oh dear ive upset reggie

[CathyW]

ive given him a worm tablet, he put up a heck of a battle, resulting in said tablet being spat out twice, reggie doing a runner, me chasing him ok got him wraped up in a towel, pull shoved down, and he was so shocked i had caught him he swallowed it ive now got a plaster on my knee
oh darn it ive got to do it again next week
given him strokes sorry, and will give him later nice treats

[CJK]

awww bless him, some of them really ahte taking tabs dont they. Am sure he'll forgive you soon

[Sweet]

That sounds just like us last night........

I finally plucked up the courage to give Violet hers last night. We wrapped her in a towel, gave her tons of kisses and love and she took the tablet in two halfs no problem!!!!!!!! GREAT I THOUGHT she then jumped off the bed and spat out the two peices on my bedroom floor when she thought I wasnt looking CRAFTY MOOOOO!!! So it was back in towel and pushed right down her throat!!!!

God I felt awful !!!!! a terrible Mummy!!! but it needs to be done, and the butter failed to work!!!!

Gave Stronghold in her neck after and he was still purring away - Thank Goodness!!!

Bless our little darlings..........last time I was scratched to pieces x x x

[Julie84]

Aww, poor you!

I remember when I first wormed the boys, they were so little they had to have a worming fluid rather than tablets once a day for three days in a row. The first day I managed it with minimal struggling and only a bit of worming fluid stuck to my trousers. The second day they had obviously learnt, and Thomas started hissing at me as soon as he saw the syringe! He's such a sedate cat now, it's hard to belive it but I was ripped to shreds.

Now they can have the tablets, I pop a tab down the back of their throats, hold them until they swallow and then pop a treat in before I let them go - they seem a bit confused when they go to spit it out and it's their favourite treat! It's a bit crafty but we have much less wriggling and crying now even if it does confuse them "mummy's force feeding me my yummy treats!"

[CathyW]

has anyone tried the worming drops bob martin do them, drops on the back of the neck, sounds alot kinder i thought. will try them next time.

[Donna]

You have just reminded me to get some worming stuff BM!!! Thanks! Am gonna order some of the "treat flavour" ones to see if they will eat them easily!!

[tillytails]

Originally Posted by boys mum

has anyone tried the worming drops bob martin do them, drops on the back of the neck, sounds alot kinder i thought. will try them next time.

Not the Bob Martin one but got some Profender spot-on drops from the vet before Christmas. Getting pills into cats is a two-man job in this house so this seemed like a good solution for worming .

[CJK]

i personally dont rate ANY bob martins stuff. I once tried flea drops, no effect, nor did the house rom spray stuff. I heard the cat litter is useless.

It often cheaper to go straight to vets, we tried 3-4 diff pet shop products when we first got cats, none worked and ended up costing more thna it did from vets

[CathyW]

Originally Posted by CJK

i personally dont rate ANY bob martins stuff. I once tried flea drops, no effect, nor did the house rom spray stuff. I heard the cat litter is useless.

It often cheaper to go straight to vets, we tried 3-4 diff pet shop products when we first got cats, none worked and ended up costing more thna it did from vets

i would of done it through the vwts but carless for a couple of weeks, and didnt fancy taking reg on the bus, besides it cold out didnt want him to get cold