To be honest, I think if any of us (persons who are watching videos of how do you give oral medication to a cat) tried to gave this cat medicine, most of us would have lost an eye. I don't trust him and she did it like a real champ.
I tried earlier with my cat and even tho he's really not well he put up a big struggle... so I watched this and tried again and he didn't struggle at all and it was easy! I think the blanket keeps them calm and as my vet told me, always stand behind them so they can see their escape route :)
It's not the opening the mouth people struggle with its the fact that the cats reverse and kick with their back feet and their head goes in all directions while the tongue goes in and out so you can't aim the pill then they bite you and escape the blanket and hide under the bed. How do you give a tablet to a cat that behaves like the exorcist?
Magnimazing Oliver here is actually a pretty naughty cat most of the time. He has gotten used to these methods over several years of patterned conditioning and positive reinforcement. If you practiced every day with your cat you would have a great chance of getting these behaviors!
Concierge Mobile Animal Hospital My cat just started liquids. maybe I will try that I use a glove so she won’t bite me. I will try on the corner it won’t touch her tongue
@@earlgreh2835 its stressful that they make it look so easy when its not. My cat will not take it and I feel like im abusing her but she needs her pill and no video shows how to handle cats that freak out.
How can I get my cat to watch and learn from this video how easy and stress-free it CAN be to get a daily capsule!?! Very good video….it gives me encouragement that I can do this! Thank you.
Thank you so much for the video! Our cat has been incredibly resistant to letting us give him liquid medication. Sadly, he may go into organ failure and need to be put down if he doesn’t start taking his meds. Just now we followed your suggestions from the video except we fully swaddled him and IT WORKED!!!!! So happy and hopeful this might help him turn the corner. Praying it keeps working with him. Thank you again.💕
If administering a pill and a liquid, do the pill first because the liquid will help to push the pill down. Even a little water afterwards via syringe is a great idea (check ok with vet first). How many times have you taken a pill dry? Um, never? A little water afterwards stops it being stuck in the throat and oesophagus. Thx for the video and sharing your lovely cat with us, he is adorable!
OMG! This was a great help! My anxiety was through the roof attempting to provide medicine before a vet appointment. So I showed my fiancé this video and it worked like a charm. Our cat is EXTREMELY intelligent and this WORKED!!!
I tried this with my cat once. I gave her medicine, and she gave me two long scars on my arm. After that, she didn’t want to see me. She kept turning her back on me.
Thank you for a concise informative video. The last one I watched of someone else was 12 min long with 10 minutes of filler. It could be improved by demonstrating on a younger, uncooperative cat
My cat has been on various liquid medicines for over 3 weeks now and here I still am…every day is a struggle. But thank you for sharing, and that’s a cute cat :D
Hope this helps: I put cat on the bed, crouch above and right behind her so she cant back up and away. With your dominant hand grab the cats head in your palm and thumb and pointer finger at corners of their mouth so you can pry the mouth open and hold the head still. With your other hand shove the pill down the throat as far as you can so they cant spit out, and hold mouth shut. Syringe with water helps just shove into the corner of mouth for easy access. Give your cat a treat right after, and if they spit the pill out just breathe, give them praise and a treat still, and return again 3-5 mins. No cats like pills but its better than them not taking it. Key is to do this all as fast as you can. I had 3-4 attempts before I could confidently do it and my cat got easier and easier so hopefully that eases your mind. Pilling cats SUCK and I was going through the same frustrations as you reading this because, youre looking for someone else to agree this video isnt helping shit, just as I was. Cheers
Omgggg this helped so much...I was reallu frustrated with the video as my kitty is so playful that she would never sit so calm wrapped in a blanket...she also hurt her gums with the syringe and started bleeidng ....traumatizing for her OMG
just thank a very big ma'am for this helping vdo😭 i bought syrup liv 52 for her yesterday and i just gave her after watching this thanx a very big and lot💖
My poor 18 year old was too weak to fight me, but I used the towel anyway. Worked great, though the pain killer is bitter so she drooled like crazy. Had a massive infection (twice in a month) in her mouth, which was very painful. Luckily, my vet loves me and charged me very little for dental surgery.
Lovely vet and gorgeous cat! ❤️ Syringe advice was excellent. I didn’t use the towel as I thought it might freak him out. Worked very well but he’s a very chilled kitten. There’s no way I’d try that crazy tablet method. Disguising the tablet in a bit of cheddar cheese is a lot safer! Great way to get short term meds into a cat. Lick e lix can be very helpful too.
You are a Godsend thank you so much!!!! I love my cat so much and she knows this. I believe she trusts that I won't hurt her but she still doesn't like to take medicine. But I think this towel method will help her feel secure.
yeah, like many other commenters are saying, this is not as easy as it looks here. my cat fights hard, he bucks inside the towel, enraged to be bound, he turns his head away repeatedly, clamps jaw shut, trying to force it is traumatic for him. gentle isn't happening. first i'm his world then i'm the enemy. so on top of being sick, he can't be comforted by me, because he perceives me as crazy abuser now. i'm just desperate to get him well. this is killing me.
Word! Literally....struggling trying to give meds to my little girl..she bites and scratches and hates me after spitting out almost more than half of the meds
Since my cat is a chatterbox when I walk toward her she's already talking away so I manage to get the syringe in that moment and plunge the syringe. Nothing comes out so I'm hoping it gets down. The way it shows on here the kitty needs to swallow it down? Also l put a tiny amount of her favourite wet food or hairball remedy on the tip of the syringe that helps their mouth going lol
my bf and i just struggled so much to give our new cat her medicine. she hissed and she never has in the past week and a half and i feel terrible and hope we dont go backwards on all the progress we did. next meds will be given in 12 hours and i hope this method helps
Been trying with my cat, who has just gone through a two week stay at the vets suffering from pyothorax, over the past 2 days and yeah, he fights like a wildcat. Very traumatizing for him. Even with two people we still cant get it right. Going to see if injections could be done instead even if I have to come down to the vets a number of times a week.
I tried to open her mouth and she chewed through my finger yesterday. It was quite unpleasant and bloody. I wasn't upset with her but I was very surprised at the strength of her jaw. Now my finger is infected and I still need to give the medication... very nervous about this as I don't want to experience the pain again. Also got a couple of good scratches for bonus points.
My cat is a 19 pound stubborn male who will definitely not let me wrap him,if I somehow manage it once I’d be lucky but he’d now know what the blanket means. We had given him the pills in pill pockets and after 2 days he refused.
What a great tutorial I never knew this is the first time I’ve ever had liquid medicine to give to a cat and I have not been doing it right and she’s been spitting it out so thank you so much for this what an amazing Tutorial
This cat too cool and calm... Please do the tutorial on stray cat too... We have mother stray cat and she has warms... Now we have to feed her tablet but we are scare that she will bite.. And she has two kittens so they are also infected because of her..
Hello, you can try this method - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tpgMb6o4TFc.html . I suggest you try wearing thick gloves if you are scared of bites (if you do get bitten or scratched, immediately wash your wound with soap & water, dry your wound with clean tissue / towel, apply antiseptic cream / solution - these steps always work for me, never had infections). Does the mother cat scratch / bite if you try to go near her? My cat always scratch & bite me when trying to give medicine, it takes a lot of practice. Sometimes you just have to find the right timing when she hiss & open her mouth - push / drop the tablet into her mouth then give her food (prepare food before you give her medicine).
Let me tell you a trik that worked for my cat that keep spitting the pills. I took a little bit of bread and i placed the pill inside ( just to cover it) and made a round ball. I dipped the bread in a little vegetable oil to make it slippery and that worked. So the bread keeps the pill form stiking to gums and tongue and is also easy to deform in the mouth and the oil helps going down. Worked great for us. Thank me later.😸
I brought my 19 year old cat to the vet to get nails trimmed. I handed the carrier to the tech and said be careful. He doesn't bite but he will scratch. She waved me off telling me no problem. She was back out in 3 minutes saying 'He wasn't having it.' I said "What?" She said "Any of it." And showed me the scratches.
i had tried this liquid trick but didnt work because my cat spit everything from the start until the end,i rather put some amount of plain fish stock mix together then its work really well
I get nervous about the cat aspirating the liquid meds. The syringe shoots out too quickly in one big burst. advise on this would be helpful, aspirating liquids or such is making this nerve-racking with a cat who has lifelong respiratory issues and swallowing air daily
Sure everything looks easy when you are using your own cat who is used to taking medication. Wish someone would do a video of giving liquid medication to a patient who doesn't know you.
I tried nd I’m struggled my cat twists and turns her head and locks her jaw. Any advice? I think I got a good amount in her but she spit some out . Like she starts twisteinf her head as I touch her face
I have to give pill antibiotics to my cat because she has an infection in her mouth. Even touching her lower jaw hurts her a lot how can I give her the pill she needs while not hurting her. (She screams in pain)
Yeah... my cat has gingvitis... so how can I give now a painkiller without touching her head... that’s the question... but I will probably wrap her tightly and pray that she wont bite my fingers off...
I can hold my lil 6 pound senior pretty easily but I've been trying to give her the liquid from the side and she whips her head back and forth flapping her jaw and moving her tongue so she's figured out how to not swallow anything I'm squirting in there, she just lets it all foam out of her mouth and won't lick herself clean. What the heck can I do? I am scared her infection will get the better of her if I can't get the antibiotic in her
Very nice. You a very nice lady you make a really short video with much instructions. You tell us how can we avoid scratches., & we should give it from a side of the mouth.
My cat isn't very cooperative trying any which way. When she doesn't want to open her mouth, she has the jaws of an alligator, no getting that mouth open. My girlfriend shared this with me and I just don't see our kitty cooperating with me.
Well that is a cooperative cat...mine does not scratch, he is pretty docile. But when I want to give him a pill he just does not want to open his mouth....with this technique. I cant get it in. Struggle is real