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2naSalit

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6. Nope.

Reply to niyad (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 12, 2020, 11:06 PM

Dec 2020

I would somehow, this is the part I don't remember really well, approach from behind and smoothly get the cats mouth open with one hand and shove the pill halfway down the throat and exit rapidly. It was a developed moved that was necessary with my half wild beast of a cat at the time. Still miss her.

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Cat owners [View all] left-of-center2012 Dec 2020 OP

Nail trimming day irisblue Dec 2020 #1

oh YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we have 5 OF THE LITTLE WHIPPER SNAPPERS trueblue2007 Dec 2020 #2

My cat raises such a fuss over claw clipping wnylib Dec 2020 #11

Once upon a time... 2naSalit Dec 2020 #3

Did it include full riot gear, the grab and dunk method? niyad Dec 2020 #5

Nope. 2naSalit Dec 2020 #6

I just mix the pill into a teaspoon wnylib Dec 2020 #12

That never worked with her. 2naSalit Dec 2020 #14

Ah well, cats are so idiosyncratic that wnylib Dec 2020 #15

The only thing wrong was the title, "cat owners". We all know who owns whom. niyad Dec 2020 #4

I was always told that dogs have owners, joshdawg Dec 2020 #9

As do I. niyad Dec 2020 #10

I've had both cats and dogs and wnylib Dec 2020 #13

A pill popper makes things really easy. Scruff, insert pill popper, depress plunger... Voila! Karadeniz Dec 2020 #7

Even that wouldn't work with a cat I used to have. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2020 #8

I love the Zen Clipper. It has a custom opening size so you can't cut into the quick Ziggysmom Dec 2020 #16