Hey like the title suggested^
My cat Eve dosn't seem to want to take them any tips on how to get her take them tried everything
Thanks in advance

Some of them prefer the pipe method and rather enjoy the taste.

You could try wrapping the tablet in something tasty like a piece of chicken/tuna but a lot of cats will just eat the meat and spit out the tablet. I used to use smoked salmon trimmings - sounds expensive I know, but the strong taste and smell really masked the tablet and some supermarkets sell packets of trimmings fairly cheaply.

Alternatively, you can get a pill-giver from your vet - it's like a syringe but without the needle. I use one to give my cat her thyroid tablets twice a day and it makes it much easier.

If all else fails, take your cat to the vet and ask one of the nurses to do it, they should do it free of charge. Good Luck!

Thank you
mum and I were talking about it tonight and we thought we should chrush into fine powder and put it in her milk
or mix it with some salty chips or chocolate

just get one of you to hold her, the other opens her mouth, pop the pill in as far back as you can, then rub her throat (whilst holding her mouth closed), wrap her in a towel if she's scratchy - takes 2 seconds and its done. (yes i know some cats are buggers, but this method works on most).

i would not recommend 'chips' (by which i presume you mean crisps?) or chocolate - a cat should be eating neither.

You can get worming drops now where you just put it on the back of their neck.

This. ^

You have to "own the space". Be brisk and decisive and don't be at all tentative or nervous.

Choose an operating surface! We have a chest of drawers which is a bit higher than tabletop or worktop height. Put down a bit of carpet or something non-skid if you don't want the cat to start skating and skidding.

Have the tablet to hand and prepare a post-tablet treat (a bit of fish, meat, whatever... though I wouldn't recommend chocolate or crisps!) then approach cat and place on the operating surface.

One of you "scruffs" him / her firmly (but gently) while the other opens mouth as wide as possible. Put the pill as far down the throat as possible. Close mouth and rub cat's throat. This makes it swallow. Release mouth (but not cat) to check that the tablet isn't going to be regurgitated. Release cat and stand back. Offer treat... probably to the cat's tail as it legs it off the table.

It should all take about 10 - 15 seconds, the cat is unlikely to bear a grudge and this method works even if you have a course of antibiotics or something to administer over a period of days.

The "scruffing" - holding them (not dangling them) by the scruff of the neck is what their mothers would do to discipline / move them so cats are predisposed to be more docile when held like this.

Increasingly, I'm concerned about the amount of chemicals we apply to cats' necks. If they're Frontlined (or similar) against ticks, fleas, etc and worming products are applied there too, not to mention annual booster-style injections, that's a heck of a lot going on there over a cat's lifetime.

Our vet now injects the annual jabs in the leg as she has read reports that tumours between the shoulderblades are increasing and she (and presumably the profession) wonders if the regular irritation to the area is causing the problem.

My cat's so fussy, the slightest smell of the tablet and he won't touch anything!
We use the "shoving in the throat" method - as described above. Sounds cruel, I know, but only takes 2 seconds and doesn't hurt the cat.
Alternatively we used the spot on de-wormer, but I could only find it against one single type of worms.

I don't give them to her all the time only has a treat once in a blue moon

You could try the ones in little granule packets, just mix it in with her food.

If you want to avoid getting bitten, a "pill pusher" is a good investment, especially if you've got several pills to administer at once. I prefer the type with the plastic sleeve at the end, rather than a "gripper", which will only take one pill at a time. The plastic sleeve type are also less likely to injure the cat's mouth. Immobilize your cat, load, take aim, fire, job done.

If you've got a difficult cat and you have to "pill" him on your own, there's a brilliant gadget that you can get from the US, called a Cat Sack. Zip cat into sack with just head showing, and you can easily pill him with no danger of scratches. I don't suppose our oldest cat likes it very much, but he's got used to it, and it's a lot less stressful than chasing him round the kitchen!

I know its nice to treat a cat, but they are really not good for her - try cat treats or bits of chicken as a treat instead.

My cattery swears they can get my old boy (the one who has to be tied up to give him his pills) to take pills if they put them in a piece of (high quality) tuna. I assume they're right, but it still doesn't work for me - I think he's got my number!

probably has!

my old boy (sadly long departed now) refused point blank to take tablets, we tried everything but eventually took him to the vet to get it done there - the vet was most impaitient and thought us mad, so proceded to lecture us whilst 'showing' us how to give him the tablet. the cat then proceeded to spit it out the vet tried three times (and included alot of muttering about a 'little bugger') before having to get a pill popper and a nurse to help him

I kneel on the floor, cat between my knees looking away from me. I grab the cat's jaw between my left thumb and index finger, force the jaws open while bending the head backwards, and throw the pill deep into the mouth with my right hand.

Sounds awful but is done in seconds.

But, for the record and for posterity, this classic answer always applies. Always: http://www.pawsperouspets.com/humor/...l#.T6ABXqtYuVM (varieties exist)

My cat is a little pain but I just open his mouth and pop the pills straight in as far as I can before he scratches me. I close his mouth and it's done. He swallows instinctively,

If you can get the pill in the cats mouth far enough back, trap it's mouth shut and blow sharply on its nose - it makes cats swallow - a tip from my vet

It's getting the pills in the cat's mouth that's the problem. As soon as I go near him (unless he's restrained), it's all claws and scratching.

One trick I have used with pills that you can grind up, but they have a nasty taste (cat wouldn't eat food if pills mixed in). Mash up the pills in butter, and coat it on the top side of the cat's paws. Cat will then be compelled to groom, and in doing so, will take pills! This trick saved the life of my old boy a couple of years ago when he had a serious liver infection (pre-Cat Sack days), and the vet was quite impressed!

Thanks for the tips Susie, but my cat would let me do anything to him. I think he's in love with me lol, and trusts me completely. It's my husband he has issues with and scratches all the time )

The attached is not meant as a serious response but nonetheless illustrates the problem

http://www.nanceestar.com/CatPill.html

My Maine Coon is like that - if I had to give him a pill, he'd sit up and open his mouth for it!

I crushed it up and mixed it in with some food that she really liked, when I went to feed her in the morning it had all gone.

My late cat needed pills everyday so I started by using cream cheese with the pill inside, then when he got fed up of that I used some strong 'princes' pate, put the pill in a small bit, rolled into a ball then just put it on the floor. Seemed to work for me.

To get my other two to take their worm pills, my husband holds them tight, at shoulder level, I then lightly coat the pill in marmite, then open the mouth, push the pill in as far as I can the shut the mouth. Only takes seconds, then when they are put down on the floor they are more concerned with licking their whiskers cos they taste of marmite! They forget what I have just done lol!

I grind the tablet up and put some i a piece of cheese slice. After few bits of cheese it;s gone.