How To Give A Cat A Pill

[ElsewheresDaughter]

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 neighbour'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 damn cat from across the
road. Apologize to neighbour who crashed into fence while swerving to
avoid cat. Take last pill from foil wrap.

13. Tie the little bastard'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
fillet 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 RSPCA 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.


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[Mike 03]

1. Love this post. You are so right on.

It's beyond belief how difficult it is to "pill" a cat. I've tried everything in the book, including breaking the pill into little pieces and hiding it inside tuna or cat food. The food will go down, but the little pieces of pill will shoot out of his mouth.

[kentauros]

2. Or you do it the easy way: Pill Pockets

I had to struggle, too, to get a pill down my cat's throat. I was even having to do it with the Pill Pockets... at first. As soon as he tasted that wrapped up pill, it disappeared like any normal "treat" :D

I highly recommend them. Greenies is the brand I use, partly because that's what the vet gave me and what my KipperKat loves. Now he takes his medicine like a dog would with bacon wrapped around it ;)

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. No good in our family. One ate his way around the pill and the other just licked the pocket then

walked away. LOL

[CreekDog]

7. damned cats!!!

:rant:

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. So true!

[hippywife]

5. Really?

We just crush it up or break it in half and put it in wet food, which they rarely get, so it gets snarfed down in no time.

Funny post, tho. :hi:

[CreekDog]

6. i swear cats just don't trust

i mean i feed you everyday, do you really think i'm trying to off you with 1 little pill?