Adventures of a Fat Cat, Old Nag and their Trusty Servant

Verbatim

That reminds me of tip from midwife for breast-feeding baby after caesarian,(too tender to hold across tummy). Swaddle so only head out and tuck under arm same side as relevant breast. Worked a treat.

RosiePuddingPaws

I've never had much success with getting pills into cats without disguising the pills first. I usually wrap any pills in a thin coat of cheese and then cat gobbles it down. (I guess I shouldn't have said that as no doubt they won't now!). Given that Colin was recently demanding cheese it might be worth a try next time.

RPP

Greying_Pilgrim

Word to the wise, anyone going round to Piq's for a cuppa. Don't assume that when you are offered a cup of 'Catsbumpoopong' that Piq has gone all cosmopolitan and has the latest thing in tea - 'Lapsang souchong is so last week, dahling....' Opt for squash instead


Greying

MrsAtobe

Giggling at Greying's post

The dog will eat anything except tablets, so we normally dip them in either liver pate or cream cheese, and say treats! He's daft enough to fall for it every time

the_cake

I'm having to give our old cat two thyroid pills a day now - he hates it. I second the 'cat sausage' technique, but have to couple it with using one of these, which is brilliant:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cat-Pill-Gun-Popper-Piller-Dog-Pet-Medication-Syringe-/380226598746?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item588745775a
Lots of sulking and glaring afterwards (I am after all only 'staff') but slightly mitigated by an abject apology and presentation of a cat treat.....

cazmanian_minx

I was about to suggest the cat-in-towel method, but I've been beaten to it

Sorry to hear about your stalker though That's one of the downsides of retail/restaurant work, especially if you're the smiley, great-customer-service type, it's all too easy to attract the wrong type of attention. Keep safe xx

allybee101

Sorry to hear that some plonker is making like hard work at the moment. It sounds like the Piq fan club could set up a personal defence class with all the advice!
On that note, are there any personal defence classes nearby you could attend? The boys in blue (coppers, not the smurfs) might have a list of such classes. That will give you more confidence and awareness of risky situations which might help?
Hope they catch the plonker soon - perhaps it's the old stable yard owner seeking revenge about the jungle/ triffids you left him with?!

missrlr

Wow a personal body smurf ...... the other thing is a mini maglight for key ring, not only useful for seeing, but when pointed ferociously at an eye ball can blind the booger who is trying to be a meanie.

Colin-cat-sausage sounds like a plan if Colin-nearly-starving-poor-little-puss-cat trick doesn't work!

And yes, do try to find some self defense classes - a trick as advised by someone who taught in HM forces is to take two fingers as if making Sir Winston Churchill type victory salute and shove very hard into face i.e. nose or eye type area then hook as contact made and pull back. Short sharp jab is what is needed. Up from under chin area works a treat. No lasting damage but a nasty shock (and frankly deserved if you are in a position to administer!)

Piquant_2

hohum wrote: »

Hello, I mostly lurk on this diary but have loved reading back and catching up with how far you've come. Really sorry to hear of your horrible experience, but quite impressed the police are being reasonably useful.

I don't have much to add re that, but I thought I would offer my one useful tip re cats and getting pills down them..

My late lamented moggy was pretty bombproof: putting him in a catbox was a breeze (you just lowered him in!), he would come for walks, he tolerated being worn across my boyfriends shoulders and put inside hoody pockets. He was a very fine companion, to me and everyone else who would feed him in a mile radius . BUT trying to get pills down him was a bit of a nightmare until my aunt passed on this technique...

Get towel. Place cat on towel, wrap cat swiftly until you have annoyed cat sausage, everything wrapped but little head poking out. Kneel down and place cat sausage between your knees, little cat head facing forward. Have pill prepared in one hand. Tilt cat head right back (you can do this by holding on brow ridges) and drop pill down throat. Cat has to swallow. Release cat sausage and prepare to be sulked at for 15mins.

If you can do this quickly it's over in less than a couple of minutes, and much less traumatic then any other successful technique I used. The late lamented moggy would eat round or ignore pills in food (going to one of his many other meal out options!) so I had to use this method!

Hello and welcome hohum:hello:

Brilliant cat sausage it is! Well, was. Colin is now filled with worming tablet and sulking, as predicted. Outside in the pouring rain :wall: - guess the towel is going to be put to good use today

Piquant_2

Skint_but_Optimistic wrote: »

Cat sausage is like the new horsemeat scandal, but sounds like it would be ace to watch!!

:rotfl:Hmmm it was a bit of a wrestling match and it was more of a lie down on the floor rather than kneel. But the cat sausage lost!

Verbatim wrote: »

That reminds me of tip from midwife for breast-feeding baby after caesarian,(too tender to hold across tummy). Swaddle so only head out and tuck under arm same side as relevant breast. Worked a treat.

I remember doing that, much easier than worming a cat, but more of a long term thing :rotfl:How are you Verbatim? Keeping well I hope

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

Word to the wise, anyone going round to Piq's for a cuppa. Don't assume that when you are offered a cup of 'Catsbumpoopong' that Piq has gone all cosmopolitan and has the latest thing in tea - 'Lapsang souchong is so last week, dahling....' Opt for squash instead


Greying

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:That'll be the coffee over the keyboard, thank Greying. Everytime I read it I start laughing again :rotfl: