Well, we have gotten many good suggestions (on the blog, by email, and offline from friends) on how I might accept my pills most easily (I really do hate those things). I dont like being grabbed or held or my mouf messed with. So iffen I gotta take them, Im sure looking fer the easiest way...
1. Powdered in hamburger ball (or other ground meat or regular canned food)
2. Powdered in Pill-Pockets
3. Powdered mixed wif cream cheese.
4. Powdered inta cream cheese an smeared on my gums/lips (where I will just naturally lick it all off).
5. Pill-Shooter.
6. Rolled in a towel for forcible pill-pushing.
7. Powdered, mixed wif chicken broth, and eye-droppered.
8. Jus shove it down her throught. (ACK!)
9. Buy the med in liquid form.
10. Get the med "compounded" ta rub in my ears.
I hope I dint miss any. Iffen I did, remind me. jkk7u8ghhtnmzs (Oops, an Ayla keyboard walk)... ;)
The forcible and manual pill-inta-the-mouf doesnt work. The Big Thing tried that a few times an I clawwed up his arms pretty bad. Couldnt help it, jus hadda resist the oral attack.
I don't like bein rolled up inna towel. I doubt any kitty does. The 3rd time I saw the towel I ran an hid.
TBT has tried mixing the powdered pill in my canned stinky goodness or even real food like chickey meat, but that hasn't worked well. I like to wait and see what Skeeter an Ayla are eating afore I eat, an they switch bowls a lot. I wont eat mine inna seperate room either.
TBT went ta PetsMart and Petco ta look at pill shooters. I don't like the idea, but it seems the opening is too large ta hold a half the little tiny pill, so that probly wouldnt work annyway. Yay!
So the remainin ideas are mixing the med with food in some way or smearin it in my ears. Those dont seem too bad. Well, I mean they would be seriously less annoyin annyway.
TBT checked out the pill-pockets today too. I dont like standard kitty treats, so he doubts that would work, but that stays on the list of things ta try. I might give the salmon-flavor a shot.
We almost never have hamburger aroun here. TBT doesn't trust it, but I would be willin ta try that. I would try a little cheese ball, too. I sometimes eat a tiny bit of cheese, but I usally lap it ta death and I stopped when I got ta the little bit of powder inside.
TBT really likes the idea of mixin the powdered med wif cream cheese and smearin in on my gums. I suppose a lifetime of a bit of cream cheese twicet a day wouldnt be TOO horrible.
The med in liquid form is like 5 times as espensive, but I HAVE taken meds that way afore an it isnt too bad. I dont like it, but TBT knows he can do that.
In liquid (powdered and mixed with chickey broth or water) might work.
Has annybody tried that "compounded-med-in-the-ear" before? It sounds really weerd! And a bit icky. But mebbe not too annoyin. TBT checks our ears often an it aktally feels kinna good. I bet that costs even extra!
So whattaya think kitties? Whick way would be easiest for you? And anny of you who is already taking meds would be most important ta know...
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