How to give a cat a pill..

Juneplum

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my cats would do EXACTLY as listed!

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 yard.

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 onto neck to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with rubber 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 friggin' 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 bastard's front paws to rear paws with twine and bind tightly to leg of dining room table, find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of 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 Humane Society 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.
 

redambition

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my cat wasn't so bad with pills... but worming paste. now there's a story.

i swear she could hold her breath and hold the paste at the back of her throat for minutes on end. then as soon as i let go she'd spit it all over me.
 

xiahe

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lmao so true...and i wish my dog took pills that were wrapped in bacon. she took them a hell of a lot easier than my cat did lol
 

SparklingWaves

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Cat pills are a freaking nightmare! The vet always acts like it's no big deal. I ask if it can be given with water. If so, I get a pill cutter and chop up the pill. Put the pill in the water and sip it up in a sterile medicine dropper. Then I wrap up my cat with a towel up to the neck. I have someone else hold the cat like a baby and I put the sterile medicine dropper in the side of the cat's mouth and inject all the diluted med. Mission accomplished. Whew!
 

mjalomo

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1. Place pill in kitty's mouth as suggested (rear cheek is best).
2. Hold kitty's mouth and gently blow on nose.
(This creates a reflex to swallow. My vet taught me this. It almost always works on the first try. )
3. Get dirty looks from angry kitty all day.
 

Willa

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Originally Posted by mjalomo
1. Place pill in kitty's mouth as suggested (rear cheek is best).
2. Hold kitty's mouth and gently blow on nose.
(This creates a reflex to swallow. My vet taught me this. It almost always works on the first try. )
3. Get dirty looks from angry kitty all day.


Hahaha sooooo true

I can imagine my cat giving me the look
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lizardprincesa

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OMGoddess, Juneplum, that's hysterical! I think I've actually gone through several of these steps with a beloved, but insane kitty, a few years ago.
Thanks for sharing this. LOLOL!
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xxxCF

 

Tinkee-Belle

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This is so funny! I haaaate giving cats pills... i always end up with so many scratches! My dog gets 2 pills a day and we just cover them with butter and she gulps it down cuz she thinks its a treat!
 

rbella

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Originally Posted by Juneplum
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.


This is so true!! I have to use a pill shooter to get my cat to take a pill....and I always find it a few days later in another part of the house!!
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SJazzy

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Very true, that almost's what my cats did. They spit out the pill and will start scratching you like a scratching pole if you try feeding it with pill again.
 
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