Almost every cat parent goes through this at some time or another: you take your cat to the vet and the vet gives you a bottle of pills. Pills that you somehow has to make sure your cat swallows every day (sometimes TWICE a day). Cats like taking pills about as much as they like riding a roller coaster, and pilling one can cause stress, chaos, and serious scratching - not fun for cat OR parent!
There are "pill pocket" treats designed to hide a pill inside a tasty, chicken-flavored lump that will fool the cat into eating it. But if your cat is like my cat Sing Sing, he will quickly learn to lick off the coating and leave the pill unswallowed. At this point, there is no choice but to roll up your sleeves and PILL THAT CAT.
In this video, I will show you step by step, using the magic of slow-motion, how I give Sing Sing his thyroid pills twice a day. He does not make this easy. He growls and hisses and wriggles and tries to claw me. But I have figured out a way to straddle him with my knees keeping my hands free to pry open his mouth and pop the pill in there. The trick, among several tricks I will show you, is to launch that pill to the furthest back of the throat as you can. Then wait a few seconds while holding the cat to ensure he has indeed swallowed the pill before releasing him to hate you for the next hour. A treat (a real one, no pill disguised in it) is an important gesture to help your cat not hate you TOO bad. (I'm kidding about the hate part, Sing Sing forgets my assault on him within a few minutes of being pilled. He probably hates me for a total of about 25 seconds).
I hope this video will take some of the fear and trauma out of pilling your cat. Just be bold, don't be afraid to hold them firmly, and try to do it one motion. The longer the struggle, the harder it is to get the pill down. I know, easier said than done, but if it's any encouragement, I think pilling your cat becomes easier the more you do it.
So get out there my fellow cat lovers, and PILL THAT CAT!
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19 ноя 2021