HOW TO GIVE A CAT A PILL:

Manual to Give Pill to a cat:

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 on to 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 ~censored~'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.
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Reply #1 Top
  an oldy but a goody......

I have been through many of these steps....most especially No. 6.....

never have gotten one down the little buggers' throats yet.....
have a shelf of expensive cat pills.....unused......they recovered anyway.....  

...used to have dogs....and bacon.....  
Reply #3 Top
                I've been there many times.
Reply #4 Top
Aha...there's a much better way to give a cat a pill, in fact there's a couple....

The first involves a piece of string and making the cat believe you don't want it to have the pill. The secret is in attaching the pill to the piece of string, then getting its attention by pulling the pill away from it....

The more you pull the pill, the more the cat thinks it's a game, and once you get the pill off the ground and airborne, it's time to really tease the cat so much that it actually wants the pill. However, you do not allow the cat to catch it just yet...you need to tire it out just a bit more....

When the cat appears to be too tired to chase it any longer, you allow the cat to catch it....cat eats pill so you can't get it back.

@ #2 ....saw a huge stretch limo once, had seating enough for 12 comfortably...one of those designer cats (just like that ) on the back seat.
Reply #5 Top
Second way involves the pill a peashooter and a workbench with vice....

Firstly: take hold of cat with authority and take to workshop to insert head in prepared vice on workbench prior to sufficiently tightening....

Secondly: take pill between thumb and forefinger and hold in front of mouth end of peashooter. Insert pill in mouth end of peashooter and other end of peashooter in cat.....blow like buggery.

Precautions: ensure you don't mistakenly suck instead...that the cat doesn't blow first.
Reply #6 Top
- this is pretty darn accurate, went through the process one time many years ago when our cat was sick, we found we had to have a 2nd person on hand to put a few drops of water in the cats mouth following the pill to force her to swallow (either that or rub her neck which the vet said were make her swallow - yeah right), otherwise she would just hack out the pill and we'd have to start all over again once we chased her down and were able to hold her in place for the next attempt.

Reply #7 Top
wulfn1 rolls on the floor wiping tears from her eyes....
haven't laughed that hard in a good while!!!
Reply #8 Top
The more you pull the pill, the more the cat thinks it's a game, and once you get the pill off the ground and airborne, it's time to really tease the cat so much that it actually wants the pill. However, you do not allow the cat to catch it just yet...you need to tire it out just a bit more....
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