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The towel is the way to go, Runce, as Mordant suggested. Had to give previous cat lots of tablets and swaddling him in a towel, fairly tightly, then (preferably getting someone else to) pop the pill in, close the mouth tight and stroke the throat /underside of the mouth for a good couple of minutes usually did work.
The towel bit took a bit of practice but once I'd got the hang of that I was OK. One problem would be that after a few minutes you'd think "he must have swallowed it by now" but the minute you let him open his mouth, he'd spit it out. & the other problem was he knew what was coming the next time and would hide.
I never found a way to give the tablets surrepticiously to cats. Too picky. Dogs gulp down any old rubbish that's disguised in their food but the cat would eat everything but the tablet. Powdered, I had no more luck although I often thought wrapping it in a chicken carcass and putting it in the rubbish bin might entice him. They always seem keener to eat things you don't want them to.
I guess they don't do partial thyroidectomy or radioactive iodine tx on cats. Or maybe it would just be hugely expensive. Otherwise, will you not be giving the beastie tablets for the rest of his life? Best of luck anyway. Poor little bugger. |
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