Tiger's Home! 'The butter incident!'

[jennielynn1970]

LOL! I'm sorry I'm laughing at your expense here, but I can totally envision that hissy fit!

I tried the same kind of thing with my mom and dad's cat Lucey and hairball remedy years ago. "Oh, just put it on her paw and she'll lick it off." the woman at the store said. Yeah. Right. That stuff was everywhere, and everywhere it landed it left a greasy streak. Mom was not happy. It was entertaining to watch though!

Furbee is a pain to pill, but I do use cream cheese and butter to dip the small pills in. Honeybun refuses to take any pills, and wails like a banshee whenever I try to hold him and pill him. It's like he thinks I'm going to absolutely torture him. After that, he hides for a day or so, and then skulks around the house while I'm here. None of my guys go for the pill pockets.

[Catty1]

I have smeared stuff on cat's paws in the past....but it is a smear, kind of flat. I recall if there was ANYTHING resembling a 'glob' they'd shake it right off.

I seem to see in my mind's eye that a cat shakes the paw (or whatever) first, and if the stuff doesn't move, then they resort to licking.

Silly Tiger! Stop being so fussy on your food. Anchovies yet!

[Bengalz]

Oh I feel your pain about having to pill a cat. I've been fortunate with Eve and able to get her meds in liquid form - a lot easier with our girl who turns into a little she-devil if she sees pills

I hope everything works out for dear little tiger - he sure does live up to his name