Pilling Ginger

It was 9pm, time to feed Ginger his next dose of antibiotics.

It’s always been a nightmare feeding any pill or liquid medicine to my brood of 7, so I braced myself for the task. What more when Ginger is a community cat and not even my pet.

So I armed myself with a toweling floor mat (it’s thicker than a towel), a can of wetfood (Natural Balance Ultra Premium), cut open the foil containing the dratted pill (thank goodness it’s quite small), drank a glass of water and took a deep breath. Tetanus jab – check, still up to date.

Ok, it’s do or die…just do it.

So I opened the cage door, put the harness and leash on Ginger and took him out.

I then massaged him a bit, played with him, and without any warning, I lifted his chin, opened his jaw, and in went the pill. Closed his mouth real quick and before I knew it, his tongue came out (which means he has swallowed it…applies in general to most cats except my titans).

That’s it?

So easy???

I must be dreaming…..so I quickly pinched myself.

No, it was real. Ginger had swallowed the pill without any fuss and with no casualty (meaning me)!

So NOW I know why most people don’t understand when I say it’s so difficult to pill my own cats. It is actually SO easy-peasy to pill a cat?

I quickly plonked a ball of wetfood into his mouth as dry-pilling is not advisable.

And then we sat, Ginger and me, after our pilling session, basking in our glory.

�I cleaned Ginger’s new wound, applied some iodine on it, and put him back into the cage.

�We gave him a brand new mat too since he’s going to be caged up for another 7 days now.

�Rosie already has her very own private mat.

�Hey, that’s mine!

No! You’re not taking my mat away!!�

�It’s mine!!

�All mine!

�Ginger too was so happy with his new mat. He started grooming himself on it.

�Meanwhile, Rosie went into her sentry post.

Peek-a-boo!�

�She’s very much at home now.

�And here she is, helping to supervise the mixing of the food.

�And a reward for all her hard work. Brother Ginger gets a share too!

For the benefit of new readers and those in need of a good laugh:�http://myanimalcare.org/2011/07/06/how-to-give-a-cat-a-pill-simply-hilarious/

Source: http://myanimalcare.org/2012/12/16/pilling-ginger/

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