Administering stuff on the back of the neck-advice.

[Sparklingbrook]

The vet we are with likes advocate for worms and fleas. Which is a squeezy back of the neck job. I used to have Milbemax for worms and Frontline for fleas.

Anyway, am I the only one that no matter how much I part the fur the liquid goes all over her fur and my fingers? I worry that not enough goes on her actual skin IYKWIM? I would really prefer to have the Milbemax as I know she's had the tablet.

She has never had fleas or worms though. TIA

My vet showed me, really you need two people. One holds the cat between forearms, strokes reassuringly and also part the fur with your thumbs (part it so you can see a line of skin) and the other to move the spot-on thing up and down the line while squeezing. It should then go onto the skin properly. It's fine if it goes on the fur, but not so much on your fingers. But TBH I think they overdose slightly in the packs because they know it's difficult.

Leave for a couple of seconds to soak in and then stroke the cat's neck to smooth the fur back into place.

Thanks Bertie that is very helpful. Will enlist DH's help and try and do more of a line than a 'blob'. I washed it straight off my fingers but did wonder if I was all covered for fleas and worms too. Thanks.

Seconding the two people advice! I must admit, even with that advice taken I couldn't achieve quite such a beautifully neat centre parting as the vet when she demonstrated, but it was a lot better than my usual method of grabbing a cat, furtling about with the back of his neck then randomly squirting Frontline at him before he scratches me to pieces and shoots off (my cats hate flea treatment with an unbelieveable degree of passion).

Perhaps I should pin her fur with hairgrips. She has that sort of fur where it's shiny and glossy on the top but has another layer of fur underneath. I am going to do it tonight when DH is here.

I do it under their collars, where the fur is rubbed anyway so it's easier to get at the skin.
I squeeze in 2 or 3 goes, in 2 or 3 places.

It can be done with 1 person, but you do need to pick a moment when the cat is happy to stand still.

Would it be ok to do it when she's asleep do you think?

If you can get at the skin without her waking up & moving then sounds like a plan!

I do my cat when he's asleep, I've got it down to a fine art now so by the time he knows what I'm up to it's all over :)

You know how you can pick up a cat just by the scruff of its neck and it goes kind of motionless? Like a mother cat does with kittens? Well I do that but without actually lifting it up - it doesn't fight back and I can then squeeze the stuff on the spot where I'm holding on. If that makes any sense...
at the price of this stuff though!! About £9 per millilitre!

I rub the nozzle on the skin under the fur in a zig zag motion not dissimilar to applying hair dye to your roots.