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Jesse - Nov 21, 2008 2:37:25 pm PST #2790 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OK, so the vet gave me some spray thing that's supposed to be good for the cat's teeth. How the hell do I spray something in his mouth?


sarameg - Nov 21, 2008 2:50:24 pm PST #2791 of 10002

Bravely??

I just sent my passport info off for a Bhutanese visa.


Jesse - Nov 21, 2008 2:52:17 pm PST #2792 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I can't figure out how to hold his body with one hand, open his mouth with another, and work the spray bottle with a ...third?


Kathy A - Nov 21, 2008 2:53:22 pm PST #2793 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

How the hell do I spray something in his mouth?

The only way I can do something like that is if I wait for my cat to meow. When I had to give her liquid antibiotic when she had her teeth cleaned, I would pick her up, wait for her to start bitching in protest, then shove the eyedropper into her mouth and squeeze. By the end of the week, she stopped complaining as much, which made it harder for me to give her her medicine.


Jesse - Nov 21, 2008 2:58:02 pm PST #2794 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I was afraid that was the answer. He's not much of a meower. I've been trying to figure out if anything I do makes him yawn, like how when I scratch by his tail, he starts licking his leg. No luck so far.


beth b - Nov 21, 2008 2:59:05 pm PST #2795 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I used to grab Percy by the scruff and wait for the mouth to open


aurelia - Nov 21, 2008 2:59:24 pm PST #2796 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Spray? Wait for a yawn?

You're ahead of me on that one. We used to make our dog sneeze by imitating his sneeze. Maybe you should yawn.


beth b - Nov 21, 2008 3:02:25 pm PST #2797 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

alternative: grab the cat - get down on the ground, hold the cat between my knees and force the mouth open with one hand . yeah, I sat on the cat.

Plus -- after giving any medication I gave a treat. Didn't calm the cat, but the protest was more minimal


Jesse - Nov 21, 2008 3:03:14 pm PST #2798 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Drat, I already brushed him, which is his favorite thing. OK, I'll give it another go.


juliana - Nov 21, 2008 3:04:22 pm PST #2799 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I'd make sure the spray was easily accessible, wrap him tightly in a towel, and hold the bundle next to me with my left arm. With my left hand close by his mouth, I'd open his jaw with my right hand, have the left hand take over mouth duty, and grab the spray and spray it with my right. You can force open his mouth by pressing on the jaw joint.