How To Give A Cat A Tablet On Your Own

If your cat is well trained the chances of her swallowing the tablet manually are very high.

How to give a cat a tablet on your own. Having spent years observing others force feed their cats tablets often wrestling them to the floor and getting bitten i thought i would share this simpler. If you are working alone wrap your cat in a towel. Make sure both hands are free and able to administer the pill.

Gently rubbing the throat under the chin may help. Kneel to restrain your cat. Hold the cat gently by the scruff of its neck.

Hold the jaw closed for a few seconds and wait for your cat to swallow. You want to squeeze the tablet liquid into his mouth via the gap between it s teeth at the side of it s mouth. Okay we ve shown you with my own cat who s a bit of a difficult cat how hard it can sometimes be even for the vet to give a tablet to a cat.

Kneel on the floor. Given the fact that manual tablet feeding is not at all easy if your cat listens to you he will surely consume it without much of a fuss. Aim for the centre of the tongue as far back as you can see the further back the tablet goes the harder it is for your cat to do anything other than swallow it.

Thus opt for the manual method based on your cat s nature. The cat s mouth will be open a little. But if you have a notorious cat manually feeding will take some effort.

Now if the vet says to give it medication morning and night for seven days that can be very stressful for lot of people here s another technique that i find works. If you have nails make sure you don t dig them in. The simplest way and the first one i show people is this one you gently put your fingers either side it might take two people to assist here with with your own cat.

If your cat licks his lips or nose you know he has swallowed. If the manual method fails more often than not it does try and crush the tablet. Place the cat between your thighs with the cat s head facing towards your knees.