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MIButterfly

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Mon Sep 8, 2025, 09:38 PM Sep 8

Tonight's adventure in trying to get a pill in Martini. [View all]

I've been taking her into the bathroom for two reasons: 1. so she can't escape and 2. if she spits the pill out, I can see it better on the floor than on the carpet. I told her last night as we were wrestling around "I can stay in here all night."

Tonight, it was the usual squirming, clawing and clamping her jaw tightly, but then she BIT me! Yow! I really don't think she did it maliciously; I think she was just trying to clamp her jaw shut while my finger was in her mouth. She didn't draw any blood, although it did hurt a lot. I assume she swallowed the pill because I didn't see it anywhere on the floor, but who knows?

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thank god for ear goo. even the vet, burly 200 guy couldn't open small female baby bitch's 7lb cat's mouth. pansypoo53219 Sep 8 #1
The vet suggested the ear goo after she already had given me 90 pills. MIButterfly Sep 8 #3
Be careful. My sweet little girl put me in the hospital with a bite during a pill-giving session. Midnight Writer Sep 8 #2
OMG! What an awful experience. Thank you for telling me. I'll have to be more careful in the future. MIButterfly Sep 8 #5
I just started with him a few days ago, so I don't know how long the relaxed method will work. Midnight Writer Sep 8 #7
Have you asked your vet if the meds can be turned into a liquid, & if so, which pharmacy can do it? tblue37 Sep 9 #10
When I told the vet about my difficulty in getting the pills into Martini, MIButterfly Sep 9 #12
I once read that trying to give a pill to a cat... Enter stage left Sep 8 #4
It is a struggle! A test of wills, as it were, with the cat usually winning. MIButterfly Sep 8 #6
Sounds like both you and Martini need a martini after all that! MLAA Sep 8 #8
Do you have a pill shooter? SheltieLover Sep 8 #9
You need a pill pusher gadget..... Karadeniz Sep 9 #11
I have had great success with Greenie's pill pockets DeeDeeNY Sep 9 #13
I tried that. She wouldn't eat it, just sniffed at and walked away. MIButterfly Sep 9 #15
Ugh. Probably the ear stuff is the most workable then. DeeDeeNY Sep 9 #16
Before I give my cat dinner bif Sep 9 #14
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