to challenge you to find anything more difficult to do to a cat

[Glitterknickaz]

than give it a worming tablet?

I have scratches all over my abdomen where the little shit darling tried to escape.

So.... anybody had to deal with anything worse when it comes to felines?

Our moggy (now dearly departed) would accept a tablet from the vet the size of an Alka Seltzer -slight exaggeration but I was convinced it was that big

When we tried the hold the scruff method she got her legs up round my wrist like Freddie flippin Kreuger!
Tried tablet-crushed-in-butter on her paw.She flicked the soft butter up the kitchen wall.
She had to have steroids so ended up giving in Philly cheese-but the number of times we found the sad little tablet on the kitchen floor....

I once had to get a urine sample from one of my cats - he was about 15 at the time and hadn't used a litter tray since he was a kitten - so the tray that the vet gave us was pretty useless- depsite locking him in the conservatory for over 24hrs (food and water provided - all done on advice from vet !) he never had a widdle !

In the end I couldn't stand it any longer - I let him out and he immediately when to his favourite bush did a widdle and I managed to get some of it in a take away container as I held it underneasth him , he was so depserate for a wee he didn't care. Apprently cats can hold on for quite a while .

Eye drops in a cat is a good one aswell

Snip out tangles on it's belly.

I take your 'giving a cat a worming tablet' and raise you 'getting my elderly rescue cat to the vet in a carrier'.
She had to go - her teeth were in a terrible state due to previous owner's neglect, and she needed to go under to get half of them pulled. I, my dsis and my then dp spent a full hour trying to persuade her into the box. At one point she buggered off down the road.
Once we'd finally managed to coax her in, she proceeded to shit, copiously and malodorously, for the entire journey. And we were in a cab. Poor driver. And poor little cat. She was terrified :(

I second the "grab it by the scruff of the neck prise open jaws and shove it down approach" Dont say a word !
My cats have no idea whats hit them Evil

Nurse a chicken with a prolapse. Oh yes.

But we have a little applicator for our cat's thyroid tablet. Very useful.

Waited until the cat was kipping and then snipped off a several days old poo medallion hanging off her fluffy arse.

I was mildly revolted , but the cat was traumatised when she woke up as her special friend had gone missing and wasn't banging against her back legs any more as she wassled ran around.

that would be waddled

I preferred wassled. I mentally changed it to wassailed, and had images of your cat singing folk songs and getting tanked on punch.

Get our dog to take a ventolin inhaler. We've had to buy a muzzle and use a pound of cheese as a time and it still takes two of us about half an hour (she is only about 4 inches high)

get a urine sample off a pregnant chocolate lab in the garden in the dark in the rain.

"and had images of your cat singing folk songs and getting tanked on punch."

bizarrely, you have that animal to a t.

It would have been Special Brew in her case tho.

Our dog likes having her teeth brushed. She has turkey-flavoured toothpaste, but the problem is, she tries to lick it off as you're brushing. She has this kind of prehensile tongue....

we just crush the tablets up with a weeee bit of water, suck it up in a syringe, then one grabs the cat, one grabs the jaws and squirts it in. job done.

not had to do anything harder thank god, not yet. catching one of them to go to the vet can be a full afternoon obstacle course kind of mission but its just tiring!

I remember helping an old lady worm/flea her semi feral colony of 28 cats. She had wire netting stretched over the top of her very high garden walls to stop her cats getting out on the road.

I swear those buggers rolled up their sleeves and adopted a 'come on then'
attitude on spotting me. Thanks to them my wrists/arms are a maze of scars, one slash was so deep it had to be stitched. I was so high on pumping adrenaline I didn't even notice one of them had left 2 claws embedded in my chin. They were basically running round the walls at face level and you just had to try and catch one as they passed you. All the while the old lady was wringing her hands saying, "don't hurt them..."

at catinthehat.

"anything more difficult to do to a cat" you say?

Two words:

Anal. Glands.

Apologies if you've all read this but I think it's incredibly funny

How to give a cat a pill

1. Pick cat up and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.

1. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.

1. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.

1. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten.

1. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse from yard.

1. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.

1. Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.

1. Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.

1. Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink one beer to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.

10. Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Open another beer. Place cat in cupboard and close door onto neck to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with rubber band.

11. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on hinges. Drink beer. Fetch bottle of Scotch. Pour shot, drink. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot. Apply whiskey compress to cheek to disinfect. Toss back another shot. Throw tee-shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.

12. Call fire department to retrieve the friggin' cat from tree across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil-wrap.

13. Tie the dang thing's front paws to rear paws with twine and bind tightly to leg of dining room table, find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of steak. Be rough about it. Hold head vertically and pour two pints of water down throat to wash pill down.

14. Consume remainder of Scotch. Get spouse to drive you to emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order new table.

15. Arrange for Humane Society to collect mutant cat from and call local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.

How to Give a Dog a Pill

1. Wrap pill in ham, toss in air.

I have wormed my two kitties today too....

I have deep scratches all over hands and arms etc

First kitty who I thought would be the easiest was the one who did the damage...

2nd kitty was much easier to get tablet in its mouth but it would not bloody swallow it sat there for 30mins with kitty's throat being stroked (kitty lying there blissfully happy but it would not swallow it

And we have to repeat the whole process in 7 days

PMSL @ worral's post soooo funny!!

My long haired cat had the runs one and i made the mistake of trying to put it in the bath. Cats try to get to the highest possible point when scared but unfortunately for me the highest pint was my head! the cat climbed up my body using its claws and clamped itself to my head.
I was screaming (which made the cat 'grip' tighter) and my boyfriend had to unhook it from my face. i was covered in scratches one very dangerously close to my eye.
I never tried that again!!

The time i had to get a urine sample resulted in me having to taste its wee!!

Crush it and put it in their food. Simples.

halfpastwine - I tried that last time and ended up with a stand off for nearly 2 days as they just would not touch it