The endless game of giving Andy his heart medicine began with Andy escaping from me each time I tried to catch him.
Frustrated, I decided to take a photo of Andy hiding in the dark, feet away from me where I couldn’t move without him scooting off to some inaccessible spot to “cat smirk” about how he avoided his icky medicine once again! I’d call the blog centered on the photo “fugitive…” I decided.
While waiting for my computer to settle in and be ready, Andy stopped by my computer chair! He was within grabbing distance, so I just reached down and captured my little fugitive!
“Try giving me those sad kitten eyes now, you little rascal! You will be medicated today!”
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The fugitive, moments before he came over and was captured. (Photo taken in low light.)
This is Andy’s main defense: “sad kitten eyes”. Didn’t work! For those unfamiliar with Andy’s “sad kitten eyes”, here’s an historical photo, back when I had to wrap him in a towel to contain him long enough to give him his medicine:
…wrapped in the white towel! He spots the medicine bottle on the table. This can only mean one thing! (Original caption for this photo – this shows you an Oscar-worthy version of “sad kitten eyes”, as Andy performs them!)
Such sad kitty eyes! I have to wrap Willow in a towel to cut her toenails, and even then she is a challenge. Strangely enough, she is OK with pills or liquid medicine.
Poor Andy! He’s getting better about the medicine. I do make sure it is as pleasant a process as possible, with nose rubs, soft talk about what a good kitty he is, and holding him close like a baby. He’s become used to that, likes it, and that makes the medicine part a little more tolerable. (Well, not too tolerable!)
Que olhos lindos! Amarelos!
Gorgeous eyes! Yellow!
Sim, isso é a coisa agradável sobre os gatos persas de fumaça! Ambos Andy e Dougy tem olhos lindos.
The look on his face in the last picture says it all…I can’t add anything else. He is a sweetheart.
Jean
He works it, believe me!
Poor Andy. Could his medicine be compounded into a gel? I know a lot of them can, but I don’t know about bp meds.
It’s a tablet that’s ground and mixed into a chicken-flavored liquid. His main complaint is the cold, I think. It has to be stored in the refrigerator. It takes a moment to give it to him, then he is OK. I squirt just a small amount into his mouth, then, gradually, complete the deed. The whole process takes b=very little time, just a few seconds.
Now THATz a picture! How bloody are your arms Doug? ~~dru~~
Happily enough, neither Andy nor Dougy gets aggressive that way. They will struggle to get loose, but never with tooth and claw!
Halloween pic. Love his eyes.
See what I mean? Oscar-worthy!
He is!
Andy just wants to give you some exercise and keep you in shape!!
I tell you, GP, there are days he gives me quite a work out! Today I lucked out.
Then drop and give him 20…..
LOL! I can manage the drop part at least! Twenty tries, maybe.
haha, thought you’d get a kick of that.
It’s been forty-four years since I last heard that spoken in my presence, and 46 since it was an order specifically directed at me! Whew! But you never get over the anxiety that order induces, i think.
ha, You know it!