I had a dog that could eat around pills in any disguise and could hold a pill in her mouth for 10 minutes and spit it out just when I finally thought I'd successfully gotten a pill down her.
I don't give a good gorram about relevant, Wash. Or objective. And I ain't so afraid of losing something that I ain't gonna try to have it. You and I would make one beautiful baby. And I want to meet that child one day. Period.
Zoe ,'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Jul 12, 2012 2:58:41 pm PDT #13563 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Theodosia - Jul 12, 2012 3:01:38 pm PDT #13564 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
The late great departed Toshiro could actually spit a pill across the room. I suspect he could also have tied knots in cherry stems if he'd wanted to.
Scrappy - Jul 12, 2012 3:02:47 pm PDT #13565 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My method for one=handed pilling:
- grab kitty, bring close to body
- wrap arm around kitty
- put one hand under chin (if you have a bigger hand, you do this from behind the cat's head) and put index finger in one corner of kitty jaw/mouth and thumb in the other
- quickly squeeze until cat opens mouth, throw in pill, then take mouth-opening hand nd hold kitty head up and mouth closed, while stroking throat until swallowing occurs
- let go of cat, so it can run away and alternately lick self and give me dirty looks
Once you figure out the right place to squeeze the jaw while holding cat still, the rest is gravy.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 12, 2012 3:08:09 pm PDT #13566 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I do what scrappy does, except i wrap the cat in a towel like a burrito.
I can also pretty much guarantee that your cat will hate you after this procedure
shrift - Jul 12, 2012 3:10:58 pm PDT #13567 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I spent most of today walking back and forth between my office and a work event. In heels and a pencil skirt. And it was 90.
Jesse - Jul 12, 2012 3:16:58 pm PDT #13568 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
All of that is more or less what I was doing, but he can clench his jaw like a mofo. And when I finally got the pill in there, and tried the throat thing, he still tongued it and spit it back out! And then came to me for comfort, because he is Mister Loverman.
DebetEsse - Jul 12, 2012 3:33:18 pm PDT #13569 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I have to pill my cat twice a day (I feed him immediately afterwards. This makes him much more receptive) basically using Scappy's method.
A friend of mine is trying to find a musical for her students (HS) to do next year. Female-heavy is preferred, cast of no more than 30, nothing horribly complicated (no Sondheim, for example). They did Bye, Bye, Birdie this year. Ideas?
Dana - Jul 12, 2012 3:35:06 pm PDT #13570 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
...can you license Sister Act?
Amy - Jul 12, 2012 3:35:25 pm PDT #13571 of 30001
Because books.
Bells Are Ringing?
Dana - Jul 12, 2012 3:37:31 pm PDT #13572 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Pippin? The Ben Vereen part can be played by a girl.