I'm about to give my Damn Cat two pills

[Ozark]

Originally posted by Udie
throw that one away and get a new one

ROFL!  What's your address?

[Udie]

no thanks!  Already have 3 toejame filters here now.  2 cats and a dog is enough for one household!

[Ozark]

That's it! Thanks mkuebeler.

BTW: I got a syringe from the rescue squad and placed the pills and 1.7 cc of water in the device. Opened the cat’s mouth and slowly injected the solution down its gullet. Damn Cat couldn’t help but lap it down. Everyone happy...err..well, almost everyone.

[Wlfgng]

as long as he doesn't go drop you a present in your slippers I'd say all's well that ends well

[Hangtime]

All old Hairball had to hear was the pill bottle rattle, and she'd split. Pursuit meant war. Hairball was a tuff old critter, she never took her medicine without a battle royale. Always wound up with me holding her by the scruff of the neck to minimize the sabre attacks and crackin her jaw open with the other hand while sombody else dropped the pill well down her throat. There was usually a turd in my headphones not long thereafter.


Fuzzball is exactly the opposite, no trouble at all. just squeeze her jaw at the hinge, her mouth pops open, in goes the pill. She swallows, blinks, and goes back to being a bump on the couch.

The new guy, Goofball; is a terror. She's Hairball reincarnated in a zoot suit and a penchant for kickin bellybutton just for yucks. I've never dared to try forcing a pill down her throat; I need my fingers for work. Her's a pic of Goofball... she's sayin "Go ahead.. I double-dog dare yah..."

[Vulcan]

The easy 3 step process:

1. grab cat by tail

2. swiftly place pill under tail

3. boot cat in the arse as hard as you can

[Kieran]

You could have my wife drop the garage door on its head, like she did my daughter's cat. Yup, the cat lived, but it laid veeeery still for a few days, and would have put up no fight had I tried to drop a pill or two down its throat.

[wulfie]

I grew up with cats, real cats - as in a pack of 15 or so on a non-functioning farm that my Dad bought (so we could live in the house). We got the cats too, a 'family' of 15 that the farmer loved because they killed alot of things he didn't want on the farm property.

I've got a soft spot for cats. When I was pretty young (age 7 or so) I got very very sick. Bed-ridden for no small amount of time. 'My' cat (the one who took posession of me) constantly left live snakes, mice, etc. in my bed for about 6 months. Drove my Mother nuts (my immune system was toast at the time, Mom worried about bacteria, etc.).

It wasn't until 15 years later, while 'dating' a hot DVM that I was given an explanation for the behavior:

You see, dogs see themselves as part of a pack of people - dogs want to be like people in general (nothing wrong with dogs IMO by the way - they are great too).

Cats see people as big weird looking cats. So 'my' cat was hunting for me, as I was obviously too sick to go catch my own snakes, etc. How freakin' cool is that?

Okay - pill directions:

1. 1 pill at a time. Put each pill in a small 'glob' of butter.

2. Hold cat. Press gently in from each side at base of jaw to 'pressure point' mouth open. Once mouth is open - 1 finger between teeth at base of jaw (don't worry you aren't going to get bit).

3. Really quickly - push pill (coated in butter) all the way to back of throat. Swallow is a reflex in this case. Butter makes it go down smooth.

4. Repeat for second pill. Go fast and firm and it will be over in a flash.

I miss having alot of cats. Random weekday afternoon. Get out of school (from 3d grade onward), down to the water with a Hawaiian sling...toast a couple of fish for dinner. Cats get the leftovers. I fall asleep with 8 or more heavily purring cats crammed into any free space on my bed. To this day I don't sleep really soundly unless I can hear the ocean or I've got a cat purring near my head.

Mike/wulfie

[Gh0stFT]

Ozark i gave up on my cat, no chance with the pills here.
Now i let the Veterinary surgeon(sp?) do it every 3 Month
or so with a syringe(sp?). Much easier this way

[Ripsnort]

Ya know what the difference between a cat and a dog is when playing "Pet Football"?  You can punt the cat further on 4th down.

[AKDejaVu]

Have this gal do it for you:

[Animal]

SOB is such a gentle, caring man
Rip, why dont ya take him with you, he no longer belongs in our outfit

[Ripsnort]

Ozarks cat sends his regards to suggestions on this forum:

[Nifty]

I wish all I had to do for my cat is two pills!  Mine has possible hairball (no relation to Hang's ol' cat) issues and can't cough them up or pass them.  So he's regurgitating his food every so often.  The vet gave me this remedy that's a tuna flavored gel like stuff.  The cat that has no problems getting her hairballs up LOVES the stuff.  The cat that needs it wants nothing to do with it.  (typical cats!)  Anyways, I gotta open the cat's mouth and squirt an inch of the stuff onto the roof of his mouth so he's forced to lick it, kinda like giving peanut butter to a dog.  Took two applications to get the full dose in him, and I think he even choked on it a little.  The poor guy's left eye was all watery.  

I get to do this every day this week, and then every other day next week.  Cat's gonna hate me.  

[SOB]

Originally posted by Animal
SOB is such a gentle, caring man
Rip, why dont ya take him with you, he no longer belongs in our outfit

Come out from under Ripsnort's desk, and whipe off your chin why don't ya.


SOB