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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Get new pill from bottle. Go into bathroom and get
a fluffy towel. Stay in the bathroom with the cat, and close the door.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.

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