Joys of rural life

[Techno]

As long as the pills weren't too enormous..... We used to con our cats into gulping them down by either wrapping them in 'softish' cheese, a piece of cooked chicken, or a prawn.

Worked 9 times out of 10.

There's also a plastic 'wossname' that we got from the vets, that pushes the pill to the back of the cat's throat and releases said pill, without having to put your fingers in the sod's mouth.
You'd probably still need to wrap the cat in a towel, though.   

Cheers - Phil

[Orcs]

I always get the job of holding her or giving her the medicine  and fortunately our cat is a bit wary of me ( I don't know why    ) 

So she just lets me get on with it

[Heedless Horseman]

You should, (or shouldn't!), hear the goings on when trying to clip a geet big, hairy, Alsatian dogs' talons. The fight between 'Tommy Brock and Mr. Todd' has nowt on it. Crashings and bangings, snarls and growls...and that is mainly ME!   

[Techno]

THAT sounds fun, HH.

Have you tried getting a 'trank' from your vets, and slipping it in his/her food ?
Might work, and make life a bit easier. 

Have to admit, clipping claws is not one of my favourite tasks.
It's not that the labs go too silly.....It's because I worry about going too far back on the claw and hitting 'the quick'
Fortunately, it tends to be just their dew claws that need sorting out from time to time...not the whole 'set'.

Cheers - Phil

[Orcs]

My Ex wife used to need her talons sorting - Not that I would try