tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667516629745731439.post8159268333175478844..comments2024-03-20T05:29:43.311-07:00Comments on Diary of a Real-Life Veterinarian: How To Pill A Catkrista magnifico, DVMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15133566329579911573noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667516629745731439.post-50678904155191539582015-03-09T14:09:53.996-07:002015-03-09T14:09:53.996-07:00Hello Edward!
Mighty wonderful advice! I would lik...Hello Edward!<br />Mighty wonderful advice! I would like to see that on video..so please leave a hidden cat cam running and forward me the footage..lol.<br />I agree making it fun, and even better than that, making it a game that they want to be a part of is the key to coraling, coaxing, and canoodling!<br />Thanks for reading and passing along your tricks of the trade.<br />Kristakrista magnifico, DVMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133566329579911573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667516629745731439.post-83091280836611586392015-03-09T08:01:49.418-07:002015-03-09T08:01:49.418-07:00With years of experience pilling cats with chronic...With years of experience pilling cats with chronic diseases such as epilepsy which requires pills twice a day for life as well as pilling feral cats, I have found another approach that works as well, I think. The first step as you note is to make pilling fun, not an ordeal. I start by running around crying out "who wants a pill?"<br /><br />In most cases, I prefer having the cat sit on my lap. At that point, on the basis that Curiosity Pills the Cat, I show them the pill and let them smell it. Every cat takes an interest in what I am holding in my fingers.<br /><br />I then scruff them, tilt their head back and gently press on their mouth with my pill fingers. I can't think of any cat that won't open their mouth when you do this.<br /><br />At that point, I toss the pill as far back as possible and then give them a big kiss on the nose to get them to swallow the pill. I then spend a little time petting them, even when I have a dozen or more cats to pill, to turn the session into fun so that I don't have a fight when it is time for the next pill.Edward Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06688920261195088879noreply@blogger.com