My Sophie has had an anxiety marking problem (and general anger problem) for a long time now and finally we made a decision with the vet to put her on kitty anti-depressants.
She WILL NOT take the pill, no matter what I do. I've listened to all the advice, tried to force her to just swallow the pill everyday and she wouldn't swallow it and would just drool down her face. I put it to the side of her mouth, stick it in and hold her mouth closed while blowing at her nose to make her swallow but she WILL NOT swallow the pill. It turns into a big drooly mess where she looks visibly in pain or something.
So today I crushed up the pill and put it in a little bit of her food (I've tried this in the past and she generally cannot be tricked).
She licked up one little bit and tasted the medicine so ran off drooling and giving that awful look with mucusy drool just running from her mouth to the floor. After she starts drooling she won't eat or drink anything at all. It's sooooo sad.
I'm crying thinking that she'll never trust me again. She was rubbing up against me all excited for her food and I feel like she thinks I poisoned her.
What should I do?!?!! Should I just give up on the medicine?? I can't put her through this every single day.
HELP!!!
She WILL NOT take the pill, no matter what I do. I've listened to all the advice, tried to force her to just swallow the pill everyday and she wouldn't swallow it and would just drool down her face. I put it to the side of her mouth, stick it in and hold her mouth closed while blowing at her nose to make her swallow but she WILL NOT swallow the pill. It turns into a big drooly mess where she looks visibly in pain or something.
So today I crushed up the pill and put it in a little bit of her food (I've tried this in the past and she generally cannot be tricked).
She licked up one little bit and tasted the medicine so ran off drooling and giving that awful look with mucusy drool just running from her mouth to the floor. After she starts drooling she won't eat or drink anything at all. It's sooooo sad.
I'm crying thinking that she'll never trust me again. She was rubbing up against me all excited for her food and I feel like she thinks I poisoned her.
What should I do?!?!! Should I just give up on the medicine?? I can't put her through this every single day.
HELP!!!