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#Cat #Mastodon help needed please. My daughter is #fostering a cat, her first time. She’s had him 2 weeks. Unfortunately, he has a LOT of health concerns. #Entropion & chronic #rhinitis. He had eye #surgery a week ago & still looks/feels poorly. At his checkup today, they put him on oral #antibiotics & told her he has an #URI & #stomatitis. When his stitches come out, they’ll put him on #steroids for his mouth. He hates getting his meds (who doesn’t?) but doesn’t hold a grudge. Any suggestions?
@vaweisman I've heard that pills can be crushed up and mixed with cheese sauce. Then smeared on their fur. The cat will hate having dirty fur and will lick it off
@cat_news Unfortunately, he has the dreaded E collar so he can’t groom himself. 
She’s afraid of hurting him or scaring him so she’s not super assertive. 
@vaweisman oooh, this poor cat. The only other possible suggestion I have is that my mother has a liquid medicine for her cat, and everyday gives her a treat at the same time, and simultaneously squirts the medicine into her mouth with a syringe
@cat_news He still purrs and makes biscuits despite it all. He really is a sweetheart. I held him for her when she gave him his meds and he was good as gold. She did give him a treat on a plate but he is still scared to take food from her hand.
@vaweisman he sounds very brave. I hope he has realised your daughter is trying to help. The saddest part of looking after ill cats is always that you can't explain what is happening to them
@cat_news He really is. He definitely trusts her. She has a very tender heart which is breaking for all the pain he’s going through. I believe he knows she means no harm but who would like having a syringe stuck in your sore mouth twice a day plus goop shoved in your eye? 