Well, dear little Max has been in the wars (evidently been taunting a local cat and didn;t run away fast enough!!!!) He has an infected wound at the base of his tail and has had it cleaned out and now has antibiotics to take.
I have never had to give him anything like this - my only recent experience has been of giving pills to Melchett, which is a nightmarish combination of pinning him to the floor, and hiding it craftily in bits of meat, along with mostly getting bitten and scratched!!
So armed with various treats I proceeded to set mysef up for giving Max his pills
Attempt #1 - Pill hidden in chunk of favourite treat tinned cat food.
Result - Meat eaten, pill spat across floor, pounced upon by Ben who promptly flicked it under the washing machine
Attempt #2 - Pill squished into a chunk of cheese (second favourite treat)
Result - Cheese eaten, pill spat across floor
Attempt #3 - Pill hidden in a piece of prime chicken (very rare treat!)
Result - Chicken eaten, pill (by now rather squishy) spat across floor
Attempt #4 - Pill mashed up into a little mouthful beef mince
Result - Mince sniffed delicately and then disregarded in disgust.
On the verge of losing my temper, I lifted my baby boy onto the kitchen table to get him at eye level so I could beg him in a completely unattractive way.
We had a little cuddle, and a head rub..........I decided as a last resort to try what I guess should have been obvious. Tipped his head back, gently prised open his jaws, dropped the pill inside................to my amazement he gave a little swallow and down it went!!!!
Why in God's name did I not try that in the first place?!?!!?!
Now I just need to show Melchett this amazing trick before I next need to worm him...................
I have never had to give him anything like this - my only recent experience has been of giving pills to Melchett, which is a nightmarish combination of pinning him to the floor, and hiding it craftily in bits of meat, along with mostly getting bitten and scratched!!
So armed with various treats I proceeded to set mysef up for giving Max his pills
Attempt #1 - Pill hidden in chunk of favourite treat tinned cat food.
Result - Meat eaten, pill spat across floor, pounced upon by Ben who promptly flicked it under the washing machine
Attempt #2 - Pill squished into a chunk of cheese (second favourite treat)
Result - Cheese eaten, pill spat across floor
Attempt #3 - Pill hidden in a piece of prime chicken (very rare treat!)
Result - Chicken eaten, pill (by now rather squishy) spat across floor
Attempt #4 - Pill mashed up into a little mouthful beef mince
Result - Mince sniffed delicately and then disregarded in disgust.
On the verge of losing my temper, I lifted my baby boy onto the kitchen table to get him at eye level so I could beg him in a completely unattractive way.
We had a little cuddle, and a head rub..........I decided as a last resort to try what I guess should have been obvious. Tipped his head back, gently prised open his jaws, dropped the pill inside................to my amazement he gave a little swallow and down it went!!!!
Why in God's name did I not try that in the first place?!?!!?!
Now I just need to show Melchett this amazing trick before I next need to worm him...................
