How do you give medicine to cats?

Sanya Curtis

hi everyone. i'm sanya and i have two pet cats. i'm just wondering how other cat owners give medicine to their cats? it is so hard to do especially if it's in a tablet form. i also saw this pill popper designed especially for pets. does this thing really work? would appreciate any help. thanks.

Kimelia Zingaff · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:11 am Post subject:

Hi sanya! yes, it is impossible to pill a cat. you'd end up getting scratches. I've never really tried the pill popper. I try to get the medicine in syrup form. but if not, i crush the pill and mix it with food. Sad

gosh, i don't know if this is a good thing or not. It's just too hard to pill them!

Sanya Curtis · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:24 am Post subject: thanks

thanks for the quick reply Kim. i know, it's really impossible. i tried crushing the medicine up and mix it with her food but then, she ends up not eating it. Sad

Julie Cartwright

you know what? come to think of it, so far, i've been lucky enough that my cats haven't gotten sick yet. anyway, good luck!

Daron Abbott · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:50 am Post subject:

cats are tough! they do not need no pills.. LOL.

Michelle Garity · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:13 pm Post subject:

as the saying goes, Cats got 9 lives and i agree that they are very strong and very rarely get sick. i've never really tried giving medicine to my cat and i think it would just be impossible. as for that pill popper, i have no idea if it works or not.

Irvin Zelasko · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:09 am Post subject:

what we do at home is immediately feed our cat with wet food after being given the pill to make sure it goes down. that cat can be real spoiled sometimes..

Amanda Grey · Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject:

i normally just crush the tablet and mix it with her food. i can't imagine pushing it down her throat. i'm scared i might choke her or something. if not, i just ask my vet on what to do. hope i was able to help somehow. Smile

Allen Friedman · Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 2:21 pm Post subject:

If people say that nothing is impossible, try pilling a cat! LOL! Man! That was quite an experience for me. I have a huge cat, a MaineCoon named Mario. My wife and I tried to pill him but man was he strong. So we went online to get tips. A video showed that to pill a cat, you must first wrap it in a towel or something so you won't get scratched. Thank goodness we had mario declawed. But he resisted. Finally, after so much struggling and teeth marks and hisses and yowls, we succeeded. I don;t know how but my wife managed to insert the pill while i was wrestling with the struggling cat.

Bern Eisendorf · Newbie Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 7 Location: Akron, Ohio

The guy who did the video must have forgotten cats can remember things. I guess it goes for all kinds of pets, subject them to something punishing and they're likely to remember it. so it's probably best that if you're going to play with your cat, try wrapping them in something, wrap them like a burrito and then laugh. maybe this will condition should the time come and immobilizing them is necessary.

Daniel Finney · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:39 am Post subject: medicine administration

you can blend the medicine with your cat's wet food..

Leroy Hodges · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:35 pm Post subject:

that's why pets need training. i've always tried to include pilling in training my pets. but i don't do it regularly so with some pets they okay to pill and with the others i still get scratches.

Sofia Blackbern · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject:

I do the same thing daniel. I blend my cat's medicine on her food so it would see it as just part of its regular food...it won't act violently or scratch me if ever.

Harvey Simmons · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:34 am Post subject:

Cats are not really "trainable", well, in my case at least. I agree with most of the posters here. Mix the medicine with their food and there won't be any problems.

Sofia Blackbern · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:10 pm Post subject:

yes, mixing medicine with the regular food works well with my cat for the longest time. it doesn't draw attention to the fact that it has medication in it.

yoko · Newbie Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 1

hi, I just wanted to say that the pill popper is the best thing for give medications to cats, my cat is taking antibiotics right now, capsules or tablets it works great, I got mine from my vet. I hold my cat with a towel, he seems to know what is going to happen when I have it in my hand , he trys to run away from me. Laughing

Sorry I dont write in english to good, I just wanted to let everybody know is worth to buy it.

Harvey Simmons · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:58 pm Post subject:

Wow! That's great to hear, yoko! I'm a little hesitant to use these pill-popper thingies, but after what you said, I just might give them a go. Very Happy

Susie Lefler · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:26 am Post subject:

aside from pill poppers, there are also those.. what do you call them? pill pockets. they look like cat treats with a little hole in them for placing pills and tablets. they taste and smell like cat food so the cats just eat them without even thinking that they're taking the pills at the same time, too.

Libby Bowen · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:16 am Post subject:

yes, yoko. i've also used pill poppers for my cat. and sure, once the cat get the hang of it, it's not that hard to give them their medicines.