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gailsedotes ([personal profile] gailsedotes) wrote2008-01-15 02:21 pm

pilling the cat [green - with oozing red from open wounds]

need more ideas on how to pill a VERY unwilling beast of evilcat. I have tried:
  • wrapping pill in butter
  • shoving as far down throat and holding mouth shut
  • wrapping cat in a towel (much like the [livejournal.com profile] ejde cat-in-a-babygrow experiment not entirely sucessful)
  • sitting on top of cat
  • grinding pill and mixing with water and syringing cat
  • asserting dominance and gently biting cat's ear - that was spetactuallry disaterous
  • mixing pill with tuna - they are not easily fooled

    also where's a good place to buy bandages in bulk?
  • [identity profile] 1ngi.livejournal.com 2008-01-15 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
    A vet told me this one: grind pill and mix into 1 pt butter 1pt marmite and spread it on his paw and leg. Chuck cat outside (so as not to mess furniture) it will be forced to lick it off coz the marmite smells so strong. I discovered you had to mix it with butter otherwise the cat, and by cat I mean Parsley, can roll it up off the fur and flick it away!

    [identity profile] 1ngi.livejournal.com 2008-01-15 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
    pt means part not pint btw. Just in case! he he he.

    [identity profile] blue-dormouse.livejournal.com 2008-01-15 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
    My sympathy, Our cats are really hard to medicate too. Won't the vet either do it for you or give an injection instead?

    [identity profile] gailsedotes.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 10:13 am (UTC)(link)
    not three times a day for three days...

    [identity profile] katelee.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
    wot you done to my cat now???!!!!

    [identity profile] gailsedotes.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 10:13 am (UTC)(link)
    he's a sweetie and no problem at all (if i can catch him) - it's artemis! a true bitch queen of them all!