Pill Poppers

Elvis has been on steroids for a week now. Thankfully, his cough seems to be gone. Giving a cat a pill can be hazardous to your health. I’ve heard horror stories about getting clawed and bitten while trying to open a cat’s mouth to drop a pill in. Most cats tend to dislike this event, but Elvis is no ordinary cat. He doesn’t enjoy taking pills, but he’s never gotten angry about it either. He’s pretty finicky too. He’ll only eat dry cat food that’s in three shapes and three colors, so crunching medicine up and hiding it in canned cat food is not an option. We were a little worried because these pills are twice as big as the barbiturates we use to give him. He had this psychotic tail chasing problem for a while. He also used to growl at thin air, which we decided was a bad thing. In the end we determined that he was under stimulated, so the stork brought him a sister. He’s a pretty happy cat now.

So his steroids had to be given twice a day for three days, once a day for a week, and then every other day. This morning as S and I stumbled around the kitchen half asleep as we always do, I realized that Elvis was sitting quietly in the middle our tiny kitchen floor. That’s a pretty hazardous place for a cat to sit so early in the morning. Finally I looked down and asked “Why are you sitting in the middle of the road? You’re about to get stepped on.” Elvis looked back at me and telepathically said “Isn’t it time for my pill?”

I couldn’t be more proud.