this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2025
187 points (97.5% liked)
Memes
51772 readers
1200 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I'm bigger than my cat. Stronger than him. Smarter than him. But giving him a pill is a test of sheer willpower, and in that I am completely outmatched.
It's like every cell in his body is repurposed into a perfect machine, the singular goal of which is not taking a pill. He becomes liquid when I try to hold him down, then instantly transforms into a spring-loaded pill shooter once I get his mouth open. One time, through incredible effort, I managed to do it without losing any blood. I watched the pill go down his throat. The next day I found it caked in his neck fluff, as though his body detected its presence and morphed around it, rejecting it at a cellular level.
He doesn't need a lot of pills, but after years of blissful cat ownership punctuated by epic, disastrous pill-giving, the vet finally revealed that he could take liquid medicine from a little dropper. So that's much better.
My vet ALSO took their sweet time in letting me know about liquid meds
i remember my vet apologizing for not offering this sooner when she saw my bloodied and bandaged hands when my oldest cat needed pills.
it wasn't all bad though; a part of me has happy to see such vigor and strength coming from my senior cat at a time where i thought that he was at death's door. lol
The problem, at least here in the US, is that most times, they use pharmaceuticals designed for human consumption. They will either whole pill it, and wish you luck trying to administer it, or half a pill, etc. Charging new fees like medical care for a humans is their latest grift and they have that down, but the pharmaceutical end of it has not caught up. It will, I imagine soon, so they can complete their circular structure that mimics the healthcare system for humans, which is a HUGE money-making scheme of shit. It is why they now push and recommend getting pet insurance. See what they did there?
One time we had to pick up medicine for my wife's cat at the human pharmacy, and the pharmacist confirmed with us that the patient's name was "Sasha Feline", because that's what she saw in the system. But she pronounced it "fuh-leen", like it was a person's name. I don't think she knew it was for a cat.
That became Sasha's middle name after that.
🤣...priceless.