Dr. Stephanie Globerman - Paws Whiskers & Claws, The Feline Hospital

Georgia's premier cat hospital - servicing Marietta, Roswell, Sandy Springs, Atlanta, Vinings, Cumming, Alpharetta, Morningside, Smyrna

(770) 579-6001

4719 Lower Roswell Road, Suite 220
Marietta, Georgia, 30068

Pill Pockets

These treats have built-in pouches to easily hide pills and ensure your cat takes their medication. These all-natural treats are a healthier alternative to using human foods, because they have fewer calories and less fat and sodium. Plus, they're made with real chicken and natural salmon proteins for a great taste. Make pill-giving more enjoyable for both you and your cat.

We recommend getting your cat acquainted with pill pockets early in life, BEFORE they ever need medicine, so they learn to trust these treats and look forward to them. Then, the day you need to actually put the pill inside they will hopefully scarf them down.

*Administering Tip!

Do not touch the outside of the pill pocket with the fingers that have been manipulating or breaking the pills. If you get the crumbs or scent of the pill on the outside of the pill pocket your cat will likely smell that and reject it. Instead, hold the pill pocket in one hand and the pill in the other hand. Place pill inside the pocket and squeeze close and immediately offer to your cat.

We have other tricks to get them to take these so contact our office if you need more advice!

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Feliway and Feliway Multi-cat

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When a cat feels comfortable in their environment, they rub their cheeks against objects leaving a facial pheromone.  Feliway is a synthetic copy of the feline facial pheromone used by cats to mark their territory as safe and secure.

By mimicking the cat's natural facial pheromone, Feliway creates a state of familiarity and security in the cat's local environment.  As a result, Feliway can be used to help comfort and reassure cats while they cope with a challenging situation such as moving or traveling.  Feliway helps reduce or prevent unwanted behaviors caused by stress.

Sometimes sharing a home can be difficult for cats. In fact, 60% of cat owners with more than 1 cat in the house report issues of tension between cats. If your cats aren’t getting along, use Feliway MultiCat.

Feliway MultiCat can help all cats living under one roof feel more safe and secure with their surroundings and ease animosity. It’s a copy of the feline appeasing pheromone mother cats produce during lactation. Cats of all ages sense this pheromone and it provides a calming effect that cats can recognize throughout life.

**We stock Feliway wipes, Feliway spray in both the 20ml and 60ml bottles and the original and multi-cat diffusers.

Flea Stoppers Powder

The key to successfully treating a flea problem in your home is to treat both the pet with a topical flea product AND treat your home environment. Fleas live on your cat and the flea eggs live in the environment. If you do not treat both you will be fighting a constant, uphill battle of new flea eggs hatching and jumping on your cat.

This product is very safe, non toxic and keeps working for one whole year!

Available in two sizes based on the square footage of your home.

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The Catit Self Groomer

Wall-mounted self groomer from Catit is an excellent little enrichment item for any home with a cat! This is a great resources for long-haired kitties, cats that LOVED to be brushed (you cannot be there to brush 24 hours a day!), and itchy cats with allergies that need a little help satiating their itch.

We also love this as an enrichment item for handicapped cats that may have a difficult time reaching certain areas; for example, a tri-pod missing a back leg who may have a hard time scratching his chin may love a little item like this!

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Dematting and Flea Combs

Top: dematting comb Bottom: flea comb
Top: dematting comb Bottom: flea comb

Dematting combs are ideal for lifting out knots and tangles as well as getting the thick undercoat. This is the first grooming tool you should reach for if your cat has a thick or partially matted coat. Wider tines are kinder. The closer together the tines the more tugging and pulling which can be not so nice.

Flea combs are of course great to assess and monitor flea problems. They are also a nice grooming tool to catch all of the fine fly away hair, remove dry flakes or dander and also clean dried food particles and the like out of the coats of old seniors who cannot groom on their own so well.

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Nail Trimmers (the best!)

Also excellent pill cutters!
Also excellent pill cutters!

Stainless steel and fantastic! These are the best nail trimmers you will ever use. (They also happen to be great pill cutters, box openers, etc.)

The shape of the tool fits nicely into the hook shape part of the nail. It is recommended to use these holding them in the direction shown left.

For help learning how to trim your cat's nails watch the video featured here. These nail trimmers are specifically used throughout the video.

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This post and all of its content is written by and property of Ingrid Johnson, CCBC Certified Cat Behavior Consultant of Fundamentally Feline, LLC.