffee. If you're ever in the neighborhood, let me know. (If you don't know where I live you might be the last one who doesn't, lol!) >>Okay, next time Abernathy gets sick and needs pills -- he's coming to >>your house! > > You can come with him, Rhonda. :) Seriously, I'd love to have coffee. > If you're ever in the neighborhood, let me know. (If you don't know > where I live you might be the last one who doesn't, lol!) Yep, I remember where you live. There won't be any traveling for me in the near future but I will keep that in mind (especially if you have a Starbucks there...) Rhonda > >>Okay, next time Abernathy gets sick and needs pills -- he's coming to > >>your house! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > the near future but I will keep that in mind (especially if you have a > Starbucks there...) Right around the corner! :) And a bakery next to that and a good restaurant with live jazz every night AND an Irish pub. We got it covered! |
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