Video: Use Caution when Administering Medicine to a Cat

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Learn the common mistakes cat owners make when they try to give their pet medication in this free video.

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Hi! I'm Dr. Adrienne Mulligan and I am the owner of Camp Verde Veterinary Clinic. I am here today on behalf of expertvillage.com and I am here to talk about cat grooming. Okay, as I wind up I would like to go over a few things that I like to say the big don't in cats. There are a few things that you really really want to avoid in cats and some you really should avoid in cats. The first thing I want to say is never never never give a cat any medication off the counter or at home that contains acetaminophen which is in Tylenol, Excedrin and Vicodan. Tylenol is a common ingredient in many household items and that is so deadly to cats that if they get one dose of it, they will be dead within 48 hours. So that is a biggy. Aspirin is not quite as deadly. If you gave one, you might get away with it but it would have to be like half a baby aspirin and never more than once and still you should call your doctor because there is a reason if they are needing to take an aspirin and they should never have more than one. Cats don't process it for 3 days and so if they had another you wouldn't want to give it for at least 3 days. So the bottom line with that you want to kind of stay away from household things. Another household item if your cat has diarrhea, do not give it Pepto Bismol. Pepto Bismol has an ingredient which turns into aspirin and so it is like giving your cat aspirin every day. So we don't have anything good over the counter for cats diarrhea anymore.

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Use Caution when Administering Medicine to a Cat

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