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Lostmessage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-04 02:19 PM
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How to Give a Cat a Pill
How to Give a Cat a Pill

1. Pick cat up 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 ornaments 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 the label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink 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. Drink another beer then 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.

11. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put door back on hinges. Drink large tumbler of whisky to take away pain. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus jab. Throw Tee shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.

12. Ring fire brigade to retrieve the bl**dy cat from tree 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*stards front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table, find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed, pry cat's mouth open with small spanner.

Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of fillet steak. Hold head vertically and pour a pint of water down throat to wash pill down.

14. 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 at furniture shop on way home to order new table. Arrange for RSPCA to collect cat and ring local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.

How to give a dog a pill:

1. Wrap it in bacon.


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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-04 02:24 PM
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1. Never fails to get a chuckle.
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Lostmessage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-04 02:26 PM
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2. I love it
My boy would keep the pill under his tongue and spit it out after my back was turned and then stuff it in one of his cat toys to keep for evidence against me when he wanted to press charges.

I have a very mean cat and i call him Little Red.
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polmaven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-04 05:22 PM
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6. I guess I am really lucky!
My Teddy's Prozac comes in a kitty sized chew-able "treat". Teddy prefers the liver flavor, but it comes in beef, chicken and tuna flavors too.

I say "Time for medicine Ted" and his head picks up and he comes right to me and gobbles it up.

Only trouble is Tigger got jealous....kinda "Where are my drugs"? So I have to give them their hairball medicine at the same time so Tig won't feel left out!
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-04 02:28 PM
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3. You got that right
I had to give one of my cats some liquid antibiotics twice a day for a week. Yikes! He's now terrified of me.
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TXlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-04 02:30 PM
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4. That's why you give cats suppositories, not pills.
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afraid_of_the_dark Donating Member (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-04 02:31 PM
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5. And my husband wonders why I want a dog...
instead of our cat. :silly:
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