Mave:
Oh, my!! Do we kitty owners know how close to the truth that pill story comes!!! Thanks for the chuckle!
Seriously, I had to give a daily pill to my kitty, Gizmo, for over two years before I lost her to intestinal cancer (she had a glorious life with me for almost 15 years - I like to think now that she's spending her time curled up in my parents' laps). What I discovered to be the best way was to put the pill in a shot glass (sans tequila
), add a bit of water and give it a little while to dissolve, and then suck it up into an eye dropper. Then it was time to put Giz into her daily headlock, pry open her mouth quickly, and then **squirt** - deed done. She didn't have a chance to spit anything out, so it worked like a charm.
I use this same technique to get a tranquilizer into Tiggy before her vet appts. But even full of meds, the docs have to use those leather up-to-the-elbow gloves to handle her. She just totally freaks at the vets.
Poor thing! But on our most recent trips, she's decided to get back at me by peeing in the carrier. UGH
