The good news is that Kinikini bounced right back after his vet visit last week.
Dr. Sakamoto sent him home with chewable antibiotic tablets. Chicken flavored. Meda and I were very skeptical. After all, Kini is a weird cat when it comes to food. He eats some canned food, but prefers dry food. He shows no interest in people food. None of our current cats do. In some ways it’s good. We don’t have to eat our meals defensively, or be ready to block the occasional paw aimed at grabbing something off a plate or off a fork. But it also means that when these cats get sick, we won’t be able to hide a pill in some tempting bit of food.
We were lucky this time around. After a slow start, Kinikini decided the chicken-flavored Clindamycin tablets are pretty good. I was even able to teach him to take it from my hand. But I didn’t succeed in giving him a pill for pain. It was kind of a test for us both. I failed. And he didn’t get the pill.
We’ve had many cats over the years, and all needed some medication from time to time. When these three get to that stage of life where medical issues are more common, how to get medications into them is going to create a crisis for all of us.
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I presume you have tried Pill Pockets. I’ve had pretty good luck with them with the finicky cat. Not 100%, but pretty good.
Always enjoying your photos.
Your cats have such beautiful coats and eyes.
When Epuni and Mandu dont like their
Medication, i fill my mouth with water;
Open their little mouths; put the pill and quickly spit some water
Snd they swollow
Blowing into their little snouts also working st times
Good luck!!
Aloha
Hannelore
We used to crush the pills with morter and pestil. Very fine, and mix it with tuna!
When Kinikini’s appetite was down, I opened a can of tuna. Bessie and Kali licked a little of it, but Kini wasn’t interested. I ended up eating most of it. He’s really a hard case.