jmcquown wrote:

> On 5/14/2020 10:08 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > > On 5/13/2020 11:28 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 12 May 2020 20:22:55 -0400, jmcquown
> > > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On 5/12/2020 3:38 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, 11 May 2020 Snag wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Late last week we went to WM for some groceries , and
> > > > > > > while there I checked the meat cases . We don't buy out
> > > > > > > meat there , but I wanted to check stock - and the
> > > > > > > coolers were nearly empty . Today I went to our local
> > > > > > > chain for some milk since Max and I finished our last
> > > > > > > gallon this morning for our coffee.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > A gallon is a lot of milk for coffee for two.
> > > > > > I take it Max is your faggot lover.... Max & Snag Forever!
> > > > > > What makes you think we are interested in your personal
> > > > > > intimacies? I figure Max is in charge, Snag is just his
> > > > > > docile ****.
> > > > > >
> > > > > Max is his dog. You don't drink milk so you don't understand
> > > > > why anyone would buy it.
> > > > > Jill
> > > >
> > > > I don't drink milk but my wife goes through more than a gallon
> > > > every week with her tea... and I use some in cooking and with
> > > > cereal. Dogs and cats shouldn't be given milk as once full
> > > > grown they become lactose intolerant and so they throw up.
> > > > I did buy Lactaid vanilla
> > > > icecream to medicate a cat, a lot easier than trying to force a
> > > > pill down their throat... and then shortly after they swallow
> > > > it they throw it up under the bed. I use a pill crusher that
> > > > turns the pill into powder, then mixed with the Lactaid they
> > > > lap it up.
> > > >
> > > Uh, okay. Whenever I had to pill Persia (RB) I tucked it into a
> > > Greenie's Pill Pocket. Sometimes she'd just eat the pill pocket
> > > and I'd find the pill on the floor. So, barring that, her vet
> > > taught me to just open her mouth (gently), pop in a pill, hold
> > > her mouth shut and gently stroke her throat. This causes them to
> > > reflexively swallow and down goes the pill.
> > >
> > > Jill
> >
> > Doesnt work with all cats. Vet told me tht then I said 'try it on
> > this one'. He couldnt get it to work either.
> >
> Maybe not, but the vet also suggested hiding her pill in canned
> water-packed tuna and she wouldn't eat that, either. She hated all
> fishy type cat food. So much for "all cats love fish".
>
> Jill

Wierdly, I've never had a cat that liked tuna. They have liked other
things 'seafood' with shrimp being the universal winner.

Current cats (Mona and Luko, 13yo brother and sister)like suriname for
a treat.