Pain Relief For Cats – Care and precautions
April 24th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
Cats are extraordinary pets. Their love, their beauty and their antics are something that all cat-lovers can talk about. Animals cannot express when they are in pain, or where it hurts them. It is up to us, their keepers, to learn how to keep an eye on them and find out whether they are in pain or not.
Offering Pain Relief For Cats Can Be Challenging
You must have heard about warnings not to give human medicines to your pet cats. This is because the liver of cats (and most animals as such) is not equipped to handle the common analgesics used to counter pain in humans, i.e. non-steroidal anti inflammatory agents or the NSAIDs, as these are commonly known.
First of all, you will have to identify when the cat is suffering from pain. Usually, it is easy to find this out, because cats love to be petted/caressed and when your hand would pass over a place where it would pain, the cat would either flinch away, hiss at you, or try to scratch you (in order to get away from you). When this happens, you need to visit the veterinary and have a thorough check-up of your pet –to find out the cause of the pain and enquiring about the treatment for pain relief for your cat.
Often the vet will use extremely small doses of the NSAIDs to bring about pain relief for your cat. Among the better tolerated such analgesic drugs are ketoprofen and meloxican, which are found in the form of syrup and are easy to administer to the pet. It is necessary to note that these medications do not have the approval of the FDA, yet. However, they are licensed for use in Europe and other parts in the world and fortunately have proved efficient is providing pain relief for cats.
The side effects to feline pain killers include liver failure, kidney damage and intestinal bleeding – each one of these having the possibility to prove fatal to the pet. This is the reason why the medication should be in very small dosages and always under the constant supervision of a good veterinary doctor.
A little precaution and a little care would go a long way to keep your cat safe from any major health disasters, following the use of painkillers.
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