How to Give Medicine to a Cat

A few cats accept readily that they force them to swallow medicines. Be firm, but act softly. Reward always to the feline with calm words and caresses. When it is possible, camouflage the medicine or associate it with something that to the cat turns out to be agreeable.

Pills

1. Calm the cat speaking to him with tenderness. Wrap him softly in a towel to prevent that he scratches him or escapes.
2. Placing the forefingers and just thumb behind the canine, raise the jaw at the time that lowers the top lip.
3. Incline the head towards behind.
4. Supporting the pill with another hand, pull the low jaw down and throw or put the tablet to the fund of the tongue that you can
5. Close the mouth immediately and rub with smoothness the throat until you see that the cat swallows. Sometimes it works by blowing in his nostrils at the time that his mouth is kept closed; the cat will swallow before.
6. Open his mouth to be sure that he has swallowed the tablet. If he has done it, praise him. If not, repeats the operation.

Medicines in liquid form

1. Hold the top jaw like in case of the pills.
2. Do not incline the head backward like in the previous case
3. Spill or inject the medicine aside of the mouth. Do not project it towards the fund; it might go away by the trachea.
4. Close the mouth and rub softly the throat until the cat swallow it.
5. Tell him a few affectionate words of praise.

Providing that it is possible, camouflage the pills inside a food, as for example a ball of minced meat. Another alternative method, in case the tablets are insipid, is to crush them and to mix them with the habitual food of the cat. Camouflage the liquid medicines incorporating them into his favorite food. Keep in mind that there are some of them that must not mix with certain types of foods. Ask always his veterinarian before keeping the medicine in the food.

There are cats to which it is an extremely difficult to give medicines orally. Even this way, it is important to follow the complete prescribed treatment. If you find difficulties, get in touch with his veterinarian. Providing that in the operation he turns out to be scratched or bitten of great consideration, consult his doctor.