Yes, it’s another Feline Friday!
But you’ll have to wait until tomorrow for the week’s batch of photogenic felines.
That’s because late Thursday afternoon, instead of being at home chasing cats with camera, Romeo and I were at his vet in Kaneohe after he showed classic signs of a urinary infection. We returned home a bit after 6 p.m. armed with about ten days worth of antibiotics. He really doesn’t like getting the antibiotic squirted into his mouth and tries his best to spew it out. I’m still trying to perfect a technique to be sure that as much as possible is swallowed….only two doses so far, and a lot more to go. Hopefully I’ll get better at it quicker than his technique improves.
In any case, please check back tomorrow. Hopefully the cats will have a chance to cooperate by then.
And send your best wishes to Mr. Romeo.
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How are your ten digits (approximately, given that some of them recently got chewed on) going to respond to the challenge of administering ten days of antibiotics?
I know that it is going to work, and I am holding a good thought for both of you.
It must be hard to medicate Romeo with your injured hand-
Affirmative! I could not manage a pill. No way. The liquid? I’m hoping I’ll find the proper technique. Only the shortened finger is still bandaged, although the thumb is still painful.
Aloha Ian, what worked for my kitty was to do this. (1) grab cat; (2) dip a toothpick in honey and place in kitty’s mouth or let kitty lick; (3) as kitty smacks lips enjoying honey, quickly squirt in the the drugs; kitty will not spit out because honey flavor is still dominant but eventually the antibiotic taste comes through and kitty’s facial expression will change; finally (4) get “stink eye” from kitty as he/she walks away in disgust. Aloha
POOR Romeo…sigh but Keith seems to have a great plan…Ian, hope soon you AND Romeo doing better!
Here is what works for me. Grab cat and hold firmly between body and left arm with something behind you, like a chair back, so the cat can’t back up. Put your left hand around the back of the cat’s head with thumb and forefinger on either side of the head just forward of the hinge of the jaw. Bend cat’s head back. If done properly the cat’s mouth will be forced open. Quickly (!!) squirt antibiotic as far down the throat as possible.
Sounds brutal I know but no more so than a prolonged wrestling match involving several attempts. Maybe the honey trick mentioned above would be better but I have never tried it.
Poor both of you! Try mixing the antibiotic in a little honey & see if he’ll just lap it up on his own? idk… good luck to you both. 🙂