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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Ozark on October 14, 2002, 03:28:40 PM
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The Damn Cat (that’s its name) has worms and I get the honor of poking two pills down its throat. Someone posted a how to guide for giving cats a pill. Anyone have a copy of it?
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Step 1. Gasp pills firmly between thumb and forefinger
Step 2. Pet the cat softly with your other hand.
Step 3. Hand the pills to your wife and run!
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Easy, stick it on the back of their tongue, cats have to swallow it, they can't spit it up like dogs.(Grain on their tongue runs backward)
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You can grab them gently by the head with free hand. Use the pill hand index finger to push their mouths open and put the pill toward their throat. Don't force it down, let em swallow and dont hold their heads so tight they fight you. The easier you are, the easier they are.
You shoulda tried learing how to give injections. One of our cats has diabetes and gets two injections a day. He now expects it and just sits for it. Go easy.
hardcase
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Try some wormer that comes in a tube and tastes like kitty treat or buy some you can sprinkle on their food. The later is what I have used.
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buy some wet food and out it in there!;)
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What we used to do that worked well was, we'd get an eye dropper and fill it with water... surround the cat, hold him down, pry his mouth open drop the pills in and shoot the water in there. The water made him swallow and down the pills went. He was usually bent out of shape about the whole ordeal but he got over it in a few minutes.
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HOW TO GIVE A CAT A PILL:
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- Pick up cat and cradle in the crook of your left arm as if you were holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of the cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while hold pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.
- Retrieve pill from floor and cat from under chair. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.
- Retrieve cat from bedroom and throw soggy pill away.
- Take a new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten.
- Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse in from garden.
- Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, holding front and rear paws. Ignore low growling sounds emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold cat's head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.
- Retrieve cat from curtain rail; get another pill from foil wrap. Make a note to buy a new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines from hearth and set aside for gluing later.
- Wrap cat in a large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with its head just visible from beneath spouse's armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force cat's mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.
- Check label to make sure pill is not harmful to humans; drink glass of water to take the taste away. Apply bandage to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.
- Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Place cat in cupboard and close door onto neck to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon, flick pill down throat with elastic band.
- Fetch screwdriver from garage and put door back on hinges. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot. Throw T-shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.
- Ring the fire brigade to retrieve cat from tree across the road. Apologize to the neighbor who crashed into the fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil wrap.
- Tie cat's front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table. Find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed. Force cat's mouth open with small trowel. Push pill into mouth followed by a large piece of fillet steak. Hold head vertically and pour a pint of water down throat to wash pill down.
- Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Stop by furniture store on the way home to order new table.
- Arrange for vet to make house call.
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HOW TO GIVE A DOG A PILL:
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- Wrap it in bacon.
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This works with my cat - she's very tame tho'...
Sit cat in your lap, cup the back of cat's head with one hand, poke your finger in the tip of cat's mouth so he/she opens mouth, use the thumb from your hand cupping the cat's head and press it gently into the side of the cat's mouth, at the back near the joint(don't need to poke it in too far, this is just to hold the mouth open), drop in pill, hold mouth shut until the swallow, pet cat profusely.
Don't know if it'd work with other cats or not, I just have experience with mine...very tolerant. When I first got her from the pound, she had ear mites, worms, some sort of cat cold, and had a nasty drip from one eye. First trip to the Vet netted her a thermometer in the pooper, light shined in her eyes, gel toejam slimed onto her eyes, two pills, and ear mite stuff squirted into her ears. At the very end she let out a little whimper of a growl. At that point, any reservations I had about getting an animal from the pound subsided!
SOB
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A variation on this technique has been successfull with other types of felines. :D
Originally posted by SOB
This works with my cat - she's very tame tho'...
Sit cat in your lap, cup the back of cat's head with one hand, poke your finger in the tip of cat's mouth so he/she opens mouth, use the thumb from your hand cupping the cat's head and press it gently into the side of the cat's mouth, at the back near the joint(don't need to poke it in too far, this is just to hold the mouth open), drop in pill, hold mouth shut until the swallow, pet cat profusely.
Don't know if it'd work with other cats or not, I just have experience with mine...very tolerant. When I first got her from the pound, she had ear mites, worms, some sort of cat cold, and had a nasty drip from one eye. First trip to the Vet netted her a thermometer in the pooper, light shined in her eyes, gel toejam slimed onto her eyes, two pills, and ear mite stuff squirted into her ears. At the very end she let out a little whimper of a growl. At that point, any reservations I had about getting an animal from the pound subsided!
SOB
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Originally posted by SOB
This works with my cat - she's very tame tho'...
Sit cat in your lap, cup the back of cat's head with one hand, poke your finger in the tip of cat's mouth so he/she opens mouth, use the thumb from your hand cupping the cat's head and press it gently into the side of the cat's mouth, at the back near the joint(don't need to poke it in too far, this is just to hold the mouth open), drop in pill, hold mouth shut until the swallow, pet cat profusely.
Don't know if it'd work with other cats or not, I just have experience with mine...very tolerant. When I first got her from the pound, she had ear mites, worms, some sort of cat cold, and had a nasty drip from one eye. First trip to the Vet netted her a thermometer in the pooper, light shined in her eyes, gel toejam slimed onto her eyes, two pills, and ear mite stuff squirted into her ears. At the very end she let out a little whimper of a growl. At that point, any reservations I had about getting an animal from the pound subsided!
SOB
I had to quote this whole thing SOB. You big caring gallute you.
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throw that one away and get a new one :eek: :D
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I usually place my hand accross the cats head in such a way that my fingers are on one side of his top jaw and my thumb on the other with my palm on the top of his head.
I gently pull back the top of the jaw until the mouth is agape and the nose is pointing somewhat skyward
drop pill with other hand into the center of his mouth so it lands deep in there then let his head go.
pet profusely and generally suck up afterwards, maybe food reward or pounce treat or something.
the quicker, gentler and more confidant you are about it will make your cat more confidant and he/she'll be less likely to stop speaking with you afterwards. :D
Good Luck.
I also bathe mine (rarely) and clip their nails without problems..takes alot of trust on their part for both.
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Hhm... I haven't had much luck with the above advice.
What seems to work well for me is to position the cat's head between the forearm and bicep of your left arm. With your right hand gently cup the back of the cats head. Then you squeeze... and squeeze... and squeeze.... and squeeze....
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shoot the cat...
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Originally posted by Udie
throw that one away and get a new one :eek: :D
ROFL! What's your address?
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no thanks! Already have 3 toejame filters here now. 2 cats and a dog is enough for one household!
:p
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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.
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as long as he doesn't go drop you a present in your slippers I'd say all's well that ends well :)
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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..."
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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
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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. :cool:
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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
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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 ;)
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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.
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Have this gal do it for you:
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SOB is such a gentle, caring man
Rip, why dont ya take him with you, he no longer belongs in our outfit :(
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Ozarks cat sends his regards to suggestions on this forum:
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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. ;)
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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
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Originally posted by SOB
Come out from under Ripsnort's desk, and whipe off your chin why don't ya.
SOB
With the light off, it seems no different than you!
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first off wlfgng go away cause you said evil cat hateing things
"shoot the cat..."
second.....dont even get me started about giving my cat suzie ANY meds......its world war III if we even try....the last time we trimmed her razors was a year ago...and i got three scars on my arm from that one......now when we first got her...she had ear mites.....seems all cats from pound have em...so we had the stupid drops to put it.....soo i would put the bottle of medication in my pocket to warm it up some....then wrap the cat in a towel....and have mom clamp down on the cats head with both hands...while dad stood at the ready by the door....many a time she somehow wiggled out of the towel and took off.....but when we did get the drops in and mom let go of her head.....she would shake so hard they would come spraying back out of her ear onto us....
BTW i almost died laughing at some of the stuff in here....Ripsnort that pic you put up ROFL....but mkuebeler's post i fell out of my chair
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... or you could get Kitty wasted first...
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
With the light off, it seems no different than you!
Please, what and who you think about when you're having sex with your wife or getting head from Analmal is really nobody's business but your own . . . really, no one else wants to know
SOB
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(http://www.wreckedexotics.com/bad/027.jpg)
:D
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Originally posted by hardcase
You shoulda tried learing how to give injections. One of our cats has diabetes and gets two injections a day. He now expects it and just sits for it. Go easy.
Two injections a day? huh..
poor cat :(