How to give your cat a pill

greeneyedlady

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How To Give Your Cat A Pill

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 on to 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 **** 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 %*#**!*# 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.
 
Omg, I know the pain. Thanks for posting that.

On a serious note, many cats will hold the pill and then spit it out once you let go of them. One of mine actually FAKES swallowing it.

I've found a way to prevent this though - it's nearly failproof. Once you get the pill in the cat's mouth (a two person job for some of them!), using a small animal syringe filled with water, inject a fw MLs of water into their mouth with the pill. They'll have a swallowing reflex whether they want to or not. The pill goes down with it:)
 
The vet told me that if you hold their mouth shut and blow on their face, it forces a swallow reaction. Hmmm. But I found the syringe of water works, as well. It's a 2 person operation here, my husband holds the cat and I force her mouth open to pop in the pill. She was going bald and has been on steroids. This after all the rounds of antibiotics and other medication last winter when she was very sick... you'd think we'd have it down to an artform by now - well maybe it is, just not a very pretty artform.
 
(got any extra steroids) just kidding
HOW TO GIVE A CAT A BATH
1. open toilet
2. stick cat in toilet
3. close lid very fast and stand on lid
4. make sure no body parts are located around the spacing by the seat
5. flush toilet a couple times
6. get off lid and make sure your not in the way of an extremely angry cat
(not as good as the pill one and maybe not worded correctly) but i thought it was funny when i heard it
 
daveedka said:
How to give a dog a pill:
1. wrap pill in bacon
2. toss bacon wrapped pill into the air near the dog!!!


And if you got a picky dog..have a second dog there...the first one will snap it up double quick to keep it away from the other one. Of course you have to have "blanks" to treat the "accessory" dog...
 
Just one of the many reasons dogs are better than cats.
Why do differences always have to come down to one thing being better than another?


That wasn't what I was after.
the first time I ever saw this very funny (and frustratingly accurate) description or medicating cats, it ended with the instructions for giving a dag a pill, so I thought I'd add them here. To each their own as far as pets go.
Dave
 
kveeti said:
Why do differences always have to come down to one thing being better than another?

My apologies for courting controversy and my deepest condolences to all you cat lovers. Actually the cat's being a bit uppity lately and since she was watching me type I figured I’d try to take her down a peg or two. Worked to she came sucking up shortly after, course she took a turn for the worse as soon as I fed her.
 
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