Cat pills made easy!

That is a great idea. I know that Inky is notoriously hard to pill. if I ever have to again, I will be using your method.
Although, Mark took my mortar and pestle, that I used for herbal grinding, to grind gunpowder!! I do not use it for incense now; imagine exploding herbs!Gotta love having a significant other who enjoys blowing things up.. makes life interesting.

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Originally Posted by slartibartfast

You may have discovered this trick already, but if not....buy the large size and divide them up. One large pocket can easily cover 3-4 pills this way.

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Great idea Jess! I hadn't thought of that.:ohmygod:

Cleo knows the pill popper trick all too well, but we still have the thing in case we need to give her an uncrushable pill *knocks on wood that this doesn't happen!* The pill pockets sound awesome! I can't really give Cleo treats much due to her diabetes unless her blood sugar drops impressively (that was... so not fun) and with her weird eating around things... viva le M&P for us! :D

But man, yay for all the happy tips! It's always hard with a sick critter one way or another and anything that makes it easier for folks is a godsend. The more options the better!

Exploding herbs, oh my! :O And yes, they're very hard to find. I searched everywhere before finding the one at BB&B!

On another making things easier note, next week Cleo may be getting a little add on. A plastic tubing shunt-like thing on the back of her neck that we can plug into her Lactate Ringer directly instead of having to inject her with a giant needle every 3 days for her fluids. Easier on Cleo and on us. *crosses fingers!* It's something she's going to need for the rest of her life, so it should be a blessing. She is doing very well, all things considered, and it's all about her quality of life at this age. Long as she's purring and bossing me around, we're good. :love:

Just an update on Cleo!

Cleo just got out of her minor surgery, and looks mighty pitiful all shaved and still half drugged... Her new add on will look/feel better once it heals and her fur grows back in on the back of her neck. Basically, it looks like a red and blue... inflation tube. She looks like an inflatable kitty, lol. A patriotic one. Poor baby. She is groggy, itchy, and very displeased right now but we're assured that it's improved the quality of life of both the cats with her issues, and their owners. She showed me before they put it in exactly what was going in under her skin, which is basically a length of tiny tube with holes in it. Like a tiny internal rudimentary sprinkler. We'll be plugging her in every 3 days to help out her kidneys and keep her hydrated. We have a recheck on Friday when I'll be using it for the first time with them helping me be sure of what I'm doing.

On the surface though, it seriously does look like something you blow up pool toys with, lol. Inflato-kitty. I will at some point get pictures, promise! I need to resize a ton of pics as is.

Other than being a bit bewildered and itchy from the stitches, Cleo seems nonethewiser and pretty much herself. With this added help for her kidney, the vet said she might even go on happily and healthy for a good 4 years! *knocks on wood* Long as her quality of life is good, we're all happy.

I would love to see pictures. We've yet to have a client feel comfortable with the idea of one, so I haven't gotten to see them in use yet. I'm glad she's doing okay!

I definitely will! Both before and after it's nice and healed up with fur there again and everything. Tomorrow will be the first time I actually use it, so this will be interesting!

Inflato-kitty doesn't appear to notice it at all now that the itchies have died down. It'll definitely be faster though, I can feel the flute like tube under her skin and it goes all the way down her back. The water will have lots of places to go much faster than all into the Hunchback look with the one-holed needle. And she's not in any pain, very minor sugery. She's more weirded off by the shaved spot than anything, heh!

The vet said that we are indeed in the minority of people willing to do it. A lot of folks say forget it at the lactated ringer, let alone a long term implant. But the few others she has done it with said it was a godsend, and that it's fantastic way to get fluids into a cat. *knocks on wood!*