Nothing is more pathetic than the looks Andy gives me when he realizes it’s time for his medicine. Regardless, it’s for his best, so I rub his ears and whiskers, talk softly to him, rock him like a baby, then say the five (six?) words he doesn’t want to hear: “We gotta do it, Andy….”
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Poor kitty! (That’s Dougy coming in to the room because he knows Andy gets kitty treats after his medicine. Dougy sneaks a few for himself!
Oh dear! Andy’s laying the “poor kitty” guilt trip on me, and how!
“Ow! Ow! Ow! Stop staring at me, kitty!”
“We gotta do it, Andy!”
After a bit of a struggle, Andy is a good boy, takes his medicine, then hops down to the floor to wait for his kitty treats. Whew! We got through that hassle for one more day!
That is a poor any look! He has perfected that look, no? I see that look with ours at tooth brushing time.
Poor Andy, I know that look, I get it twice a day from Phoebe and Millie.
Oh dear! How do you keep from melting???
Dougy looks hesitating : do I have my med or do I have a treat ? 🙂
In friendship
Michel
Andy (not Dougy – he’s the one walking by in the background) does have ambivalent feelings about his medicine alright!
He sure has mastered the look hasn’t he? Maving medicated many cats in many ways, I only wish we could explain to them we are doing it for love.
Me, too, Angela. I used to have to wrap him in a towel to give him the medicine. Once he got used to the coddling and soft talk prior to the medicine, he started to be less vigorous in refusing the medicine. He still tries to turn his head away from the syringe, but after the first taste of medicine, he settles down, swallows it like a big kitty, then is patient till I let him down.
You really do have wonderful cats.
They think so! LOL! Yes, they are pretty special to me.
And I worry about a once in a year trip to the vet. I dips me lid to you, big Doug.
It is a game Andy and I play,, nd sometimes he manages to avoid his medicine all day. He is borderline on his blood pressure. I had the option of not medicating him or continuing. Given his eyesight and kidneys could be harmed by high blood pressure, I feel the medication is worth the money!