How to give liquid medication to a cat

I do a bit of a preamble so if you want to just look at the technique, it starts around 7:20.

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[ehehe]

3:00 "Excuse me sir do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ?"

[yehtung]

Have you noticed that when they do these how to demos they always cast the mellowest cat in the universe? Mine is the Tasmanian devil.

[RCWolf]

Medicating a cat is like medicating a chainsaw

[turtleswatter]

Best cat I ever had (please bear in mind this was around 30 years ago and we were very much on our own in these things). Had to give medicine. Half an hour later we were both covered in it. In desperation I poured the medicine into a spoon and earnestly told her she had to take it or she would die. Lapped it up like it was milk. Didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

[BoyOfTheFuture]

No background music. No nonsense sounds. Just plain simple speech with information and kitty. Perfect
Please be like this. Simplicity is cool

[tinybirdbigfeelings]

I don't even have a cat but I'm very depressed and your voice is really soothing

[roseappleberry]

"and like a proper cat he's just standing in the doorway..."

[macktheinterloper]

My cat tries to gouge my eyes out the moment I as much as attempt to hold her against her will. Medicating her requires the tactics of Sun Tzu and the patience of a saint. My scars never heal. It's a hell of a conversation starter, though.

[GreatGoatRebellion]

kitty in position, ready for squishin'

[Zenithx]

Dr Uri, your professional dedication to cats is remarkable. The profound joy they bring us should be reciprocated. I am also a physician (pathologist) in Boston and appreciate advice from someone who is medically trained and uses evidence based knowledge to help us understand, love and care for our best friends. In solidarity.

[raisedinreverse]

I was having such a hard time with my cat, then I found this video and I'm gonna be honest... I scoffed at first cause I thought "just like that, huh?", no way does that work. But I popped her on the table anyway, cat position, sweep whiskers, upper lip and poof! Literally just like that. Thank you so much!! It really was so easy

[vinnysob]

Claudia is such a good girl. What a pretty cat. Off to watch the pill video. Thanks for the video Doc!

[johnnyguitar]

the thing is, in the vet or in a strange room with strange people, the cats get all cooperative becuase they are scared, , , while in their habitat is a whole other thing hehe, , , i

[ericgijsbertsen]

If I try that to my cat I need a liquid blood transfusion myself

[tishgrier]

Thanks so much for this video! I have an elderly cat (he's 16) and have to give him a lot of meds right now. It's been stressful! so many vids say to wrap him in a blanket, etc. and that just doesn't work for my boy. This method works so much better! quick, less hurt, less guilt (on my part, for the hurt.) I appreciate your explanations and the sound of your voice which helped to calm me down (somehow a super-peppy vet tech chirping at me about wrapping my cat in a blanket to give him meds made me SOOOO VERY NERVOUS! IMO lots of people don't realize the sound of their voice can have an effect that is less than desirable.) calm, cool, and with knowledge works! thanks again!

[jenniferwoods]

I love your videos. You're so calm. I recently had to give my boy cat a 10-day run of liquid antibiotics. Wish I'd seen this before doing that. I did position myself well. Didn't know about the whiskers thing. I'll try that next time one of mine needs meds. I wish they'd just flavor these meds to something that cats would like, such as turkey. One of the meds I had to give my cat once was an antibiotic that can be used for cats, but was made for dogs. It was bubblegum flavor. Bubblegum. For cats. She hated it, of course.

This recent one was a bitter antibiotic an animal version of cipro, a medicine I'd taken myself a while back, so I suspected it'd be bitter. I confirmed my guess that it was bitter because the first time I tried to administer it, he shook his head and splattered a drop into my mouth (which was trying to say soothing words at the time). Yuck. It was awful, and he drooled excessively, like the time he bit into a light stick. Fortunately I remembered that light stick incidents are best treated by giving them liquids, preferably oils, and maybe something strong-tasting. The oil helps coat the mouth, and the strong taste neutralizes the bitterness. Or something like that. After calling the vet to be sure it wouldn't interfere with the antibiotic, I decided to use cod liver oil to take his mind off the taste.

After filling the syringe, I swished the tip of it around in some cod liver oil before giving him the medicine. As soon as I was done squirting it into his throat, I smeared the oil all over his lips. After that first second of being offended by the medicine, he licked his lips (because they were oily) and enjoyed the taste as he spent a few seconds licking his lips clean. There was absolutely no drooling that time. The cod liver oil completely countered (or completely distracted from?) the bitterness of the medicine. Definitely doing that again, going forward.

[nda]

I had a mouth foaming incident and it scared the life out of me! Lol I seriously thought I had poisoned her!! 😱😱
Clawdia is such a good girl to do demonstrations so well. 😻

[freeman]

Clawdia is the best kitty for tutorials, she's like a lump of play-dough!

[marianeal]

I just love the gentleness you have with your cat. And one can tell that little Claudia loves you, for she just let's you do anything in complete trust. Big hugs to Claudia for being so good. Thank you so much too 🤗

[averygibson]

Please tell me her name is spelled “Clawdia”😂