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How to give a pill to a cat

GOK

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A little humour for all you dog lovers...and cat lovers too!

1. Pick up cat and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.

2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.

3. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.

4. Take 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.

5. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse from garden.

6. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.

7. Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.

8. Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.

9. Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink 1 beer to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.

10. Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Open another beer. 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.

11. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on hinges. Drink beer. Fetch bottle of Scotch. Pour shot, drink. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot. Apply whiskey compress to cheek to disinfect.Toss back another shot. Throw Tee shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.

12. Call fire department to retrieve the darn cat from across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil wrap.

13. Tie the little b*****d's front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table, find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of filet steak. Be rough about it. Hold head vertically and pour 2 pints of water down throat to wash pill down.

14. Consume remainder of Scotch. Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order new table.

15. Arrange for SPCA to collect mutant cat from hell and call local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.

HOW TO GIVE A DOG A PILL

1. Wrap it in bacon.
2. Toss it in the air.
3. Pat poodle on head as it wags tail for another.
 

CanadaDoll

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lol lol lol It's funny cause it's true!
When I was younger my mom had a pretty tidy system going to medicate our cat, I guess you learn pretty fast, but have you ever heard a cat growl? Ours did when she was unimpressed.
Thanks for posting GOK, that was a great laugh!:D
 

pigeon toe

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Hahaha! Oh goodness, so true! I'm terrified of cats, whenever someone brings them near me they freak out and cling to my clothing/skin with their evil little claws or end up scratching me.

Dogs, on the other hand, are a lot less volatile and therefore less frightening. It takes a strong person to be a cat owner!
 

Lady Day

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I generally give my cat meds in tube, or droplet form. He was taking an oil to help him digest his furballs so they wouldnt end up all over the floor, and that was the texture of tooth paste, but liver flavored :eek:

Needless to say, he was not into the whole grab him. But I found if you grab a cat, pry their mouth open, and brush whatever it is on the roof of their mouth (pills included) with their mouth open, they will lick it off and swallow by reflex. Has worked pretty well for me, but my kittie is declawed so...:rolleyes:


LD
 

LizzieMaine

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My dear old cat, now no longer with us, used to have to take pills twice a day -- and after much trial and error I figured out the only way to get her to take them was to get some of those chewy kitty treat things, cut a small opening in them with a paring knife, and carefully insert the pill in the middle. This worked most of the time, but every now and then she'd put me in my place by carefully eating away the treat and leaving the pill in her bowl. She got so good at this that the pill wouldn't even be damp -- and she knew I'd come right back and rig up *another* loaded treat for her. Sometimes we'd go thru this routine four or five times before she finally decided to swallow her medicine. She had me very well trained.
 

TheKitschGoth

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LizzieMaine said:
She had me very well trained.

Heehee, this is why I love cats so much.. they're cunning, manipulative and totally mad. Somehow I find these quaities endearing, only if they're wrapped in fur though :D

My cat was a nuisance to give pills to, right near the end she was fairly weak, but somehow always managed to become very strong whenever there was medicine involved [huh]
 

happyfilmluvguy

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That's horrible!

Poor cat....

Sounds like a 50's beer commercial.


"retrieve cat from shed...drink beer"

"hold cat down by the paws...drink another beer"

There should be a slogan at the end

"So if you own a cat, drink OUR beer!"
 

Elaina

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My cat's been sick so much, and wouldn't take his pills.

After trying everything, I got fed up and glared at the cat and said "Fine. Will you PLEASE take this damn thing?"

Sadly, this is how I get the cat to take his pills. "Ok Ernie, will you take your pill for me?"
 

Folly

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Thank you for posting this GOK, I have seen this before and was trying to tell my husband about it as we've recently been having to give our cat pills. Jessica is a spitfire of a tortoiseshell who can and will turn on a sixpence and go from purring and lovey dovey to trying to rip your arm off in a heartbeat.

We started off hiding them inside Rice Crispies as she likes them. She took two absolutely brilliantly. Tablet three was concealed in butter - no luck. Concealed in cheese - no luck. We ended up pinning her down, my husband grabbed her head, I forced her mouth open and shoved in the tablet .. she pinged the tablet back out with her powerful Super-Tongue. This happened three times, and by this point, the claws were out and her eyes were looking positively evil. She ran into a corner with the pill hanging from her whisker and started coughing and being melodramatic. We grabbed her again and with no fear for my own safety, I pried open Devil-Cat's mouth and dropped the pill into her mouth, clamped her mouth shut, stroked her throat rapidly and then confused her by stroking her and making lots of cooing noises and cries of, "Good girl! Good girl!" and all was forgotten as she then had cat nip treats and was soon lying on the floor with glassy eyes lol
 

thetankw/ahat

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Folly said:
Thank you for posting this GOK, I have seen this before and was trying to tell my husband about it as we've recently been having to give our cat pills. Jessica is a spitfire of a tortoiseshell who can and will turn on a sixpence and go from purring and lovey dovey to trying to rip your arm off in a heartbeat.

We started off hiding them inside Rice Crispies as she likes them. She took two absolutely brilliantly. Tablet three was concealed in butter - no luck. Concealed in cheese - no luck. We ended up pinning her down, my husband grabbed her head, I forced her mouth open and shoved in the tablet .. she pinged the tablet back out with her powerful Super-Tongue. This happened three times, and by this point, the claws were out and her eyes were looking positively evil. She ran into a corner with the pill hanging from her whisker and started coughing and being melodramatic. We grabbed her again and with no fear for my own safety, I pried open Devil-Cat's mouth and dropped the pill into her mouth, clamped her mouth shut, stroked her throat rapidly and then confused her by stroking her and making lots of cooing noises and cries of, "Good girl! Good girl!" and all was forgotten as she then had cat nip treats and was soon lying on the floor with glassy eyes lol
are you sure you werent the one who wrote that thing?
 

Steve

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Lady Day said:
...and that was the texture of tooth paste, but liver flavored :eek:
Shelley, I could have gone the rest of my life without hearing it put that way...:eusa_doh: ;)

And as a cat liver, I mean lover, or at the least, owner, I enjoyed this thread.
 

czack

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Was the Middle Ages right?

In the Middle Ages cats were considered the spawn of Satan. Were they on to something?
 

Maj.Nick Danger

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TheKitschGoth said:
Heehee, this is why I love cats so much.. they're cunning, manipulative and totally mad. Somehow I find these quaities endearing, only if they're wrapped in fur though :D

My cat was a nuisance to give pills to, right near the end she was fairly weak, but somehow always managed to become very strong whenever there was medicine involved [huh]

Aww,...thanks. We like you too. :) If I ever get to England, may I drive your car? I just love the thought of driving on the wrong side of the road. ;)
 

Tourbillion

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Perhaps they saw this cat in the Middle Ages,

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Still, I recommend liquid medicines whenever possible.
 

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