ChelseaKaupp
Lairian
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- Jun 15, 2018
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Hi team!
Some of you may be aware of our beautiful little girl, Umami, who has had health issues the whole 9 months we've had her.
She was previously on a 10 day course of doxycline to treat mycoplasma, and a cough which may or may not have been related. Unfortunately the cough persisted after treatment so they started her on prednisolone for asthma (lung xrays showed a small grey spot in one lung, but it was hard to tell if it was infection or asthma). The cough persisted, and even worsened on the steroid so we're currently weaning her off it as recommended by the vet, and now we're back to a full month course of doxycline, for a suspected secondary infection, which we'll start tomorrow.
My question, for those of you who have given this medicine, is how best to administer the pill form to a cat? Her last course was liquid and I just mixed with her food. I know the pill form is quite harsh and can damage their throat. Any tips? Crushing and mixing with food, or better to just give as is and follow with water/food/treats? Luckily, I'm an old hand with giving cat's meds, so no issue getting it in her, just wondering the best way to do it without hurting her!
Thanks so much everyone
Some of you may be aware of our beautiful little girl, Umami, who has had health issues the whole 9 months we've had her.
She was previously on a 10 day course of doxycline to treat mycoplasma, and a cough which may or may not have been related. Unfortunately the cough persisted after treatment so they started her on prednisolone for asthma (lung xrays showed a small grey spot in one lung, but it was hard to tell if it was infection or asthma). The cough persisted, and even worsened on the steroid so we're currently weaning her off it as recommended by the vet, and now we're back to a full month course of doxycline, for a suspected secondary infection, which we'll start tomorrow.
My question, for those of you who have given this medicine, is how best to administer the pill form to a cat? Her last course was liquid and I just mixed with her food. I know the pill form is quite harsh and can damage their throat. Any tips? Crushing and mixing with food, or better to just give as is and follow with water/food/treats? Luckily, I'm an old hand with giving cat's meds, so no issue getting it in her, just wondering the best way to do it without hurting her!
Thanks so much everyone