| 1. |
Sit on
sofa. Pick up cat and cradle it in the crook of your elbow as though
you
were going to give a bottle to a baby. Talk softly to it. |
| 2. |
With right
hand, stroke cat's throat until it opens its mouth (be patient). Drop
pill
into mouth. Let go of cat, noticing the direction it runs. |
| 3. |
Pick the
pill up off the floor and go get the cat. Sit on floor in kitchen, wrap
arm around cat as before, drop pill in mouth. Let go of cat, noticing
the
direction it runs. |
| 4. |
Scoot across
floor to pick up pill, and go find the cat. Bring it back into the
kitchen.
Hold cat as before, but hold down its front paws with forearm. Drop
pill
into mouth. |
| 5. |
Pry claws
from back legs out of your arm. Go get the cat, pick up half-dissolved
pill from floor and drop it into garbage can. |
| 6. |
Get new
pill from bottle. Go into bathroom and get a fluffy towel. Stay in the
bathroom with the cat, and close the door. |
| 7. |
Sit on
bathroom floor, wrap towel around kitty, leaving only his head exposed.
Cradle kitty in the crook of your arm, and pick up pill off of counter. |
| 8. |
Retrieve
cat from top of shower door (you didn't know that cats can jump 5 feet
straight up in the air, did you?), and wrap towel around it a little
tighter,
making sure its paws can't come out this time. With fingers at either
side
of its jaw, pry it open and pop pill into mouth. Quickly close mouth
(his,
not yours). |
| 9. |
Sit on
floor with cat in your lap, stroking it under the chin and talking
gently
to it for at least a half hour, while the pill dissolves. |
| 10. |
Unwrap
towel, open bathroom door. Wash off scratches in warm soapy water, comb
your hair, and go find something to occupy your time for 7-1/2 hours,
then
repeat. |
