I'm having a hard time giving my cat Flagyl, which is bitter. He used to be easily pillable, but after a rough month with a lot of pills, he's now really fighting me. I'd managed to put them in a treat, but this morning he got a taste of the bitter and it was no go... I tried to pill him manually, but he started foaming at the mouth because of the bitterness and almost none got in. (How bad is this? It's an antibiotic so you're supposed to give all... am I going to create antibiotic-resistant germs because I can't give him all 10 doses?)
My problem is that he takes daily heart medication in treats (it's much smaller than the Flagyl), and if he starts to distrust or refuse the treats, I'm up a creek.
So I want to try some different delivery method. I've heard that coating a pill in butter helps mask bitterness. Do you think coating it in oil from a can of tuna would work? I'm leaning toward this since my cat likes fish. Or maybe I could bury it in a bit of the tuna itself.
He doesn't eat or have interest in people food, so I doubt he'd like cheese. I tried peanut butter but he didn't seem to believe it was edible.
My problem is that he takes daily heart medication in treats (it's much smaller than the Flagyl), and if he starts to distrust or refuse the treats, I'm up a creek.
So I want to try some different delivery method. I've heard that coating a pill in butter helps mask bitterness. Do you think coating it in oil from a can of tuna would work? I'm leaning toward this since my cat likes fish. Or maybe I could bury it in a bit of the tuna itself.
He doesn't eat or have interest in people food, so I doubt he'd like cheese. I tried peanut butter but he didn't seem to believe it was edible.