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KajiKita

Thanks @Cheery_Daff, @LadyWithAPlan, @teapot2, @redofromstart (that made me smile wryly) and @Brie - greedy lil monkey 🤩😉❤️

I went into see Chloe and stroke her head this morning. She obviously didn’t like that (she must also have been in a lot of pain as we didn’t get any pain relief into her today) as she ran into the office and hid in the cupboard over the stairs. She then came downstairs later in the morning and tried to get out of the cat flap. When she realised that wasn’t happening she dived inside the sofa in disgust… 😢
We decided to leave her be, brought the food tray and the litter tray downstairs again. When we were both out, she used the tray and had a small bite to eat. We still haven’t got any meds into her at all today, but the wound looks okay and she seems a bit more settled on Mr KK’s bed again. 

Somehow … we are supposed to get her to the vet for a check up tomorrow morning! 😳 🤷‍♀️We’ll deal with that tomorrow! 😉😂

In the midst of all the drama and angst this morning, my very serious gardening friend texted me to say that she thought I was coming over for lunch today ….? I thought it was next Friday! 😳😢 I managed to ring her in the end and I went over. It did me the world of good to be fed really healthy, HM, vegan food, walk around her garden, chat about everything. I need to make more effort to get over to see her - I hadn’t realised how isolated she is now her best friend has moved close to Monmouth. Also, she casually dropped a comment in about how a return of 10 years on PV batteries was a waste of time for her as she wouldn’t be around to see it … Who knows if that is right or wrong, but it made me realise I should treasure and appreciate my remaining time with her. 

KK

Sallyforth

So happy to read Chloe is home and recovering. I’m afraid cats will be cats and they are, as we all know, wilful. I’ve never been owned by a cat that would eat food with any form of medication in it - even prime fillet steak or fish.  I so hope you can manage somehow because I guess wrapping her tightly in a towel isn’t an option with her injury?

I agree spending quality time on the sofa is a good call rather than the crate.

Cheery_Daff

Poor old chloe, and poor you! Hope you can get some medicine into her. Your tales are bringing back grim memories of trying to get medicine into our chickens 😬 they were as enthusiastic as cats about it 😬 hope you manage to get a bit of pain relief into her at any rate x

redofromstart

I would tell the vet that she will not take tablets (assuming it is tablets) and that she needs liquid or injecting.  It is a lot easier to get the liquid pain relief squirted into a reluctant mouth than a tablet in my experience.

Sallyforth

I would tell the vet that she will not take tablets (assuming it is tablets) and that she needs liquid or injecting.  It is a lot easier to get the liquid pain relief squirted into a reluctant mouth than a tablet in my experience.

Actually yes I’d second this. We had a diabetic cat we had to inject twice a day and to be honest it’s far easier than trying to administer a pill. A sneaky syringe is also a good solution.

Give Chloe a stroke from us.

debtfreewannabe321

Aw I'm glad Chloe is home! And if she's well enough to be running and hiding I'd see that as recovering okay. I used to use probiotics on my fussy little dog's food too 😃 he used to like that and actually eat it! Hope you get some meds into her soon though. I used to have to hold my dog down to do it- absolute nightmare and made me feel awful.

Hope you get to spend more time with your friend, I've a friend who's just recovering from cancer to be told they now think she has it elsewhere. It made me realise I need to make time to spend with her, she is always so busy at work and never seems to have time but I think I'm going to have to make some somewhere 💞.

Hope you have a restful weekend and manage to get Chloe to the vets in one piece/peace. 😆

greenbee

I third what redo says. I've flatly refused pills for mine from the outset when there are alternatives (worm pills are the only exception, and the vet nurse was doing these, but she's too rough with them so I'm going to try myself again this time). Syringing into their mouths is easier (particularly if there are two of you - one to hold the cat, one to squirt). One of mine was fine with it straight away, the other took longer, but both are now pretty compliant. 

As far as carriers go, I now keep them out all the time and they sometimes choose to sleep in them. I also regularly feed them treats in them. My usual process for getting them in there is to call them into the utility room with the cat flaps locked (there is one to outside, one to the kitchen). They'll generally come in as that's where they're fed. If they're not being starved I then get treats out and put them in the carriers - while their heads are in there, I shove bums in and zip them up (you need to make sure the flaps are open and ready to zip up). I don't attempt to pick them up and shove them in from above. At the vets, I open the top to scoop them out and they hop back in as soon as they have the opportunity! Since I've been more methodical and calmer about the way I get them in/out, they've been a lot better. Although they still sing in the car and hate me. 

skint_spice

I had to give my cat two different meds every day both by syringe and I had it down to a tee, she knew what was coming but allowed me to pick her up and tilt her head back each time but any time I tried to give her a pill??? Nightmare!

Cheery_Daff

I have vivid memories of my mum wrapping cats in a bathtowel in order to administer tablets on her own when I was a kid 😬😂

I never made liquid work with the chickens 🙄 they'd just refuse to eat whatever you put it on, and weirdly their windpipe is located in their tongue (!) so it's easy to squirt liquid into their lungs 🙄 Lots of people do it, but I wasn't brave enough. We found tablets easier in the end, but obviously nobody makes medicine for chickens so you have to give them dog tablets. Always took two of us and we all hated it - but at least they don't have teeth 😬 😂

Anyway, sounds like liquid might be the way to go. Good luck to you all! Xx

KajiKita

Thanks @Sallyforth, @redofromstart, @greenbee, @Cheery_Daff, @skintspice, @debtfreewannabe321 and thank you for sharing all the cat / dog dosing advice ❤️

I like the sound of a zip up cat carrier - the one we have at the moment, the door drops off if you don’t handle it exactly correctly and it drives Mr KK wild …! That certainly doesn’t help the stress of the whole process. 

Madame Chloe Bean slept with Mr KK all night, has eaten a small breakfast and used the litter tray twice already this morning! 🙄 😂

I cancelled her check up appointment this morning as she has only just calmed down after getting her home and the huge effort and stress of the escape from the crate. Her wound is calm, she is starting to use her back leg a little and is wandering about well, if slowly and cautiously. We will still take her in for her 10 day check though. 

Mr KK has popped out to a local auto jumble this morning, I have wrangled the shopping and will be going out for lunch with friends later 😊

KK