Comment on Daily discussion. đ Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
ajsadauskas@aus.social â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago@melbaboutown @Seagoon_ Poor Melbcat, hope she gets better soon.
And I don't envy you, especially if you had to give her tablets.
One of ours went to the vet recently and was given antibiotics.
Within a day or so, she figured out the signs and began hiding in a cupboard as soon as either of us opened the drawer where they were kept. Or she heard the pill bottle open.
It then became a two-person job to hold her down while feeding her the tablet.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
Melbcat knows what an oral syringe is and has formed a negative association with the phrase âuh oh spaghettioâsâ
ajsadauskas@aus.social â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
@melbaboutown Haha
Yeah, they're good at figuring out the hooman's schemes.
With Miss Mimi, we couldn't crush up her tablets and hide them in her food because one of our other babies likes indulging in other people's meals.
We tried these meat-flavoured pill pockets. She got wise to them within a day. She got good at eating the pockets and spitting out the tablet.
We tried this contraption that flings the tablet down her throat. She got wise to that.
We tried crushing the tablet, mixing it with water, and syringing it. She got wise to that.
We tried hiding the medicines in different places. She came to recognise the sound of the bottle opening.
We tried giving the tablets in different places.
We tried all the things. At best, they worked for a day.
At worst, she bit wifey's finger accidentally.
Most of the time, we thought she took the tablet, only for her to spit it out later.
The joys of having a sick cat...