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The one thing I like to think I got out of owning a cat is my new tolerance to being clawed. I'd say I'm at +80 resistance to slash damage at this point.
I got a pretty nasty scratch across my nose lips and chin today and all I thought was "well, I deserved that"
cats are abusive as hell aren't they
I love it
And it just makes the times when they do want to be cuddly extra special.
Tell me you've only had one or two dogs without saying it. There are plenty of dogs that hate pills.
When I last had a dog (I still love and miss you, Ali) he would eat whatever I wrapped his pill in and spit out the pill. I had to put the pill in his mouth, gently hold his snoot close, and massage his throat until he swallowed the pill. Cats I've lived with? I tried to give a pill to one of my cats. The cat became a whirlwind of anger, fury, and indignation. I think they bent time-space and opened a wormhole. I wound up taking them to the vet, and having a vet tech give my cat the pill.
Never met a dag that didn’t like cheese
Plenty of dogs will separate the cheese or separate it and spit it out. I'm not saying it's all dogs, just a stupid generalization.
That's true, one in 3 dogs hates pills.
Not pills but drops.
Waited until she was asleep and put the eyedropper in her mouth. Worked great.
Our cat seems to only deep sleep when we sleep. The rest of the time he’s pretty much just resting his eyes. There’s no easy way to surprise him like that.
Butter! You don't need much, just a thin layer. Rub a little butter onto your fingers then rub the pill itself. Can help mask the bitterness of the pill and prevent it from sticking to their tongue. Was a big game changer giving pills to my cat.
My grandmother did the butter pill trick with her cats. She tried to teach me, but I never learned her witchy ways (in that respect, at least).
We do the two person approach with one handling the kitty and the other risking fingers
It takes two of us, but we're pretty damn good at it. When one of us are on vacation it takes 4x as long and kitteh is 10x more pissed off at the end, but very little blood gets drawn.
This is wild. I’ve never had this experience with my cat. Haha.
Why not just use a pill pocket if it’s that dire??? My cat is an Angel and just lets me do it, thankfully.
My cat knows what pill pockets are. She's too fucking smart for her own good.
She doesn't go for pill pockets, if you mash it into her food she won't eat near it, if you give her wet medicine she'll start making herself froth at the mouth so you can't make her swallow it (she does this when she hears you touch the medicine packaging) or she'll make herself puke after.
The only way to give her medicine is to shove a pill all the way down her throat, it's a huge hassle, and then she's mad at you for the rest of the day after.
It really depends on the cat's personality. I had one that absolutely hated taking medicines and she behaved in the same way. Others will just gladly take the pill if you hide it in a treat.
She just hates medicine, or anything where she’s not in control of herself.
My other cat will take any medication as long as you don’t startle him. He runs away when he sees you’ve got the applicator thing but will run back if you call for him.
We had to do similarly for one of our cats. Grab the cat. Bend the head up. It will practically force the mouth open. Shove the pill deep into it. Close the mouth.
At least, at some point she learned to give up and stop resisting so damn hard every time.
My wife does the closed mouth trick, but I just shove it all the way down and it's over in like a second. The sooner it's done the less she fights.
My cats aren't fooled at all by pill pockets. Not even the dumb ones.
Pill pockets are going to be plan A for the vast majority of people.
They dont work for many, I'd wager most, cats.
I guess I hit the lottery with my cat. She is so sweet and just puts up with me doing what I need to do. When it comes to ear cleaning, she just runs and hides(understandable! I would, too).
My last girl was that way. She wouldn't do the pill pockets, had to use a piller, but she was remarkably patient with me.
I'm way more comfortable giving cat pills than a non-food motivated Rottweiler
What do you guys do with your cats so that it scratches you? I have 4 and none of them has ever intentionally scratched me or my wife. Just clip their nails and if it really is a situation where the cat is not cooperating at all, burrito blanket is the answer.
See, the problem is the "owner" part. I am a cat pet and even the most hatey, "evil," "vicious" lil fuzzbuddies tend to end up liking me pretty quicklish :3
Which isn't to say that I haven't bled my share, just... nocritter owns a cat :P
I much prefer the term 'cat's pet' to 'pet parent.'