I pick them up by the back of the neck. It is like you gave them morphine. It must be a reflex to allow the mother to carry her kittens. Problem is, after a few times with the pills, they get wise. Then the game becomes catching them.
Hilarious—we use the towel trick and thus far, the cat hasn’t caught on. “Hey, how’s it going? Hey, nice towel. HEY, what are you doing there!?!?!? I had no idea you were going to actually WRAP me in this towel!” She’s smart, but in some very helpful ways, she’s not so smart…
Amateurs. I had to give my cat a pill every day for most of his 19 years. Just use the thumb and forefinger of one hand to open his mouth, and poke the pill on the back of his tongue with the other hand. Hold his little muzzle shut and rub his throat until he swallows. Then give him moist food to make sure the pill goes all the way down.
I used to have a cat ages ago and regularly trimmed his claws. It usually wasn’t too much of a struggle for either one of us unless I cut one too short. But never had to force a pill on him.
Stick the pill in a chunk of hot dog. That’s what my aunt used to do for her dog. A dog that only liked to eat cat food, incidentally. Well, that and hot dogs with pills in them.
We had to give our cat a nasty-tasting liquid medicine when he was a kitten. We followed up by giving him tuna. He got to the point that he would come to us when he saw us get the medicine out because he knew that tuna was coming.
Don’t know whether that would work with a pill, though.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Ha; indoor cats don’t get worms (usually).
J Short almost 10 years ago
I pick them up by the back of the neck. It is like you gave them morphine. It must be a reflex to allow the mother to carry her kittens. Problem is, after a few times with the pills, they get wise. Then the game becomes catching them.
j2p2 almost 10 years ago
Hilarious—we use the towel trick and thus far, the cat hasn’t caught on. “Hey, how’s it going? Hey, nice towel. HEY, what are you doing there!?!?!? I had no idea you were going to actually WRAP me in this towel!” She’s smart, but in some very helpful ways, she’s not so smart…
yaakovashoshana almost 10 years ago
Amateurs. I had to give my cat a pill every day for most of his 19 years. Just use the thumb and forefinger of one hand to open his mouth, and poke the pill on the back of his tongue with the other hand. Hold his little muzzle shut and rub his throat until he swallows. Then give him moist food to make sure the pill goes all the way down.
bubujin_2 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I used to have a cat ages ago and regularly trimmed his claws. It usually wasn’t too much of a struggle for either one of us unless I cut one too short. But never had to force a pill on him.
ms529212 almost 10 years ago
Stick the pill in a chunk of hot dog. That’s what my aunt used to do for her dog. A dog that only liked to eat cat food, incidentally. Well, that and hot dogs with pills in them.
EarlOfCork almost 10 years ago
We had to give our cat a nasty-tasting liquid medicine when he was a kitten. We followed up by giving him tuna. He got to the point that he would come to us when he saw us get the medicine out because he knew that tuna was coming.
Don’t know whether that would work with a pill, though.
ChrisV almost 10 years ago
This is why I am a dog person.