Drop-on wormers for cats

[bunn]

Excellent idea, in theory. Gets round that whole 'A Cat is Basically a Tube' experience, which is never fun for anyone.

However, the instructions to prevent cat grooming self/other cat until the ungodly preparation is dry are easier read than obeyed, and I definitely didn't apply it far enough up Sumatra's neck: I think I got it just behind the shoulderblades rather than above them...

He has now been sick twice, and I'm rather hoping that an emergency vet trip will not be required.

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[chainmailmaiden]

Oh dear! Poor Sumatra, I hope he's ok.

When we had to dust my guinea-pigs for mites the powder we used said the same thing. It was just impossible to stop them licking at it unless you held them in a vice-like grip - impossible to maintain for the 1/2 hour it needed to work on a wriggling, squeaking piggy.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

None of the other cats reacted so strongly to it. It doesn't help that he is young and active and wriggly!

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

Gulp. I hope he's OK.

I was so glad when I discovered those- getting a pill down Magnus is a real battle. He's only a little better with liquids and pastes- quite a few times this last month I got more on his fur than down his neck. I really hope that his Chlamydia is clear for good when I take him to be retested. All three cats, medicine every day for a month. Not fun.

The other half was really worried that he'd have to do it while I was in hospital. I suspect that if they hadn't let me out on the Friday that it would have involved a call to catlady and a towel. Several towels.

He did say that he suspected that he'd have ended up calling my mother to look after the children whilst we were in hosptail- me with pleurisy, him getting skin grafts. Other half's nickname for Magnus is Greebo.

I suspect that the big problem would have been catching him in the first place as even for a wegie, he's very fast.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

He was fine after about half an hour of looking very put-upon. We may need to go back to the pills with him though, if he is going to react to it so severely. What fun.

I can see why it would make him sick - the stuff really stinks!

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

Would Panacur Paste be easier?

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I don't think we've tried that, how does it go into the cat (so to speak!) ?

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

There is a syringe sort of thing which dispenses the paste. One dispenser has enough for more than one cat- you just check how much you need and mark it accordingly.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

... the stuff I used today is Droncit, though we also have a batch of Profender spot on, which is what they recommended at our new vet last time we were there: haven't used that yet, as I thought I'd best use up the Droncit, and Yama, Suma & Perl were the victims that came to hand... Wish I'd used it on another cat now!

Now I think about it, Mollydog had the most appalling reaction to Drontal, which I think is the same people. Not that it's hard getting pills into Mollydog, so I just picked another brand.

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

Hope he's okay!

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Yes, he seems to have got over it ok, thanks.