How To Give A Cat Powder Medicine

Gabapentin is a commonly-prescribed medication for cats used most often for chronic pain conditions and as a pre-medication to relieve stress or anxiety before veterinary exams or travel.

How to give a cat powder medicine. Use a different flavor of wet food than the usual. Take the cat in hold say what you are doing and why and do it. Mix the powder in wet cat food if the medication needs to be taken orally.

You can also look at my How to give a cat a pill video featuring Mr. How to give liquid meds to a cat is one of my most frequently asked questions. You have to approach with confidence and a matter of fact demeanor.

Or add a spoon or two of wet pet food to the kibble. But as Animal Planet points out unless your vet recommends it never crush or grind pills to put in food or water. If you mix with liquid use an eyedropper or oral dosing syringe to administer the medication orally.

Crushed medication can taste bitter so your cat wont get the full dosage. Its easier to digest than a capsule or tablet which must be broken down in your cat. We were feeding them all canned food in order to get him his medicine but it got too crazy.

Some cats can tell something isnt right if you add medication to their regular food. Mix with cream cheese tuna juice from the cat pureed favorite meat pate butter whatever your cat finds yummy. Lori Teller an associate professor in the Texas AM College of Veterinary Medicine Biomedical Sciences says that owners should recruit an extra set of hands to give a reluctant cat their medication.

The folks at Washington U. Medicating Your Cat Medicating your cat can be stressful for both the cat and the person giving the medication. You do this in much the same way as with a pill.