• Stamets@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    As a cat “owner” I’d have to agree. That bitch will be the death of me one way or another. I hate her. She is a demon. A monster. A creature of malice and detestation. She is malevolence made flesh. I hate her. I would kill anyone who hurt her and would gladly die for her. The bitch.

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      I call my cats by pet names of, sweetie, bunny (I have no idea why I call cats bunnies), love. I also call them by the pet names of bogan, hooligan, and ruffian. “Which one of you hooligans did this?” is an often used phrase in my home. My cats are very good at looking innocent when they are guilty; and looking guilty when they’ve done nothing wrong. They drive me crazy. I love them with all my being.

  • Zubgub@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Butter! You don’t need much, just a thin layer. Rub a little butter onto your fingers then rub the pill itself. Can help mask the bitterness of the pill and prevent it from sticking to their tongue. Was a big game changer giving pills to my cat.

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      My grandmother did the butter pill trick with her cats. She tried to teach me, but I never learned her witchy ways (in that respect, at least).

      We do the two person approach with one handling the kitty and the other risking fingers

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    1 year ago

    Not pills but drops.

    Waited until she was asleep and put the eyedropper in her mouth. Worked great.

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    1 year ago

    This is wild. I’ve never had this experience with my cat. Haha.

    Why not just use a pill pocket if it’s that dire??? My cat is an Angel and just lets me do it, thankfully.

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      1 year ago

      Pill pockets are going to be plan A for the vast majority of people.

      They dont work for many, I’d wager most, cats.

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        1 year ago

        I guess I hit the lottery with my cat. She is so sweet and just puts up with me doing what I need to do. When it comes to ear cleaning, she just runs and hides(understandable! I would, too).

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          1 year ago

          My last girl was that way. She wouldn’t do the pill pockets, had to use a piller, but she was remarkably patient with me.

  • Pringles@lemm.ee
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    What do you guys do with your cats so that it scratches you? I have 4 and none of them has ever intentionally scratched me or my wife. Just clip their nails and if it really is a situation where the cat is not cooperating at all, burrito blanket is the answer.

  • RiikkaTheIcePrincess@kbin.social
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    See, the problem is the “owner” part. I am a cat pet and even the most hatey, “evil,” “vicious” lil fuzzbuddies tend to end up liking me pretty quicklish :3

    Which isn’t to say that I haven’t bled my share, just… nocritter owns a cat :P