Noah & me (GA)
Member Since 2016
I don't post much in Feline Health but enough members here know this or at least who does it. It's also at the top of my profile. Just remember Noah or Dickson and someone can point you in the right direction.
My latest trick, Probiotic yogurt Daniele is a private eater and needs PEG (a laxative) every other day. Obviously I don't want the other cats getting into this and Daniele loves anything dairy so this is what I do.
The PEG gets mushed into the yogurt on a dish dark enough for Daniele to see it, up he goes on the counter. Sometimes he needs a fingertip to get started but once he starts the dish is licked clean. I've asked three vets about probiotic yogurt and they all say yes but please ask your vet first.
The obvious Cats won't eat what they can't smell. Lewis is having thyroid issues and is ravenous 24/7. FF is like Crack to him, whatever meds he needs the stink of FF hides it well and now he doesn't have to pinned between my knees and scruffed anymore.
Thank you Janet / Cream cheese Daniel hears the snap of the lid and comes running. Just don't give too much because they are lactose intolerant.... But just enough to make a little ball around it.
My oldest trick, Transdermal BUPE It's too long of a story but our last diabetic Noah needed all his teeth pulled. This was as painful as it sounds but he would not survive anesthesia and absolutely hated me for giving him oral BUPE. It was bad enough we were willing to risk the surgery when our vet suggested transdermal BUPE. I don't know why but this is still new to a lot of people. Transdermal BUPE comes in a syringe and looks like toothpaste; a little blob inside the ear, rub the ear from the outside to make sure it's distributed evenly and you're done. Tickling his ears was now the worst part of Noah's day. Lucky for us Noah never got constipated and it never affected his numbers. It added three years of a pain free life to an old cat. Again please ask your vet, BUPE can cause constipation.
The worst, I've been there For Jacob I had to use a mortar and pestle to grind up his meds, put them in gel caps and cram them down his throat. He hated it so much we had to take the bed off the frame or he'd never come out. He was misdiagnosed, it was cancer.
There is always an easier way.
My latest trick, Probiotic yogurt Daniele is a private eater and needs PEG (a laxative) every other day. Obviously I don't want the other cats getting into this and Daniele loves anything dairy so this is what I do.
The PEG gets mushed into the yogurt on a dish dark enough for Daniele to see it, up he goes on the counter. Sometimes he needs a fingertip to get started but once he starts the dish is licked clean. I've asked three vets about probiotic yogurt and they all say yes but please ask your vet first.
The obvious Cats won't eat what they can't smell. Lewis is having thyroid issues and is ravenous 24/7. FF is like Crack to him, whatever meds he needs the stink of FF hides it well and now he doesn't have to pinned between my knees and scruffed anymore.
Thank you Janet / Cream cheese Daniel hears the snap of the lid and comes running. Just don't give too much because they are lactose intolerant.... But just enough to make a little ball around it.
My oldest trick, Transdermal BUPE It's too long of a story but our last diabetic Noah needed all his teeth pulled. This was as painful as it sounds but he would not survive anesthesia and absolutely hated me for giving him oral BUPE. It was bad enough we were willing to risk the surgery when our vet suggested transdermal BUPE. I don't know why but this is still new to a lot of people. Transdermal BUPE comes in a syringe and looks like toothpaste; a little blob inside the ear, rub the ear from the outside to make sure it's distributed evenly and you're done. Tickling his ears was now the worst part of Noah's day. Lucky for us Noah never got constipated and it never affected his numbers. It added three years of a pain free life to an old cat. Again please ask your vet, BUPE can cause constipation.
The worst, I've been there For Jacob I had to use a mortar and pestle to grind up his meds, put them in gel caps and cram them down his throat. He hated it so much we had to take the bed off the frame or he'd never come out. He was misdiagnosed, it was cancer.
There is always an easier way.
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