We’ve been fostering kittens for just over a month now, and just this past weekend three of the four kittens were adopted. I took the one remaining kitten into the vet this morning for boosters and got to meet the adopted “parents” of the other three kittens, who were also there for boosters.
Unfortunately, the kittens all have a mild case of ringworm, which I noticed on one ear this past Sunday. The vet said it’s likely that since they’re all from the same litter that they contracted it from their mother, but that the only bad thing about it is that it’s just an irritation and won’t cause any permanent harm. We’ll be keeping the remaining foster in the “kitten room,” as we call, it for a while longer and for now all four of them are on a liquid oral medication to take care of the infection.
We each got a small, skinny syringe to use for dosing, and contrary to what you might think, it’s actually pretty easy to give liquid medication to a cat. The easiest way I’ve found over the years, with my own cats, is:
- Hold the cat up firmly by the scruff with their back legs resting on your lap.
- Insert the syringe into the cat’s mouth, resting along the cheek and toward the throat.
- Gently (and not too quickly), press the plunger of the syringe to release the medication. The cat will start licking as the medication goes down its throat.
That’s it! They won’t be too happy about it at first, but this is the quickest and non-messiest way we’ve found when it comes to giving liquid medication. Pills, on the other hand…
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