I may lose all my cats. =(

[feralvr]

OH Otto - that is brilliant!! I never thought of putting something on the kitties nose to "distract" them from what is coming!! AND that would work for ear drops or eye drops too Thanks so much for sharing and I am certain your technique will help others too!

 

[plucky's dad]

Well the vet's assistant finally called back after a few days; she said they had spoken to one of the vets onsite and decided that, since Stinker had gotten 4 days worth of antibiotics at the clinic and another 4 days or so with me at home- and since I was able to confirm that he was eating like a fiend, drinking like a horse, and litter-boxing like a poo-and-pee machine -they were cautiously optimistic that I could stop giving him the antibiotics, and that giving him an injection of convenia wasn't necessary.

I do SO appreciate everyone's suggestions. I have never run into a cat like Stinker when it comes to pilling. Not only are his jaws completely "un-pryable", but his entire body stiffens into a concrete block when he is restrained in any way. Most of my cats give me the "I'm doing this under protest, but go ahead" treatment; he gives me the "Only one of us is going to lose here...loser!" treatment heh.

 

[furryfriends]

That's great news about Stinker, sounds like he might have had a bacterial infection?  One of our guys had that a few weeks ago, high temp, lethargic, not his usual ravenous self.  He had a anti-inflammatory shot to help bring down temp. and antibiotic shot at vet, and 3-4 days antibiotics pills at home (was a 10 day course, but he had colour therapy treatment which showed he cleared on that).  He slept quite a bit for 2-3 days, but 2-3 days after that was back to his usual self running around, eating with gusto, big friendly guy.

The vet said he might have gotten a bacterial infection from a play bite which are hard to notice under all that fur especially when they don't abscess.  And he does have a couple of littermates that they all like to tumble around playing.  Or he could have snacked on something dodgy.

Otto that sounds like a great technique for pilling, thank you for sharing it.  Fingers crossed we won't need to use it, but that is something I will try if the dreaded pills need to be dispensed.  Thanks!