de-worming cats

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  1. miraflores

    miraflores Total Gardener

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    Any suggestion to de-worm a cat which smells the medicine stuff from one mile :skp: and doesn't want to go near it? Thanks!
     
  2. Marley Farley

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    :wink: Hi Miraflores, we used to have a cat like that & he lived till 22..!!!!! I would take a towel & wrap him up tightly in it with all his legs & claws firmly tucked in so all that is poking out is his/her head... (a bit like a baby swaddled in a blanket, but as tight as you can). :wink: Put this lovely happy cat between your legs on it's back to hold it still.. Squeeze it jaws where they hinge on either side & it will open its mouth & very quickly drop or push tablets right down the back it's throat so they are pretty much out of sight..
    Hold its mouth shut & rub downwards on its throat & it will have no choice but to swallow them...!! Voila done.. Let him go & he will scowl at you & run off... I had to do that to our old cat twice a year for 22 yrs & he never had a problem although he was always a hunter & ate his kills.....:gnthb: Good luck my dear, but show him/her who is boss today... :wink::D
     
  3. lollipop

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    You can buy drops as well-the ones you apply to the scruff of the neck.
     
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    I have a big brute of a cat that won't be held or constrained for any reason whatsoever! And tablets? Forget them unless you want totally shredded arms and the rest of the day in A&E!

    I use Drontal Spot On wormer. You can get it from your vet or from those big pet supermarkets. Not cheap but worth every penny.

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    Snap Daisees!! The brand I use too.
     
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    I think I've done it! It did feel a bit like holding a tiger...
     
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    Well done, Miraflores. My cat is very good at pretending he's swallowed the damn pills and then spitting them out behind the sofa.
     
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    Yeah can be a tiger fight but I use the Drontal spot on now .
     
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    I have a cat who turns evil at the very idea of having tablets.

    Crushing into food......'I laugh in your face!' :hehe:

    Tablet wrapped up in a favourite tasty morsel? :hehe::hehe: erm no

    'Catch and wrap me in a towel with my head sticking out?' ( which takes about 3 people to perform amidst scary growling and high pitched shrieking ) 'I can still get out you know' :skp:

    Where's the plasters?

    Now the fun bit, 'just try and get my mouth open if you dare' bite bite chomp, shake head furiously :skp::skp:

    'Ok so you've finally got that 'bullet' down my throat' :skp::skp::skp::skp:

    'Im going off to sulk for a week now'........ (shakes self vigorously and turns to give an evil stare worthy of Hanibal Lecter)..............

    'Oh, and while I think about it, ...........have this tablet back will you?' ......SPIT

    'You think Im stupid?????' :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:



    Yep. It's Spot on for me k-l



    I know, butter wouldn't melt would it?
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