Hi all,
My almost 4 month old kitten has a cold. I took her to the vet and she gave me amoxicillin (I believe) and some eye drops for my kitten. She told me that if the cat is fighting me when I give her the medicine that I should wrap her in a towel so she can't swing at me.
So, I've done just that. But everyday it becomes more of a struggle as shes learned to start fighting when I get near her with the towel. It takes about 10 minutes to give her a tiny dose of 25mg. Lately, my girlfriend and I have to work together to do this. She holds the kitten's head and will pry open her mouth (I mean, pry -- the kitten will fight as much as she can with her head not to have that mouth open) as I hold the towel very tightly around the cat (she'll be kicking like crazy) and put the medicine in her mouth. The kitten doesn't stop crying when we're doing this. The eye drops aren't that much of a struggle because she will give up once she gets the liquid medicine (you can tell she doesn't like the taste).
I was just wondering if there were any other things I could do to get this kitten her medicine. I have to do this 3 times daily for the next month and it's only been 4 days. I feel really bad being so rough with the kitten to get her this medicine.
We had to give her medicine when she was younger as well, but it was a lot easier becuase she didn't have the strength to fight (and plus I think the other one smelled better than this one).
A few other questions I had was:
1) Will the cat resent me for this? I don't want her thinking I'm out to hurt her. She will play with me when I'm done doing this, but I'm not sure after a month's worth.
2) The towel I use is a pink towel. Will the cat associate pink with medicine? I don't want her running when my girlfriend comes in because she wears pink a lot.
Thanks,
Matt
My almost 4 month old kitten has a cold. I took her to the vet and she gave me amoxicillin (I believe) and some eye drops for my kitten. She told me that if the cat is fighting me when I give her the medicine that I should wrap her in a towel so she can't swing at me.
So, I've done just that. But everyday it becomes more of a struggle as shes learned to start fighting when I get near her with the towel. It takes about 10 minutes to give her a tiny dose of 25mg. Lately, my girlfriend and I have to work together to do this. She holds the kitten's head and will pry open her mouth (I mean, pry -- the kitten will fight as much as she can with her head not to have that mouth open) as I hold the towel very tightly around the cat (she'll be kicking like crazy) and put the medicine in her mouth. The kitten doesn't stop crying when we're doing this. The eye drops aren't that much of a struggle because she will give up once she gets the liquid medicine (you can tell she doesn't like the taste).
I was just wondering if there were any other things I could do to get this kitten her medicine. I have to do this 3 times daily for the next month and it's only been 4 days. I feel really bad being so rough with the kitten to get her this medicine.
We had to give her medicine when she was younger as well, but it was a lot easier becuase she didn't have the strength to fight (and plus I think the other one smelled better than this one).
A few other questions I had was:
1) Will the cat resent me for this? I don't want her thinking I'm out to hurt her. She will play with me when I'm done doing this, but I'm not sure after a month's worth.
2) The towel I use is a pink towel. Will the cat associate pink with medicine? I don't want her running when my girlfriend comes in because she wears pink a lot.
Thanks,
Matt