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- From: lhuffmanp@stsci.edu
- Subject: Re: Giving Pills to our Fuzzy Friends
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.143429.1@stsci.edu>
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- Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
- References: <1993Jan26.114250.2968@pierrot.comlab.ox.ac.uk> <1993Jan27.013724.27136@mariner.amc.edu.au> <C1Iv1J.Gs1@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:34:29 GMT
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- In article <C1Iv1J.Gs1@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, levine@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (Lenore Levine) writes:
- > akropf@mariner.amc.edu.au (Anneliese Kropf) writes:
- >
- >>>So fellow cat people, IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO GIVE PILLS TO
- >>CATS?Anneliese Kropf
- >
- > Once the cat gets the idea she's going to get a treat after she
- > swallows that pill, she'll swallow it quite willingly.
- >
- > (At least my black cat learned this...)
-
- Yes, this is true. It made my life simpler for three out of my five. The other
- two (former street cats) just do not trust you when your mouth or your hand
- offers sweet nothings. So... I vary the time I give the pills, to reduce the
- wariness, and take out the pills after I've caught them, so no one gets a
- warning and runs.
-
- I love the confusion on their faces when they're not sure they got 'pilled' or
- not, since the treat was so enjoyable. They can't decide to like me or leave
- me.
-