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today, in giving pills to cats, I scraped out the middle of two tenderfulls, shoved half a pill into each, and shoved the creamy center back in. -- (link)

Posted by 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 (aka amanda) Dec 8 '23, 05:48

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I hate my life. (these cats hate inaba churu and wet food. I'm running out of ideas. please share if you have any.) (www.walmart.com)

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have you tried sitting them down and explaining to them that it is important medication they need, and you have their best interests at heart? -- nm - mud Dec 8, 06:54
I've been lucky that my cats that have needed medicine took it easily. If Coco ever needs medicine, one of us will probably die. -- nm* - Dano Dec 8, 06:30
i sometimes could give medications to Tallulah if i ground them/opened capsules and mixed it with canned tuna. - Andie Dec 8, 06:21 2
- the smell of canned tuna literally makes me vomit. my sister suggested this as well, but I would need another human being to deliver it. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 8, 06:37 1
  - get a gas mask -- nm - decline Dec 8, 06:38
Every food that works initially eventually doesn't. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 8, 06:13 7
- I feel like I have so few options because chubbins doesn't like cheese. ollie I could just tuck a pill into a piece of laughing cow and she would - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 8, 06:39
- This is true. Here is my story. - B'nai B'ron Dec 8, 06:35
- the stick-it-down-their-throat method is what i had to do too, it's not fun, and if you have a crafty cat, you have to make sure they don't fake it - Andie Dec 8, 06:26 2
  - Oh yes. This is so true. They are super crafty. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 8, 07:14
  - Yup. Our first cat had to take daily medication. We had to hold his mouth closed until we saw a visible gulp. -- nm - spamlet Dec 8, 06:34
- That's how I had to do it with our cats but it was always a short term thing, never something we had to do daily for a long peroid. The dog was - oblique Dec 8, 06:16 1
  - Tamara got to be quite the pro at eating all around the pill. Or eventually just deciding she didn't like the treat. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 8, 06:18
my wife gives one of ours a puffer for his asthma like illness. Twice a day. Dude takes it like a trooper every time - Beaker 🍺 Dec 8, 05:51

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