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From: [e-mail] (Dave Wells)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:25:21 GMT
Subject: Re: Giving Pills to our Fuzzy Friends
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We entrusted our four furry monsters to a friend when we were on holiday
last year. Our tiny (7 lbs.) but perfectly-formed blue tabby point Birman
Octavia needed antibiotics during our absence. She HATES having pills and
is a real handful despite her diminuitive size. If wrapped in a towel to
avoid flailing claws, she becomes the world's first "headless cat" and one
ends up searching amongst a jungle of white fluff for the muzzle, ears,
eyes etc. that surely must be in there somewhere. If you actually get the
pill in, she will go beserk rather than swallow it - frothing wildly at the
mouth at the same time. (The other three are much, much easier to dose).

One morning Dan, the long suffering catsitter, was late to work and decided
to skip the towel business. He stuffed Octavia up his thick woolly jumper
with her little head sticking out of the neck (along with his) and clasped
her tightly to his chest. While he was groping for the pill, there was a
vigorous scuffling inside the jumper and suddenly she was free. He was
baffled as to how she had wriggled out so quickly until a closer
examination of the jumper revealed a newly-clawed aperture abut 6 inches
long under one armpit...

However, we've since discovered that 'taves adores bacon fat, which happens
to be an excellent material for wrapping pills. Problem solved. ("Jack
Sprat would eat no fat, his cat would eat no lean")

Dave