Sunday, January 18, 2004

Cats and Pills

The parents are away for their anniversary, and my brother is staying at a friend's house this weekend. The only thing that could have made this weekend better was if we'd set up the new computer before Mom and Dad left, instead of planning on doing that after they come home... Oh, yes, and if I'd been able to stay at home instead of staying at my grandmother's house. Now, I love my grandmother and she is the sweetest old lady in the world, but... her computer is so old and so bad that when we tried to set up DSL on it, it went slower than her old 56K. Not to mention, I never have time on my own because she's always wanting to run around and do stuff. You wouldn't believe how long it took to convince her that no, we did not have to clean my room and that I would do it on Monday. Gah. One of my cats got in a fight (he does that a lot) and came home with a bite wound on his tail, so we've been giving him some medicine to keep it from getting infected or otherwise bad. I am very, very inexperienced at giving cats pills, you see. ^.~ Always had the parents around to do that. So, last night was my first time, and that was a bit of an adventure. Attempt #1: Asked cat politely if he would just eat the silly pill, because he's a good kitty and a smart kitty and he loves me very much. Result: No luck. Attempt #2: Picked up cat and petted for a long, long time, then tried giving him pill wrapped in slices of roast beef from the deli. Result: Cat does not like roast beef. Attempt #3: Mushed up some cheese and stuffed pill inside after setting cat on table. Result: Cat licked it until the cheese fell apart and left the pill. Attempt #4: Put some Fancy Feast canned food on a plate and hid the pill in that, hoping that cat would mistake the pill for some of the food. Result: Cat ate all the wet food but left the pill. Attempt #5: Repeated attempt #4, just in case. Result: Same. Attempt #6: Grabbed cat and held the squirming bugger upside down while grandmother forced his mouth open, stuffed the pill in, and held mouth shut until he swallowed it. Result: Success. Conclusion: Cat is far more intelligent than previously assumed and seems to be aware of the meaning of the word "pill". (Yes, he is a very intelligent thing... when we take him to the vet, he gets out of the box on his own, and when the vet's done with him, he hops right back into the box. It's sooo cute.) Anyway... I'm going to get breakfast for meeh. Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day (tomorrow, but oh well)!

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