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Most cat owners dread giving their cat medication, but if your cat's medication is in paste form, you may be in luck. Paste medications are quickly becoming the norm in nutritional supplements, hairball remedies and laxatives because they are much easier to give than a pill or liquid. A paste medication is basically a suspension that has been bound with a gel-like ingredient that prevents it from separating in the tube. This gel is sticky enough that it will stay where you put it until the cat swallows it, and taking advantage of the cat's natural fastidiousness is often the…
The veterinarian hands an owner a few syringes and explains that the food and/or water needs to be force-fed to the cat. Force-feeding a cat is not an easy task. It requires both time and patience for you and your cat. The basic idea is to keep it stress-free for the cat while giving your cat the right amount of nutrition.
