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Katie is our small, three-and-a-half-year-old, former feral black cat...
Recently, she was overdue for both her usual SpotOn flea measure and worming tablet (we have a lot of difficulty administering them; she's so savvy and hates the liquid being squeezed on her neck, and she spits out the tablet when placed in her food).
So we took her to our veterinary nurse last Saturday, who administered the SpotOn and force-fed half a worming tablet.
I think her appetite had started to dip prior to the appointment. But now we're becoming concerned that it's just too low...
Usually, she has half a pouch of Whiskers meat for breakfast, Whiskers crunchies for lunch and another half pouch for supper.
But she's really off her meat this week, and not massively interested in her crunchies either. I'm seeing her eat grass in the morning, so she wants to clean her stomach.
She is taking pieces of cooked chicken breast. And her character is otherwise fine - keen for play, in fact. She's outside a little bit more this week, but that coincides with the temperature becoming milder.
Any thoughts?
Side-effect of leaving it too long before administer the worming tablet?
Does a worming tablet have the effect of neutralising any developing conditions, as well as being a preventative measure, or is it only a preventative?
Perhaps some new food-related psychological issue? At the vet's last Saturday, the nurse had to force-feed the half-tablet, locking her mouth shut with her hands after Katie spat it out a few times. She did that by placing the tablet in some soft wet food on the tip of her finger. Has Katie developed some kind of reaction to food as a consequence, I wonder?
Thanks very much.
Recently, she was overdue for both her usual SpotOn flea measure and worming tablet (we have a lot of difficulty administering them; she's so savvy and hates the liquid being squeezed on her neck, and she spits out the tablet when placed in her food).
So we took her to our veterinary nurse last Saturday, who administered the SpotOn and force-fed half a worming tablet.
I think her appetite had started to dip prior to the appointment. But now we're becoming concerned that it's just too low...
Usually, she has half a pouch of Whiskers meat for breakfast, Whiskers crunchies for lunch and another half pouch for supper.
But she's really off her meat this week, and not massively interested in her crunchies either. I'm seeing her eat grass in the morning, so she wants to clean her stomach.
She is taking pieces of cooked chicken breast. And her character is otherwise fine - keen for play, in fact. She's outside a little bit more this week, but that coincides with the temperature becoming milder.
Any thoughts?
Side-effect of leaving it too long before administer the worming tablet?
Does a worming tablet have the effect of neutralising any developing conditions, as well as being a preventative measure, or is it only a preventative?
Perhaps some new food-related psychological issue? At the vet's last Saturday, the nurse had to force-feed the half-tablet, locking her mouth shut with her hands after Katie spat it out a few times. She did that by placing the tablet in some soft wet food on the tip of her finger. Has Katie developed some kind of reaction to food as a consequence, I wonder?
Thanks very much.