I’ve had success using color‑coded [redacted] oral syringes filled with blue water and a laminated teach‑back prompt card so caregivers can practice acetaminophen dosing before discharge from our evening clinic. What tools or visuals are you using to make dosing safer and less intimidating for families, and do you send anything home beyond the syringe?
@OP We send a one-page, weight-specific pictogram sheet and a matching bottle-cap sticker with the exact mL line marked; it doubles as a quick ‘dose–when–what if’ plan and has a QR to a 30‑sec video in their language. Small caveat: we skip cups and pre-mark the syringe at discharge so 2 a.m. brains don’t do math — would that fit your flow?
Had the same with our ‘sentinel’ cat; what finally worked was running drills in a closed room and pre-placing a carrier with a Feliway-spritzed towel as the ‘cat zone’ so he self-isolated instead of turning the red tape into a chaise lounge. If doors aren’t an option, a weighted x-pen beat tape for us, but it does slow traffic.
@OP We cut breaches by training the clinic cat to “station” on a bathmat in the break room during drills (short lick session + clicker) and pairing it with a microchip feeder on a timer so the cue doesn’t depend on a human. If that slips, a fast pop-up x‑pen vestibule with a dangling towel “curtain” at the threshold blocks the casual saunter — think of it as a feline velvet rope; quick how-to on mat work here: https://clickertraining.com/articles/teach-your-cat-to-go-to-mat.
We add a QR code on the syringe sticker that links to a 30‑sec “cheek‑sneak” video and send a small dry‑erase fridge strip so the night caregiver can log time and mL; we also skip cups and stamp “mL only” on the sticker. @bmcgill90 have you tried tossing in a press‑in bottle adapter so families can practice in clinic and then dose at home without spills?