So who’s the smart cookie around here, eh?
Well, I have fooled mama, haha, about a gazillion times since that big anthro VET came here and told her to give me some pink pills (the second one from the top left) for 10 days! HAH. Here is what she has tried, to FOOL me into taking that HUGE round thingy:
1. Crushed and mixed with raw steak. Negative.
2. Crushed and mixed with cooked steak. Negative.
3. Crushed and mixed with favorite wet food. Negative.
4. Chopped in little pieces and wrapped in cheese. Negative.
5. Chopped in little pieces and mixed with Malt Paste. Sort of, but only 1/4 of pill and didn’t work the next 3/4 times, haha.
6. Crushed into yogurt. Negative. And ice cream. Negative.
6. Asking politely, “Loulou, would you PLEASE TAKE YOUR ANTIBIOTIC AND LET’S GET THIS OVER WITH?”
7. A last ditch–BUTTER on paws with crushed pill mixed in! Negative, but butter on bedspread.
What worked:
Zilch.
Well, that’s my news for the day. And frankly, after that guy stuck me TWICE with anti-this and anti-that, I was a changed filly! Er…feline. But he said my troubles would come back if I didn’t have a proper cleaning=anesthetic=mama-in-a-snit=worry all around including papa=what if we DIDN’T have a cleaning=anyone’s opinion is welcome.
And I thought my body was my temple!
Plus, I GOT BUTTER ON MY HEAD!!!
Oh, Loulou – a bitter pill, indeed. Mama sneaked me a pill last week in a small ball of Gouda. I would have preferred truffle filled brie, but Papa woofed that down toute de suite. It’s a trick to find the perfect foil – Rosie, who, sadly, I never knew, had thyroid problems and mama said the only way she would take her pill was in tortilla espagnola from SuperU. We all have our favorites – but I’m hiding this so mama doesn’t find out about the Pill Shooter!!!
Well, I replied to myself, who knows what happened. But the pill shooter was a liquid mess. Maybe a hamburger flavored pill but also MUCH smaller.
Mya I have replied THREE times and my wordpress seems to not ‘Reply’to your comment. Will check into this but I commented on everything you wrote!
Got IT!! Twice – LOL – maybe I’ve been “censored” – !!?? Bon Courage, Loulou – but I’ve found the more I reject the PILLS the better stuff the offending particles get wrapped into. BUT remember – if you don’t eventually swallow them – another SHOT!! So play your cards right…….
Oh, non, not the stick in the pelt!
You poor kitty. Are there any compounding pharmacies to get your meds as a liquid? I have better luck giving my cats liquid meds than pills. I have 6 cats on thyroid meds twice a day and Emmy has heart meds twice a day. Luckily, they are small pills, yours look very big.
IT IS HUGE. About the size of a dime and I have a tiny little throat!!! I don’t understand why pill-makers don’t KNOW that we can’t swallow that stuff. Mama dissolved it but oh, the taste! Even SHE said it tastes bad.
So how many days are we into this no medication, no matter what the temptation? You need to take your med! Not only will it help you but your mama and papa paid good money for it. If you don’t take it, they might make you get a job to pay them back!
Yeah, well, I’ll get a job making TINY pet pills, that’s for sure. I think baby food is on the agenda….
Very clever !
But the pill sits waiting…
Oh, Loulou, you’d better swallow your pills. Sometimes the humans use a piller to shoot the pills to the back of your mouth!
This one is too, too big. Mama is going to dissolve it in water and ‘shoot’ it into my mouth tomorrow with the shooter. That may work unless I’m on my toes, haha.
But are you feeling better ? That was the point, after all. And apparently you and Mama got lots of good exercise out of it ! So you are probably energized with your triumphs and Mama is depressed and exhausted.
PS I notice you didn’t try the baby food suggestion.
Okay, baby food it is. Tomorrow. Any particular flavor? Can kitties have any sort of baby food or does it have to be liver or something? I forgot, frankly, to nudge mama toward the baby food thingy. Thank you. Will give it a try TOMORROW.
A lot of kitties seem to like ham* – just be sure it is all meat.Since it’s baby food it shouldn’t have spices and stuff like garlic in it, but Mama better inspect the label.
* what ever meat flavor you like best would be a first shot.
Okay, baby, here I come.
Gosh LouLou, I didn’t realize those pills were so BIG ! No wonder Mama couldn’t get you to take ’em, even mashed up. My vets have told me about these pills and they ARE horrible tasting, because they are formulated for humans. Are you still in need of them ? The compounding pharmacy might be the way to go. Would you need ONE shot, or one every day ?
I think mama is going to check out the copounding route—a very good idea, or perhaps a shot when needed. And yes, why on earth prescribe pills so big even mama wouldn’t take them!
I find that a nice towel wrapped out the kitty so they can’t wriggle is helpful. Then a finger either side of the jaw, pop the pill and tickle the throat.
Then a lot of fuss and some sort of treat.
Don’t chase with the towel though, because that’s scary. Catch the cat and then take them to the towel and like a ninja, swaddle them!
Oh, I’m so trusting that they can do ANYTHING with me. Which is why mama doesn’t do any of that stuff because she feels so guilty because of my good nature….complicated, no? But I think the shooter or baby food may be the next tries.
I would follow the advice of Carry Loves Cats.
“Then a finger either side of the jaw, pop the pill and tickle the throat.”
That is my recommendation too, based on experience.
The thumb and forefinger must force the mouth open.
If someone can help restraining the kitty, that’s better yet.
Oh, Ralphe, the pill is so big, I’m afraid she’ll choke! I have tried quarters and she did take 2 quarters in malt paste but then she caught on….now I’m going for the baby food process.
Oh, Mya, scratch the pill shooter. Mama used ours with liquid pill and I spit it all over the floor. Frankly, mama said to me, this pill tastes AWFUL. Why don’t vets make pills that taste like hamburger and SMALLER?
Administering medicine orally to cats is hell.
I have probably missed something because I am ni aware of what Darling Loulou is suffering from.
Does it have to do with her tongue sticking out ?
Yes, she has pulled in her tongue but her little teeth were inflamed and not in good shape and the tongue had nowhere to go really but a shot from the vet here helped. But we will clean her teeth back in France.
Maybe papa is carrying that towel for a reason….
Poor little thing. She at least is lucky to live with good people.
When one of my little friends has a problem and I take care of it I cannot help being sorry for those who have no one to look after them.
Today I read that IKEA Italy is giving shelter to wandering dogs. Why not kitties too, I wonder…
Wow, what a kind thing to do and yes…why not kitties?