How To Get The Cat To Eat a Worming Powder? - Page 2

carl hurles · 05-12-2007, 15:34

cream mabie?

Margaret Pilkington · 05-12-2007, 18:57

I have always 'pilled' all my cats in the way Katex describes.......i have even done this for neighbours too....and shown them how to do it.
I only had one cat that would do what West ender describes....spitting a soggy pill sometime later......and for him, I used to buy Shirley's worming cream....in a tube like toothpaste.......I used to open his mouth as if I was going to pill him and smear the stuff over his palate and gums......he never spat that out....and eventually got used to the taste and would lick a great blob of the stuff off my finger.

katex · 05-12-2007, 20:18

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Originally Posted by carl hurles

yu could sprinkle the powder in some milk and stir it the cat shouldnt beable to smell it

Shouldn't give cats milk anyway .. just water.

West Ender · 05-12-2007, 21:20

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I have always 'pilled' all my cats in the way Katex describes.......i have even done this for neighbours too....and shown them how to do it.
I only had one cat that would do what West ender describes....spitting a soggy pill sometime later......and for him, I used to buy Shirley's worming cream....in a tube like toothpaste.......I used to open his mouth as if I was going to pill him and smear the stuff over his palate and gums......he never spat that out....and eventually got used to the taste and would lick a great blob of the stuff off my finger.

Where can I get some, please? I buy most things at Pets at Home but they didn't have that.

West Ender · 05-12-2007, 22:45

Just reporting a small success. My daughter opened a tin of tuna to make sandwiches for work tomorrow and the cat loves "tuna juice" (the water from the tin). She poured the water into a dish and stirred in half a sachet of powder - the cat lapped it up and didn't notice anything. Now all we have to do is get the other 1½ sachets down her!

WillowTheWhisp · 06-12-2007, 12:31

Sounds like you've cracked it - just buy more tuna!

Ber999T · 07-12-2007, 10:07

Willow I was rolling with laughter at your 1st post on this. We get some worming and flea drops and these are placed at the base of the cat's neck these seem to work for us and as 1 cat is a 13yo ferrel female you can see why I like using the drops and was thinking about why I found your post so funny as I had been it that situation too.

WillowTheWhisp · 07-12-2007, 12:34

you should see the wounds our Emzie has suffered at the claws of one of our blessed cats! That particular cat is a demon. She can also work the catches on the cat box by putting her paws through the holes and reaching up to them so we have to be ultra vigilant when transporting her in it.

kathleen_firth · 07-12-2007, 12:36

try putting it in a little bit of cheeese triangle i do this with my dog. might work with ur cat

Margaret Pilkington · 07-12-2007, 14:03

I got the worming cream off a pet stall on the Market in Blackburn. I am not sure if they still make it because the cat I had to do that for died a few years ago.......my other cats take the pills.....no problem.

panther · 07-12-2007, 20:21

mix the powder with something that they think is a treat!!

or ya could mix it with some fish oil and squirt it in its gob