Kitty advice?

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This is the first time I've ever had a sick kitty before, and we are having some difficulty with taking our meds.

We took a trip to the vet this week and Chelsea has an inflamed bladder. They gave me two kinds of medicine - a pain reliever in liquid form that comes in a syringe, which I'm supposed to put on her gums, but it's okay if she swallows it; and pills for the inflammation. We're doing fine with the liquid - I kinda just stick it in her mouth and squirt and hope for the best. The pills, on the other hand... the first two she took no problem, I just gave them to her with a little bit of tuna and she gobbled them right up. But now she's caught on to my evil plan, and has started ignoring the pills and eating around them. I've tried just opening her mouth and sticking it in, but she's quicker than me and spits it out before I can get it to go down. I thought about mashing them up and mixing them into her food, but I don't know if that's advisable if they're time release or whatever.

I know there's a lot of pet people on my flist - anyone have tips or tricks to get them to take their pills?

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[louise39.livejournal.com]

I have had excellent results with 'Pill Pockets'. These are available in pet stores or on the net in at least two flavors. The pill is put into the pocket, fold over and offered to the cat while they are hungry [before meals].

Good luck!

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That might be a good one. Is it possible for them to eat around the pill, though? Because that's what she did when I hid it in her food before.

[louise39.livejournal.com]

The 'Pill Pocket' has a slit and the pill is inserted and kinda molded inside. The instructions are given for all size pills. This method has worked for all ages of cats - one was 22 years old and tricky.