Alan at emergency vet...

[ali_kat]

Hello handsome!

good to hear he's a bit better today

[bexVN]

Glad he is feeling better. Hopefully the swelling is more cellulitus (swollen tissue) rather than pus

[nick s]

haha, a dog called Alan! Brilliant! I once knew someone who'd called their cat Paul! Was hilarious!

[bexVN]

Erm genuine error I'm sure but he is a cat also liking the name Paul for a cat though

[Mubby]

hoping Alan's leg is better! he is rather handsome!

[Munter]

Mubby said:

hoping Alan's leg is better! he is rather handsome!

Thanks. He's feeling a bit better we think. He's turned into "I love you" cat, and seeking a damn good fussing. Where normally he's "I permit you to be in my presence" cat. So he's clearly still ill and his leg is still swollen.

Getting him to take his antibiotics is hard work though. So far the only success we have had is crushing the tablet, and smearing it onto a bit of ham. We tried chicken, with the tablet embedded whole, but he managed to separate the chicken and tablet in his mouth and spat out the tablet. We tried smearing the crushed tablet on chicken, but he refused to eat that at all. He just about accepted chicken smeared with tablet, wrapped in ham.

Any suggestions on how to get the tablet into him easier (and involving less ham which I don't think is too good for him) appreciated! (I'd suggest we stick it up his bum but I don't think the OH would be keen)

[otolith]

We use Aquarian fish food flakes to get tablets down the cats. Moisten the tablet, roll it in the flakes, watch them nom it. Ours will eat pretty much anything rolled in that stuff.

[ali_kat]

I either crush & mix with Pâté or if it tastes really horrid then it has to be do the wrap in towel & force down method

[Munter]

ali_kat said:

I either crush & mix with Pâté

You know we might give this a try. If it's doesn't go in the cat I know who will eat it...

[RaeB]

Crab/salmon/chicken paste, primula cheese, clotted cream, prawns, pate, smoked salmon have all worked in the past.