Instructions for giving your 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 friend.

6) Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get friend to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down, remove 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 Doulton figures from hearth and set to one side for glueing later.

8) Wrap cat in large towel and get friend to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force cat's mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.

9) Check label to make sure pill is not harmful to humans, drink glass of water to take taste away. Apply band-aid to friend's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.

10) Retrieve cat from neighbour's shed. Get another pill. 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. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot. Throw Tee-shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.

12) Ring fire brigade to retrieve cat from tree across the road. Apologise to neighbour who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil-wrap.

13) Tie cat's front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table, find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed, hold cat's mouth open with small spanner. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of fillet of steak. Hold head vertically and pour pint of water down throat to wash pill down.

14) Get friend 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 cat. Ring local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.

but she just gets mad.

or stroke throat... helps them swallow

hold head back, pop in the back of the mouth

have a syringe of water handy and squirt in the side of cheek
the cat is forced to swallow because of the water

or stroke throat... helps them swallow

Okay, cool! T

Can you tell that to mmy cat?

Hold on! I'll get her!

too many pronouns

This thread needs to be put down like a horse that turned

AsianBomb777 said:

Ahhhh...go clean your ears with your jockstrap.

AsianBomb777 said:

Ahhhh...go clean your ears with your jockstrap.

Have you tried coating the pill with butter? That makes it taste better to the cat and also helps it slide down better. You might also wanna try crunching the pill up and mixing it with some canned food.

Nikster said:

that should work! I coated a piece of cardboard with yogurt and my cat ate it no worries!

Nikster said:

that should work! I coated a piece of cardboard with yogurt and my cat ate it no worries!

ZombieKitten said:

What else can it eat?

I have to give 2 of my kids eyedrops 4 times a day all week such trauma

hold head back, pop in the back of the mouth

have a syringe of water handy and squirt in the side of cheek
the cat is forced to swallow because of the water

ZombieKitten said:

Don't let the drop fall on the eyeball... just let the drop slide in the eyelid.. ( I hope that was proper understandable English )