Ed is really ticked at me. (Ed is the cat……Edward Scissorhands, formally.) I’ve known for about two weeks that we had to go see the vet. Ed is an indoor/outdoor cat. He eats ground squirrels and chases birds, and he develops worms. YUCK!
He follows the same pattern every time. He gets surly, looses his appetite, upchucks all over the place, and then gets really picky about what he will eat. I made the appointment on Monday, and took him in at 5:00 tonight. We went through all that just to put two pills down his throat.
My stepson is really good with Ed. I can count on him to help me if it’s necessary to care for the cat, but we have both thrown our hands up in the air and said “I give” when it comes to pilling the cat. I’d rather pay the VET to pill him. Ed figured out what was going on when I went into my mother’s bedroom and gently scooped him up tonight. He was struggling as we got near the cat carrier, and had all four feet splayed out. He managed to hook a claw in my t-shirt…and leave a hole. I think I’ll save this t-shirt for future trips to the vet.
So, now we let him grouse around the house, and make dashing forays to the basement, and tomorrow we will have a brand new, happy cat.
Thank god for pharmaceuticals!
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A vet showed me the trick of how to give a pill to a cat. It works every time (for me anyway). I'll try to explain it to you.
Assuming you're right-handed. Grab the cat's face/snout with your right hand with your palm above the cat's nose and your finger tips at the corner one side of his mouth and your thumb at the other side of his mouth.
Bend his head upward to straighten out his throat.
Using just the ends of your fingers and thumb of your right hand at the sides of his mouth (and while still encircling it's snout) pry open his mouth slightly.
With your left index finger poke the pill into his mouth. And then immediatly close his mouth using your left hand (still grasping his snout with your right hand) and hold his mouth closed.
Now blow into his face.
The cat will blink and swallow in reaction to having someone blow into his face like that. Voila! He's swallowed the pill.
Posted by a2akl | September 20, 2003 2:18 AM
Posted on September 20, 2003 02:18
my cat woudlnt swallow so i had 2 put it in his butt, not sure but does that menicine work?
Posted by pood | February 1, 2004 2:55 PM
Posted on February 1, 2004 14:55