Monday, May 19, 2008

I tried giving Garf his pill today, he would not open up. I did manage to get it in his mouth, but obviously not far enough back, he spit it out. I struggled with him for 5 minutes. The damn capsule started to get wet and was falling apart, so I just put it in his food dish. His vet called to see how he was and I asked about that. They said try and give it in his mouth if you can instead of his food dish, if it comes apart, it does taste bitter. Easier said than done. They said sometimes it's easier with 2 people... wrap him in a towel, then he can't wiggle away, and pry open his mouth. Ok... I tried prying open his mouth, that's not easy. I'll try the towel approach tomorrow. I'm glad he's back to normal though.

The doctor's went well. Lunchtime was a good time to go. I'll know the test results in a few days. Jeff took his car in to be fixed, and we went to pick him up at the dealer, and then went to Big Boys. Our first restaurant with the kids... well, besides the disaster when Jon was 3 weeks old. And they were great. Except for Jess having a tantrum in the parking lot when we were going home because she wouldn't hold my hand, and I was carrying too much to pick her up. She didn't get a nap today, we got home too late, and I decided instead of struggling with her at bedtime I'd just keep her up. So it made for quite an evening. But who cares how they act at home, thank god they were angels out in public.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hated taking our cats in for teeth cleaning. What drama! We had to give our cat meds before too. We had tried pills one time, but had the same trouble you did. So they gave us liquid instead. The funny thing about that- it was pink bubblegum flavor, like a kids antibiotic! Needless to say kitty didn't care much for the pink bubble gum flavor- don't blame him, I don't know any cats that chew gum, do you? It did seem a little easier to give him the liquid, but still took the two of us to pry his mouth open and force it down his throat. What a pain! Glad Garf is okay!!

Clara said...

Yeah, when I asked why don't they give me a liquid, they claimed that it had to be in pill form, whatever compounds go together etc. OH well! It's almost over, and hopefully it works. Tag teaming helped today... made it a little easier. Bubble gum flavor, are they nuts? Next time they should think... cats like fish flavors, hahaha. I'm glad he's ok too, I was very worried. He's my first furbaby!