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West Ender · 04-12-2007, 20:50

I've given up on pills. Having tried crushing them to add to food (cat delicately drops little lumps on carpet beside dish) and having tried forcing them down cat's throat (what a pantomime) I decided, this time, to use granules.

"Sprinkle on the cat's food", said the blurb on the packet. Are they joking? Our Maddie can detect one granule in 4 oz. of cat food and no way José is she going to eat it. I've got to give her 2 sachets of the stuff. So far I've mixed ½ a sachet in her supper and she's nibbling round the granuled bits and looking at me as though I've given her strychnine.

It was so easy with the dog. I used to throw the pill in the air and say, "Catch," and Jet, who thought it was a choc drop, would catch it, swallow it and come back for more. I've had cats all my life and I'm still useless at worming them. Any tips please?

04-12-2007, 20:50	#1
West Ender Passed away 25-11-09 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lymm, Cheshire Posts: 2,674 Blog Entries: 147 Liked: 2 times Rep Power: 193	How To Get The Cat To Eat a Worming Powder? I've given up on pills. Having tried crushing them to add to food (cat delicately drops little lumps on carpet beside dish) and having tried forcing them down cat's throat (what a pantomime) I decided, this time, to use granules. "Sprinkle on the cat's food", said the blurb on the packet. Are they joking? Our Maddie can detect one granule in 4 oz. of cat food and no way José is she going to eat it. I've got to give her 2 sachets of the stuff. So far I've mixed ½ a sachet in her supper and she's nibbling round the granuled bits and looking at me as though I've given her strychnine. It was so easy with the dog. I used to throw the pill in the air and say, "Catch," and Jet, who thought it was a choc drop, would catch it, swallow it and come back for more. I've had cats all my life and I'm still useless at worming them. Any tips please? __________________ * Some cinemas let the flying monkeys in............and some don't.