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Cat with hyperthyroidism won’t swallow medications!?

Hi, I have a 9 year old Siamese who has feline hyperthyroidism. He has always been a happy, healthy, active cat, and I just recently found out about the hyperthyroidism since the vet found a heart murmor. Well, I’m tryng to give my cat the medication (Tapazole)by putting it in his mouth and rubbing his throat until he swallows. He ends up foaming at the mouth, clawing me, then spitting it out later. He is a much happier cat when he isn’t forced to endure this. Surgery is too expensive and I don’t want to put poor Mikie through that stress either. Any suggestions for getting him to take his medications? I’ve even tried hiding it in his food. He had no symptoms of the hyperthyroid before except for a huge appetite and the heart murmor, so I’m wondering if it is even worth it to put him through all this-maybe I should just let him enjoy his life.

My cats had to take pills when they got worms. And neither of them liked it very much. We tricked one of them into taking one of the pills by putting it among some of his treats. But he didn’t like the taste to much so he wouldn’t eat the other one. And then our other cat would hide the pills in her mouth and then spit them out later. So what we did, the vet told us too. Was we took a syringe full of water, take and have someone help you. Hold the cats mouth open, put the bill as far back in the mouth as you can and use the water in the syringe to push the pill into their throat, then let go and they will swallow the pill with the water.

I know it sounds mean, but it really works and it is the easiest thing to do and it wont add stress upon them. Good luck with the kitty.

Feline Hyperthyroidism