A cat that resists medication

Setting: Veterinary follow-up clinic

The patient is Cleo, a four-year-old cat, brought by owner Omar. Cleo has been prescribed amoxicillin with clavulanic acid tablets on a twice-daily labelled schedule; Omar reports missing two of the last six doses and has another cat sharing the feeding area. No change in dose or formulation is authorised on this card.

Task

Establish prescribed medicine, schedule and missed doses.
Explore handling difficulty without blame.
Explain why crushing and shared food do not give a reliable authorised plan.
Discuss handling demonstration and review of a suitable formulation.

A cat that resists medication consultation plan

The prescribed medicine and schedule must be confirmed before advice is given.
The veterinarian can arrange a handling demonstration and review whether an alternative formulation is suitable.
Crushing or changing administration is not authorised without checking the specific medicine.
Shared food cannot establish which animal receives the intended dose in this scenario.
The patient is Cleo, a four-year-old cat, brought by owner Omar. Cleo has been prescribed amoxicillin with clavulanic acid tablets on a twice-daily labelled schedule; Omar reports missing two of the last six doses and has another cat sharing the feeding area. No change in dose or formulation is authorised on this card.

Fictional scenario information supplied for this examination exercise; not medical guidance for real patients.