This does actually work. The trick is to throw the tab far enough back in
the beast's throat. Sometimes they swallow automatically. You can normally
keep the mouth open by getting your fingers in the very back of the mouth
(behind the teeth) and pressing in.

Incidentally, I met a vet once who had to put down a cat at farm. He
explained to the family that he had a box in the back of his Land Rover,
into which he would put the cat, then turn on the gas supply, and allow it
to die in its sleep.

He then went around to the back of the said vehicle, out of sight of the
family, and looked for some way of zapping said cat (he didn't have a gas
box). In the end he found that the only thing he had was the captive bolt
gun he used to put down cattle. He wrapped the cat, loaded the gun, knelt on
the cat, put the gun to its head and pulled the trigger.

Five minutes later he was still trying to pull the bolt out of the tarmac,
where it had jammed (cat's head's being rather lighter duty than cattle's).
He simultaneously had to deal with the family, who kept trying to come
across and find out what was going on.

In the end, he had a brainwave and jacked another .22 round into the weapon,
pulled the trigger and bounced it out of the tarmac.

The family still give him accusing glances when he attends their animals.

Andrew

Dr. Andrew N. Herd MRCGP                               [log in to unmask]
  Family Physician, Medical Adviser to Durham Health Authority
  Lecturer in Primary Care, Durham University
  Medical Editor, Practice Computing
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Gallagher <[log in to unmask]>
To: none <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 25 January 1998 22:19
Subject: Re: Cats


>Paul Attwood wrote:
>
>> >>On 01/25/98 08:13:37,  [log in to unmask] wrote:
>> >
>> >> Is it possible to administer anti-biotics and the like with a
>> >> suppository?
>
>  9 out of 10 cats said they would prefer  Velosef (?cephardine) if asked.
Just
>sprinkle on cat food. It appears to be tasteless and odourless . It worked
on my
>moggie who has since gone to the great litter tray in the sky.
>Cats, Rabbits etc, on GP-UK.  Early Spongiform manifestations?
>
>



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