Pet owners is this how it's like giving pills to cats and dogs?

[NJmaverick]

How to give a 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 onto 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 damn 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 bastard’s 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.


How To Give A Dog A Pill:

1. Wrap it in bacon.

2. Toss it in the air.

[Pool Hall Ace]

1. Why don't you stop by your local pet suppy store and pick up some pill pockets.

I use them for my dog. No muss, no fuss! They make them for cats, too (in both salmon and chicken flavors, I believe). :hi:

They're mushy little treats that you just pop the pill in to, then feed to the pet. Voila!

Or are cats smart enough to know that there is medicine in there that you want them to take?? I don't know that much about cats.

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. My kitteh licks pill pockets and then walks away. LOL

[cwydro]

2. Lol!

My cat will NOT take a pill. Haven't tried in years and thank god she is healthy.

I give the dogs their meds in hot dogs. I call them PDUs (pill delivery units!)

[Chemisse]

27. LOL - I just finished off 2 lbs of hot dogs getting my girl to take

a whole round of antibiotics. They work perfectly. :)

[hippywife]

3. Not here.

Just mix it in a little canned cat food and it's snarfed down in seconds. I give my older cat a quarter of a baby aspirin each morning and evening. So far, after months of doing this, there have been no problems. She thinks it belongs in there. :rofl:

[grasswire]

17. HW, what is the baby aspirin for?

Pain? What?

[hippywife]

20. She's very arthritic.

She has problems with her legs, in addition to being diabetic. Our bed is antique (it was my grandparents first bed) and Bill built steps for her to get into bed but even those get a little difficult for her. Altho she's still stiff, she seems not to mind the extra effort it takes to get up there. She seems to do a lot better getting around with the aspirin.

Hiya, sweetie. :hug:

[Roon]

4. Years ago I had a cat that needed daily medicine for a long time

I have since become an expert on giving cat pills. I can give any cat,anywhere, a pill with ease. I had to, my poor kitty would have been traumatized when it was pill time.

[Bertha Venation]

5. Eerily accurate.

Pill pockets don't work for us. :(

[Pool Hall Ace]

6. Wha . . ? A kitty turns down a pill pocket?

Cats really are different from dogs!

[Bertha Venation]

7. The only similarities between cats and dogs are that

they have four paws, two eyes, two ears, a nose and a mouth.

Believe me, if I could pill a cat by wrapping the pill in bacon and tossing it at her, I would.

[MountainLaurel]

9. Mine won't eat them either.

We've been together for 8 years, and I think I've successfully pilled her 3 times.

[joeybee12]

8. Actually, those 15 steps is the EASY way!

Had to do it twice...absolute hell.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Cats do not behave like dogs. They can't be easily duped by mere food.

They are pygmy tigers, and they don't think about the pygmy part at all.

[fizzgig]

15. that is one of the most apt descriptions of cats i've ever heard

i love it and i think it might just have to go in my sig :)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. Why, thank you! I'm honored.

I've been around cats for a long time. And one day last year I went out to the zoo, where there is a very nice big outdoor enclosure for several Siberian tigers. Part of the enclosure has a glass wall, and on the other side of the wall was a big, gorgeous tiger who was behaving just like a ... cat. You could run along the wall and the tiger would chase you, then she'd run back a little distance, crouch down and then run toward the glass and stand up and put her paws on it. I played with her for a long time. And then it occurred to me that my little cats are just the same. They are tiny tigers.

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. It was like that until I started wrapping kitteh up in a towel, greasing the pill in margarine, then

prying his little jaws open while I hold him upside down and whoosh! Although if I don't get the pill in at the back of his throat we do go through chomped fingers and spit out mushy pills and all of that.

[Hayabusa]

28. The towel trick!

My mom and I have to use that on our cat who needs to take liquid medicine twice a day. Works wonders unless you get a bad wrap.

[GreenPartyVoter]

29. Yeah, The purrito is a life saver. LOL We started doing it years ago when

the kittehs were babies and had ear mite problems.

[Strong Atheist]

13. An oldie, but goodie:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4641025#4641419

[Moondog]

14. My cat eats the outer parts of the pill pocket and spits out the pill.

I bought a gizmo from the vet that they call a pill gun. It's a plastic plunger with a flexible plastic end. You stick the pill into the flexible part, open the cat's mouth, stick this thing in there so that the flexible part is at the back of their throat, push the plunger, and pull it out of the cats mouth. Hold the cat still, stroke under the chin until they swallow. Works as well as anything, and a lot better than pill pockets, butter, or trying to throw the thing into the back of their mouth.

[blue_onyx]

16. One of my cats does that too

When I first had to give her a pill, the pill pocket worked. I guess she caught on and started spitting the pill out. Our other cat will gladly eat the pill pocket with the pill.

The only thing worse than trying to give a cat a pill is trying to give a cat liquid medicine. I was holding the cat and my mom tried to squirt the medicine in her mouth. After 15 minutes, we decided that it wasn't going to work and called the vet for a different medicine.

[susanr516]

18. Exactly like that

Except I use a slice of American cheese instead of a piece of bacon for my dog. The cat must be wrapped in a towel and, even then, it takes two people to hold her still.

[cherish44]

21. I've given pills to cats and dogs...yeah dogs are easier

When my kitty was on antibiotic pills I felt so bad, I had to basically shove the pills down (it was usually a two person job). He never stayed mad at me for long though, that's what so great about cats. (I always gave him lots of extra love and petting when he finally forgave me). Yeah with dogs, just hide the pill in their food...so easy :)

[NJmaverick]

22. I always thought cats were good at holding grudges

[MrsBrady]

23. i use one of these pill things to get it far back in the mouth.

If my husband is home, he will help hold her...while she is on the table or kitchen counter.

If I'm alone....I sort of straddle her on my knees, not pushing her down, of course...just so she can't move away...
and lean over and open her mouth with my left hand and push the pill in with the right...

I make sure to put the pill in the pill thing before I even get started. Then I go find her.
Being quick about it is the most important thing. You've also got to put it in the back of her mouth or it won't work.

Not fun, but I've learned to be quick about it. She's pissed for about 5 minutes, and then she's back to her normal sweet self.
I also try to do it when she's been sleeping or calm. I never do this when she's been playing or hasn't eaten or upset with the other cats.

http://www.yourpetsbestfriend.com/your_pets_best_friend/2007/02/how_to_give_a_c.html

[merh]

24. I have one of these

I grind up the pill and sprinkle it on their food or mix it with water and use a syringe and squirt it in their mouths or down their throats.

I stopped trying to out smart them and/or wrestle them some time ago.

[muffin1]

25. Oh, my god,

I am laughing so hard, I can barely type. Your method sounds about right. We have 4 cats, and whenever pills are prescribed, we either see if the formula is available in liquid form (a LITTLE easier), or we board kitty at the vet and let them do it.

I am going to print your post and give it to every cat owner I know.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[kedrys]

26. "Pill" was a verb at our house

We had to give Immie pills every day, and although he was smart enough to know that they made him feel better, he hated it, and I often thought I'd prefer to shove my hands into a barrel of broken glass instead. :rofl: The wrapping in the towel combined with a pill popper thingie helped a lot.