My kitty recently had to start thyroid meds. We've had the same pet sitter for years and she takes care of a lot of animals. So I felt like she would have no problem giving him the meds. It's not like she had to pill him. It's just a liquid that you put on his food and he doesn't even notice it. The vet said it tastes like chicken soup. They gave me a bunch of syringes to measure it. I left the pet sitter a note saying give him 2.5 ml in his food. I figured she would have done something like this before. Day two of our trip she calls me and says there's something wrong the the cat. He won't eat his canned food (which he usually loves).
Come to figure out she was measuring two full syringes instead of measuring to the 2.5 line. When I explained it to her she got defensive and said she had never used a syringe this way before.
I'm glad she called. The first time she gave him the meds he threw it up. Good thing - he would have been getting like 10 times the proper dose.
I guess if anything like this comes up again I'll make sure I walk her through it.
Come to figure out she was measuring two full syringes instead of measuring to the 2.5 line. When I explained it to her she got defensive and said she had never used a syringe this way before.
I'm glad she called. The first time she gave him the meds he threw it up. Good thing - he would have been getting like 10 times the proper dose.
I guess if anything like this comes up again I'll make sure I walk her through it.