Mandy Kent Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 3 hours ago, LinMM said: I wonder if female cats in general are better hunters and catchers! That could be true, lionesses do all the hunting in a pride of lions don’t they? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Yes Mandy Kent! The reason I say this is that where I used to live in London on "Toscars" territory as it were a neighbour had a female cat who was a prolific bird catcher ....much to his owners chagrin. One day I was doing the washing up when I saw this cat literally go flying through the air from one tree to another and she landed dead on top of this pigeon totally amazing. When I told the neighbour later he told me all these horror stories of her prolific predation and I shared Toscars rather lamentable record absolutely zilch....well as far as I know. Also since I've moved to Brighton ( Toscar deceased unfortunately) the cats in the garden who are always at it are females. We had a couple of wood mice living in a hole in the garden wall and one of these females would spend up to an hour a day trying to scent them out fascinating to watch all the antics but as far as I know again she didn't get them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Strange how cats vary in their hunting habits. I had a lovely long haired tabby who had been a stray, and in the 7years i had him he didn't catch a thing.He did once being in an ancient and dessicated bird that he had found and looked very proud of himself! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneMarriott Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 On 06/03/2017 at 13:34, Jacqueline said: Last few times I was at our local vets, they were selling/promoting a plastic syringe like device for getting pills down feline throats. I well remember the struggle with our cat, holding her under one arm while trying to prise her mouth open and get the pill in her mouth. Then you were supposed to massage her neck to encourage swallowing the pill. She would then hold the pill in her mouth before spitting it out elsewhere. The vet made it look easy but animals sense your unease and play on it. This syringe is placed in the cat's mouth and the pill is launched down the throat before the cat has a chance to object apparently. What could possibly go wrong? On 06/03/2017 at 15:24, taxi4ballet said: Er... You hold the cat down with both hands, and with your third hand you grab hold of its head, with your fourth hand you prise open the jaws, and with your fifth hand you manipulate the syringe. Piece of cake On 07/03/2017 at 13:02, porthesia said: Me and my other half tried the green syringe device - still didn't manage to get the pill down the cat, well yes we did, down the front of the cat when she spat it out Edited for typo PS why can't I use the smiley faces? On 11/03/2017 at 23:27, LinMM said: We used to put Toscars pills into bits of chicken ....make a sort of hole and hide it in the piece. Sometimes it worked. On other occasions we thought it had worked but would then find the pill on the floor near his dish later!! By far the best were the homeopathic powders because these we could just mix in with his food and he more or less accepted this A pity you can't get all these pills in powder form or liquid and mix into the food. There would still probably be days when they would just not touch the food though! A small miracle to report: our rescue cat, who is very resistant to handling, has been prescribed antibiotic tablets. After an initial failed two-man attempt to get the tablets down her I have happened upon the following solution: Using two spoons or a pestle and mortar, grind the tablets into a fine powder. Mix the powder into a teaspoonful of Gourmet Gold Pate (or whatever your cat's favourite wet cat food might be) and add to a regular meal. Success! All I have to do now is find a fool-proof method of bathing a sore paw with an antiseptic solution ... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Keep us updated!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon2 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 11 hours ago, AnneMarriott said: A small miracle to report: our rescue cat, who is very resistant to handling, has been prescribed antibiotic tablets. After an initial failed two-man attempt to get the tablets down her I have happened upon the following solution: Using two spoons or a pestle and mortar, grind the tablets into a fine powder. Mix the powder into a teaspoonful of Gourmet Gold Pate (or whatever your cat's favourite wet cat food might be) and add to a regular meal. Success! All I have to do now is find a fool-proof method of bathing a sore paw with an antiseptic solution ... Well done getting the tablet down with food. After numerous failed attempts the only food that hides a crushed tablet in our house is the Felix cat soup. I’m sure he heard the vet say ‘the tablets are fish flavoured so cats love them’ and thought I’ll show you vet I’m not that stupid. Hope you find a way to bath sore paw and keep your hands intact. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneMarriott Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 20 hours ago, LinMM said: Keep us updated!! 9 hours ago, Jane said: Well done getting the tablet down with food. After numerous failed attempts the only food that hides a crushed tablet in our house is the Felix cat soup. I’m sure he heard the vet say ‘the tablets are fish flavoured so cats love them’ and thought I’ll show you vet I’m not that stupid. Hope you find a way to bath sore paw and keep your hands intact. So far no luck. At the merest whiff of antiseptic solution she squeezes herself into one of many places in the house inaccessible to humans, or dashes out into the garden which rather defeats the object of the exercise. However, she's not limping any more so my fingers are crossed for the follow-up appointment when I hope she'll be signed off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 I think cats have a ‘ninth’ sense as well as nine lives ...they can read your mind before you’ve even thought of it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 A friend who used to run an excellent cattery could usually manage to pill a cat by firmly wrapping it in a towel and then getting her husband to hold the cat in a sort of,rugby tackle while she got the pill down. But if it's any consolation, my current cat recently resisted attempts by the vet and the,vet nurse to get a nice tasting worming pill down him. Some cats are really impossible to pill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 I managed to get a worming tablet down one of my cats by pushing it into a piece of a Dairylea cheese triangle! Also you can buy something called cat putty which is some sort of strong tasting squishy paste that you can shove a pill into. I haven’t tried it but I have friends who swear by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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