Looking for advice from you clever cat mums.
My 16 year old cat is supposed to take thyronorm 5 mg for hyperthyroidism (split into 2 doses). We had been hiding it in a liquid cat treat called lick e lix for months. In addition, he has recently been put on meloxicam (more specifically metacam) for possible arthritis, again a liquid I need to try and hide.
Over the last few weeks he appears to have totally gone off this treat and literally takes one look at it and walks away so we are failing to get him to take his meds. If we put on his wet food and he does not finish it we have no idea how much of the meds he has taken. He dislikes the vet and being manhandled and so I do not think he is going to be an easy cat to pill. Has anyone got any idea what we can do to get him to take his meds?
Over the last few months he has lost some weight which the vet thinks is muscle loss in hip area. I have read about high calorie food/paste that can be given. The vet suggested we might consider putting him on some senior food rather than higher calorie food as these contain higher quality protein to try and prevent muscle atrophy. I am not sure about changing his whole food as he is a fussy eater anyway and I was always under the impression that science diets are not that tasty but maybe they can be - does anyone think this is a better idea and can suggest a good one?
So just to summarise. I would be grateful for:
-any suggestions as to how to hide the liquid meds so the cat takes it
-Is it a good idea to switch to senior food or should we go for high calorific gels and pastes and what do people suggest for either option?
Thank you very much.
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Suggestions on how to get cat to take his meds and high calorie/senior diets for cat
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2020again · 09/08/2020 23:27
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