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How to Feed Pills to Pets

Let’s continue with the recent theme I’ve had of posting, in between stories about my new cat Chrestomanci, articles about pet health and how to manage it. I’ll start today’s topic with a story. One summer when I was a teenager my cat Boots contracted food poisoning. We took him to the vet, who gave us some pills for him. We had problems feeding him the pills. None of us had any experience doing so, and though we got those capsules into his mouth all right, he was a master at making us think he’d ingested them and then spitting … Continue reading →

Dividing Pills For Pets

There are many medicines for humans that can (with your veterinarian’s approval) be given to your dog or cat. However, the doses we humans take are often times WAY bigger than your pet needs. The easiest thing to do is find your medication in a liquid form. With an eyedropper or measuring spoon, you can easily get the right dose for your dog or cat. Pills can be a lot trickier! If your pet only needs a half of a pill, you can use a pill cutter to divide the dose. Your local pet supply store might carry pill cutters, … Continue reading →

What’s In Your Medicine Cabinet?

When was the last time you cleaned out your medicine cabinet? Do you even know what’s in there? I hadn’t done an inventory of ours since I stuck some bandages in there the day we moved into our current home. That was mistake number one. Mistake number two occurred about two weeks ago when my husband severely injured his arm. I panicked and scrambled like a mad woman looking for something, anything, to treat his wound. The problem is my 2-year-old daughter loves to play “doctor” and she uses all my band-aids on her stuffed “patients,” so when it was … Continue reading →