- Sit on sofa. Pick up cat and
cradle it in the crook of your elbow as though you
were going to give a bottle to a baby. Talk softly
to it.
- With right hand, stroke cat's
throat until it opens its mouth (be patient). Drop
pill into mouth. Let go of cat, noticing the
direction it runs.
- Pick the pill up off the
floor and go get the cat. Sit on floor in kitchen,
wrap arm around cat as before, drop pill in mouth.
Let go of cat, noticing the direction it runs.
- Scoot across floor to pick up
pill, and go find the cat. Bring it back into the
kitchen. Hold cat as before, but hold down its front
paws with forearm. Drop pill into mouth.
- Pry claws from back legs out
of your arm. Go get the cat, pick up half-dissolved
pill from floor and drop it into garbage can.
- Get new pill from bottle. Go
into bathroom and get a fluffy towel. Stay in the
bathroom with the cat, and close the door.
- Sit on bathroom floor, wrap
towel around kitty, leaving only his head exposed.
Cradle kitty in the crook of your arm, and pick up
pill off of counter.
- Retrieve cat from top of
shower door (you didn't know that cats can jump 5
feet straight up in the air, did you?), and wrap
towel around it a little tighter, making sure its
paws can't come out this time. With fingers at
either side of its jaw, pry it open and pop pill
into mouth. Quickly close mouth (his, not yours).
- Sit on floor with cat in your
lap, stroking it under the chin and talking gently
to it for at least a half hour, while the pill
dissolves.
- Unwrap towel, open bathroom
door. Wash off scratches in warm soapy water, comb
your hair, and go find something to occupy your time
for 7-1/2 hours, then repeat.
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