A new veterinary practice

[bellinghman]

We've just realised an exciting new way of getting cats to swallow pills.

Feed the pills to the local mice.

Comments

[artela.livejournal.com]

Don't the pills then just end up in the green wobbly bit that the cat won't eat?

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

You mean the garnish?

(At least, our moggies seem to consume the lot. OK, feathers may get left, but beaks? Claws?)

[artela.livejournal.com]

Ours seem to leave little furry skulls, and green wobbly bits (just as described in "Maurice"... I suspect the green wobbly bit is where nasty stuff ends up, the rest gets eaten if they're in the mood, although they seem to catch far more than they require for between meals snacks, so we also get a lot of full dead bodies too :-)

[ottah.livejournal.com]

The green wobbly bit is the gall bladder.

[liasbluestone.livejournal.com]

Your local mice have beaks?

[oldbloke.livejournal.com]

I stumbled downstairs early one morning to witness the legs of a small bird disappearing down Felix's throat. Swallowed the bird whole. I didn't really need that before my first pint of coffee.

[perdita-fysh.livejournal.com]

As part of the raw meat thingy, I give ours some 'chicken wings' every few days. I had been expecting the small things you get when you order buffalo wings in a restaurant, but these are actually the full shebang about half the size of a cat, with the odd feather still attached as well.

It still amazes me that I return the following morning to about a half inch of the bone that had been exposed at the end where it joined the body and was obviously rejected due to not tasting nice rather than any inability to eat. I keep meaning to sit and watch them eat one some time!