How to Give a Cat a Pill

I have a jar o' pills to give my cat (See "Cat Snot", below). I have finally figured out the EZ way to give a cat a pill. You need a plastic baby food spoon which you can get at Target or Wal-Mart. You also neeed a semi-soft food that the cat really likes, such as cooked chicken, tuna, salmon, or ham (ok, most cats don't like ham but this one does). Put a small amount of the meat on the end of the spoon along with the pill. Wedge the cat under one arm and pull his lower jaw down. Using your free hand, shove the spoon far back into the cat's mouth. You have to be quick before the cat figures out what's going on, but this works. Follow up by giving said cat a tidbit of the meat untainted by pills. That assures that he completely swallows the pill and rewards him for taking the pill. See? Easy, wasn't it?