On 5/14/2020 10:08 PM, cshenk wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 5/13/2020 11:28 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>> On Tue, 12 May 2020 20:22:55 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/12/2020 3:38 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 11 May 2020 Snag wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Late last week we went to WM for some groceries , and while
>>>>>> there I checked the meat cases . We don't buy out meat there
>>>>>> , but I wanted to check stock - and the coolers were nearly
>>>>>> empty . Today I went to our local chain for some milk since
>>>>>> Max and I finished our last gallon this morning for our
>>>>>> coffee.
>>>>>
>>>>> A gallon is a lot of milk for coffee for two.
>>>>> I take it Max is your faggot lover.... Max & Snag Forever!
>>>>> What makes you think we are interested in your personal
>>>>> intimacies? I figure Max is in charge, Snag is just his docile
>>>>> ****.
>>>>>
>>>> Max is his dog. You don't drink milk so you don't understand why
>>>> anyone would buy it.
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> I don't drink milk but my wife goes through more than a gallon every
>>> week with her tea... and I use some in cooking and with cereal.
>>> Dogs and cats shouldn't be given milk as once full grown they become
>>> lactose intolerant and so they throw up.
>>> I did buy Lactaid vanilla
>>> icecream to medicate a cat, a lot easier than trying to force a pill
>>> down their throat... and then shortly after they swallow it they
>>> throw it up under the bed. I use a pill crusher that turns the
>>> pill into powder, then mixed with the Lactaid they lap it up.
>>>
>> Uh, okay. Whenever I had to pill Persia (RB) I tucked it into a
>> Greenie's Pill Pocket. Sometimes she'd just eat the pill pocket and
>> I'd find the pill on the floor. So, barring that, her vet taught me
>> to just open her mouth (gently), pop in a pill, hold her mouth shut
>> and gently stroke her throat. This causes them to reflexively
>> swallow and down goes the pill.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Doesnt work with all cats. Vet told me tht then I said 'try it on this
> one'. He couldnt get it to work either.
>
Maybe not, but the vet also suggested hiding her pill in canned
water-packed tuna and she wouldn't eat that, either. She hated all
fishy type cat food. So much for "all cats love fish".

Jill