Help! Difficulty with worming tablets

Shelflife
Not much help but thank you for starting the thread, it's very funny

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I'm a jaw-squeezer (at the hinge) with my left hand, and I poke the tablet down with right hand index finger. Doesn't make me sound like an animal lover, does it?

My last cat who was as daft as a brush used to froth at the mouth if you put a pill in her mouth then shake her head and the pill would shoot out.
My current cat who bites me quite often is the opposite I kneel on the floor sit him between my legs hold his head back with my left hand, gently open his mouth with the ring finger on my right hand, drop the pill into his throat. which I've been holding between the tip of my index and middle fingers, then stroke his throat. Works everytime. He has a flea pill once a month and worm pill once every three months.

that really made me laugh minimoon. Love the bit about retrieving the cat from the neighbour's shed.

I just came across this.

MiniMoon

Here it is

That is hilarious!

We had a dog when I was a kid. Mum gave her a tablet hidden in her food. Dog munched away happily, cleaned bowl afterwards by licking thoroughly in case she'd missed anything. And walked away, happy that her tummy was full, but would still accept a treat!
A few moments later my mum uttered her surprise....right in the middle of the dogs bowl was that one little pill, licked clean of food but totally whole!! ??
Later on in life we had a Staffy. Soft as claggy toffee. He ignored pills in food, unless we wrapped them in a treat like ham or a sweet - he just gulped that down so never knew about the pills!
We've had/got cat/s.
Pills - give to him indoors, he'll sort it, my skin is delicate!!

Thank you Minimoon I was hoping that someone would come up with it! I never tire of it!

Thankyou all for your advice. MinniMoon, a special thankyou heading your way - made me ?.
Managed yesterday with help of DH , a difficult task! I took the advice about wrapping her in a towel , getting onto the floor and my DH holding her between his knees while I administered the tablet., What a performance!!! Any way job done. You are correct Fanny - she can smell my fear! Next time I will try the spot on wormer.

Give up on the cat burritos! Get the liquid wormer that you apply to the back of their neck…….simples.

One of my cats can smell a pill from a mile away even if it's wrapped in fillet steak! My vet showed the perfect way to give a pill. Get the cat ready, head back, prise the mouth open and blow in its face just as you're shoving the pill down! Works every time in the surgery. However, at home, I agree that the liquid wormer is the easiest.

Callistemon21

We tried everything with one of our dogs but he could sort out a tablet from a piece of meat, cheese or whatever, wait for a bit until you thought he'd swallowed it, then spit it out.

The vet advised gently holding his mouth shut and stroking his throat until he swallowed; sometimes it worked, other times the tablet would be in his cheek ready to spit as soon as my back was turned.

Why can't they do the medication in liquid form so you can use a syringe?

Be glad the don't. My vet thoughtfully prescribed medicin in liquid form for my cat!

I had to go back the following day and ask for tablets as there was simply no way I was going to be allowed to squirt medicine into the cat's mouth!

Thank you FarNorth. I haven't laughed so much for ages.