How not to medicate a cat
Category Pets
Aunt Linda (not really my Aunt, kinda like my Aunt-in-law once removed) has been updating me on the status of her cat . Coffee came out of the nose when I read this one. Enjoy.
For anyone who has tried to give a pill to a cat....
Aunt Linda (not really my Aunt, kinda like my Aunt-in-law once removed) has been updating me on the status of her cat . Coffee came out of the nose when I read this one. Enjoy.
For anyone who has tried to give a pill to a cat....
Day 1 – Give Mandy a Pill…..
Michelle (Cat person with shelter experience and very smart person) offers to show me how to give Mandy her pill
Process has been planned out already…in my mind…Plan A
I block off entrance to basement so as to limit the escape routes
Michelle calls….she is on her way
I instruct Dawn (who is here for AI night) to approach Mandy…which then forces Mandy to ‘escape’ upstairs (as planned)
Locate Mandy under bed and start sweet talking her. She comes out for some petting since she was deprived of it for 4 days while awaiting surgery at Vets.
Grab her….rush to Bathroom…CLOSE DOOR…………Success
While waiting for Michelle, I give Mandy her Liquid Meds….not easy but Do-able….Success
Michelle shows up but cannot come into Bathroom until I secure Mandy to avoid any escape outta the room.
Mandy secured, but Michelle cannot get the door open (lose knob…damit)
Release Mandy…turn door knob….place towel in front of Mandy to ‘hide’ door opening….Success
Michelle insists…no help from me….she wants to show me how to do it ‘alone’
She uses sweet talk to calm Mandy, but the Eyeballs remain VERY LARGE and highly suspicious (Mandy’s and Mine)
Michelle ‘secures’ (use the term loosely) Mandy between her legs (all activity is done by us on our knees) and begins to pry her mouth open.
A little opening…toss the pill…maybe OK….out pops the pill
Serious Squirming (Mandy & me)…..
Try again….maybe OK…out pops the pill
Try again….looking good….Mandy licks her nose (a sign she has swallowed)…no pill pops out….Yippee!!!!
We all stay in position….celebrating success…Good Girl Mandy…giving her praise…and patting ourselves on the back.
Yucking it up….planning the next night’s pill…discussing tactics….what trick worked….Ha…Ha…Ha…We Bad!
Mandy appears OK now and we both start to get up off the floor. Then, what is that on the floor, underneath Michelle’s lap….THE STINKIN PILL.
Sunsabitches…..
Michelle insisted on going again. I insisted on helping. I try to secure Mandy…Michelle tries to pry open her mouth….I try to assist by pulling Mandy’s upper jaw open when POW…top and bottom jaws slam shut…with my finger on the inside. Blood…Mine…I am done. The pill is now in 2 pieces. For me…pill time Over. The end.
Michelle insists on trying again (can never let the cat win…it sets a bad precedent).
I leave the room….don’t know what happened, but do know that Michelle, Mandy and 2 pieces of pill walked outta that room in about 10 minutes.
(I sense Michelle wants to spend the night….just so she can keep trying….but Thankfully her Daughter is with her and she must go home)
We mix the pill pieces in with Mandy’s dry food…maybe she will eat it unknowingly. Mandy continues on like all is OK.
Michelle goes Home.
Mandy curls up on couch and falls asleep
Dawn goes home
I go to bed
Check this morning….Mandy’s dry food All Gone…..except for 2 pieces of that freakin pill
Call the Vet
They are having the pill medicine compounded into a paste. This can be stuck in her ear or other places without teeth. To be continued….
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