When a cat is sick, it needs to be treated promptly with medication, but we must have experienced during the week that giving medication to a cat is really not a simple task. Cats will not behave and allow us to hold and feed the medication unless it is weak to a certain point and the cat is agile enough to quickly slide off you and hide. All the obstacles encountered during the feeding process can pull down the effectiveness of the medication or cause waste, both of which we do not want. How to feed pills to cats, but after all, there are various forms of medicine, in addition to solid pills, there are also liquid drops. There are some cat owners who feel that it would be easier to feed their cats drops. Then this article below will show you the correct way to feed drops to your cat. Feeding steps 1. Add the prescribed amount of medication to the dropper or oral syringe. 2. Hold your cat’s head firmly with your “non-dominant hand” (or your left hand if you are right-handed), you can use two thumbs to press lightly on the top of its ears to make it easier to hold its head in place. Don’t grab its jaws or hold it too tightly or it won’t be able to swallow. You may also need to find someone to hold its front legs and forehead so it can stay still, but if you can’t find someone else to help, you can wrap a towel or blanket around the cat’s body, which is also an effective fixation technique.3. When its head is fixed, try to lift its nose so that it is facing the ceiling. At this time, its mouth should be open. 4. Place the tip of the dropper or syringe in the area of its mouth where there are no teeth or where it has flat teeth. 5. Squeeze the dropper or press down the plunger so that the medicine drips into its mouth until you see the liquid level in its mouth just above the line at the base of its teeth, then stop dripping and wait for your cat to finish swallowing before continuing. 6. 6. During the drip process, be careful that the speed of the drip is not faster than the speed of the cat’s swallowing, as this will choke it. Note 1. Most liquid medications come with a dropper in the box. If there is no dropper in the box, it is okay to use an oral syringe, and of course, if you already have a reusable dropper at home, it is okay to use it. 2. The medication instructions will be marked with some units of magnitude that you do not quite understand, just remember the following three points: 1cc = 1 ml, 5cc = 1 teaspoon, and 15cc = 1 tablespoon.
