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<blockquote data-quote="helpangel" data-source="post: 605693" data-attributes="member: 7170"><p>I'm trying to figure out what advise to give without writing a book here. </p><p></p><p>I give pills to cats you can't touch or get near - I will make a pea size meatball with hamburger or tuna around the pill put at very top of food in bowl and watch if cat spits it out get the bowl put pill back in coated and cross your fingers. People think I'm nuts but I will say when putting pill back "you need that pill it will make your cough/fleas etc go away" Have yet to have to put pill back more then twice not sure if cat understood or pill dissolved into food at that point.</p><p></p><p>With house cats where I can open mouth and give pill whole I always coat it with a little margarine, it works kind of like a sticky bomb where stuck to throat or back of tongue cats only way to get rid of it is to swallow it. Misty still bites me 9 out of 10 attempts so I usually go feral cat route with her; though the time I told her the capstar could also be given anally she swallowed it (who said they don't understand what we say, they do!)</p><p></p><p>All 3 of my fur pickers I've dealt with over the years had 2 things in common; first they can't stand a single flea running around on them it gets that stressed out excessive grooming thing going and second they suffered from dry skin. Dry skin needs to be treated internally more often then externally. All 3 of those cats I would give a little bacon or hamburger grease, a little pat of butter helps too. With buddy I would put a drop of olive oil on scabby or raw areas - don't rub down whole cat with olive oil it will give it horrible diarrhea that might kill the cat.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately the kitty you described sounds like what I went thru with Molly, she was 17yo when dislocated hip and was finally put to sleep. Yes we all loved Molly but there was never a bigger PITA cat put on this earth. Kitten- 5yo cortisone shots & antihistamine pills seemed like if wasn't snow on ground she needed them, seizures started at around 10yo, she was leaving trails of pink urine everywhere the last 3 years (vet said they never live more then 6 months doing that was why didn't put her down then). My thought was if not suffering let her live. Thinking back we kept that poor cat alive about 5 years past the point where there was any quality of life - out of my own selfishness of not having the guts to let her go. Trying to take that cat from Angel would have gotten me beaten for sure, so guess I could say fear not selfishness; point being it was about what the people wanted not what the cat needed for those last 5 years.</p><p></p><p>At the time I felt I was doing the best thing by keeping Molly alive, now with all this TNR work I've been doing I realized I could have fed and vaccinated probably 20 cats on the money I spent on vet bills, special food, medications etc. Not telling anyone what to do but at some point you need to weigh if keeping an animal alive past it's time is taking a home away from a healthy one that spends its life sitting in a shelter is the right thing.</p><p></p><p>Whatever you decide I support you and will pray this all works out for you, hopefully I suggest something that clicks and helps you. Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="helpangel, post: 605693, member: 7170"] I'm trying to figure out what advise to give without writing a book here. I give pills to cats you can't touch or get near - I will make a pea size meatball with hamburger or tuna around the pill put at very top of food in bowl and watch if cat spits it out get the bowl put pill back in coated and cross your fingers. People think I'm nuts but I will say when putting pill back "you need that pill it will make your cough/fleas etc go away" Have yet to have to put pill back more then twice not sure if cat understood or pill dissolved into food at that point. With house cats where I can open mouth and give pill whole I always coat it with a little margarine, it works kind of like a sticky bomb where stuck to throat or back of tongue cats only way to get rid of it is to swallow it. Misty still bites me 9 out of 10 attempts so I usually go feral cat route with her; though the time I told her the capstar could also be given anally she swallowed it (who said they don't understand what we say, they do!) All 3 of my fur pickers I've dealt with over the years had 2 things in common; first they can't stand a single flea running around on them it gets that stressed out excessive grooming thing going and second they suffered from dry skin. Dry skin needs to be treated internally more often then externally. All 3 of those cats I would give a little bacon or hamburger grease, a little pat of butter helps too. With buddy I would put a drop of olive oil on scabby or raw areas - don't rub down whole cat with olive oil it will give it horrible diarrhea that might kill the cat. Unfortunately the kitty you described sounds like what I went thru with Molly, she was 17yo when dislocated hip and was finally put to sleep. Yes we all loved Molly but there was never a bigger PITA cat put on this earth. Kitten- 5yo cortisone shots & antihistamine pills seemed like if wasn't snow on ground she needed them, seizures started at around 10yo, she was leaving trails of pink urine everywhere the last 3 years (vet said they never live more then 6 months doing that was why didn't put her down then). My thought was if not suffering let her live. Thinking back we kept that poor cat alive about 5 years past the point where there was any quality of life - out of my own selfishness of not having the guts to let her go. Trying to take that cat from Angel would have gotten me beaten for sure, so guess I could say fear not selfishness; point being it was about what the people wanted not what the cat needed for those last 5 years. At the time I felt I was doing the best thing by keeping Molly alive, now with all this TNR work I've been doing I realized I could have fed and vaccinated probably 20 cats on the money I spent on vet bills, special food, medications etc. Not telling anyone what to do but at some point you need to weigh if keeping an animal alive past it's time is taking a home away from a healthy one that spends its life sitting in a shelter is the right thing. Whatever you decide I support you and will pray this all works out for you, hopefully I suggest something that clicks and helps you. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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