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Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: CurlyCatz on April 04, 2007, 18:36:39 PM

Title: Cat Health Videos the funny way - showing how to.....
Post by: CurlyCatz on April 04, 2007, 18:36:39 PM

tan do you think it might be an idea to put these on a sticky somewhere ?

Title: Cat Health Videos - showing how to.....
Post by: Tan on April 04, 2007, 18:39:29 PM

Good point  :Luv: done

Title: Cat Health Videos - showing how to.....
Post by: Hippykitty on April 07, 2007, 11:14:58 AM

One good way to hold a cat when giving meds on your own is to kneel on the floor, knees apart, wedging the cat between your thighs, with the cat facing away from you. This leaves you free to lift the cat's neck (with a tickle) and open mouth to pop in the pill. This only fails if you have a cat (like Samantha) who lifts her paws up to scratch your hands.

In her case, I creep upon her when she's sleeping, pop the pill in her mouth far back enough to stimulate the swallow reflex, then watch as she gives me a filthy look!

Also, I would never cut their claws as close as in the vid. It helps if you train a cat for claw-trimming by gently rubbing the pads of their paws while their relaxing on your lap. This makes them associate you messing with their paws with a pleasant experience. (Polly still fidgets when I trim her claws, though!)

Title: Cat Health Videos - showing how to.....
Post by: Hippykitty on May 15, 2007, 11:03:32 AM

An alternative "How to bathe a cat" video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9QwK5EHSmg

Title: Cat Health Videos - showing how to.....
Post by: Hippykitty on May 15, 2007, 11:11:12 AM

An alternative "How to give a cat a pill"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NGBpFfgStM

Title: Cat Health Videos - showing how to.....
Post by: Hippykitty on May 15, 2007, 11:44:22 AM

If only they were all so relaxed about claw trimming! This cat must be on more than catnip!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhKhu1buSDY

I hope you don't mind me posting these alternatives. But I was browsing round youtube and found some I thought other peeps might like.

Title: Cat Health Videos the funny way - showing how to.....
Post by: Hippykitty on May 15, 2007, 12:00:53 PM

Get them to brush their own teeth!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfjvdRnjpXs