Mixing Liquid Cat Medicine With Food

The easiest way to give your cat liquid medication is to mix it in with some canned food.

Mixing liquid cat medicine with food. Can of tuna packed in water and can opener c. If you are going to mix the med with the food mix the medicine with a small amount of food. Even if the cat eats some of the food they are not getting their proper dose. What cat doesn t like tuna.

If your pet does not eat all the food then it is not getting all the medication. Try wrapping kitty in a towel like a kitty burrito so that he or she cannot get away or hurt you. Two small cups 1. They will give us a terribly hurt look which says ruining dinnertime is worse than getting dosed and they won t eat it anyway.

Fish beef or chicken. Seems like a well duh. Often however cats can detect the smell of the antibiotics and will refuse to eat. Get canned food that has lots of gravy but only mix the medication with a small amount.

If your cat has a favorite food a liquid in a similar flavor may be available e g. The trick to make the medicine taste better is to mix it with the liquid drained from a can of tuna fish. Make the medicine taste better. Moment to me but many folks just keep putting the meds in the food and don t understand.

Some cats may be unwilling to eat the food or may have dietary restrictions that prevent you from using this technique. The entire amount before giving him more food. Other cats do better if the tablet or capsule is coated with food. Place any liquid or crushed medication inside the 6ml syringe.

Antibiotics mixed with food it may be possible to simply mix liquid antibiotics for cats with their food at mealtime. If you mix the liquid medication with cat food and they don t eat the food they don t get the medication. Because don t even think about mixing liquid medicine with their food. To ensure that your cat swallows all of the medication it is best to mix it into a small amount of canned food that you feed by hand rather than mixing it into a full bowl of food that the cat may not completely eat.

With luck your cat will not detect the medication. You can then mix the medication with the favorite food. Place 2mls of food on top of the medication using the 3ml syringe you are now done with the 3ml syringe. Place the 6ml plunger back into the barrel of the 6ml syringe.

Your syringe should now be layered food medication food. Liquid medications are compounded by pharmacies in various flavors.