Over-the-Counter Medicine For Cats

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Diana Korten and I'm here today with Ben to talk about over the counter medications for your cat. I don't really highly recommend self diagnosing and managing your cat's medications on your own without the help of your veterinarian. However, there are a few simple things that you can do on your own. For instance I've got some tape worm medication here, most vets recommend that you deworm your cat about once every six months. Basically the way that a cat gets tape worms is if they get any fleas which is very common in the Summer no matter how hard you try to avoid the flea your cat may have some contact with one at some point. There this is pilling a cat. I've just given Ben his deworming treatment. Now he may end up, oh no, he didn't swallow it yet. This is kind of a big pill. I'm thinking I may end up, there we go, there we go. Did it go down? You can also deworm your cat for round worm with a liquid round worm dewormer that you can administer as well. This is a good thing to do because you really don't want those parasites living in your cat's stomach. So if you just do this once every six months. Another thing to check for is ear mites. Ben doesn't actually have any ear mites fortunately but they are pretty easy to contract and you can use a simple over the counter ear mite medication just put a few drops in there per the manufacturer's instructions and kind of massage the ear so it goes in and usually those take care of the mites. Another option is a product called The Revolution that you can use that takes care of ear mites as well as fleas, ticks, and heart worm. Most heart worm medications that are internal you really need to get a prescription from the vet. Another thing that I like to use for Ben because he gets urinary tract infections, this isn't technically a medication, it's a supplement. Let's see if he will be interested in that after I've just tortured him. No, not that interested in that. This is a supplement that has licine in it which is a good immune support builder and it has some cranberry extracts and other things that helps support his urinary tract. There are some other medications you can buy over the counter that are like hairball remedies and the way that these works is they basically lubricate the digestive tract so that the cat can more easily pass the hairball as opposed to hairball remedy foods which have more fiber again to help the cat pass the fur ball."