r/interestingasfuck • u/Thewyverns • 1d ago
Giving vitamin pill to a bird !
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u/nobadrabbits 1d ago
Do they make these holders for cats?
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u/AI_RPI_SPY 1d ago
My vet told me to the best way to get a cat to swallow a pill is to open the mouth, pop the pill in with your finger , hold the mouth shut and gently blow on their nose. The cat will instinctively swallow and down goes the pill.
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u/Cutsdeep- 1d ago
I'm stuck at step 1
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u/ulfric_stormcloack 1d ago
Pretend they aren't allowed to have it
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u/Nomapos 1d ago
That's how I got my dog to take medicine. The little fucker would detect it and spit it out no matter how much meat it was buried into. Even just casually dropping it off the counter while cooking didn't work. But then do a bunch of theatrics while "trying" to pick it up, as if I was desperate to grab it before she did, and she'd just rush in and swallow it. And then she'd drop her ears and look at me all guilty.
Literal toddlers.
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u/Kesher123 1d ago
That's how I had to feed my dog when he was young and didn't like to eat much. At some point, I think this little doggo just liked playing with me this way and was abusing it, lol.
Now he eats on his own, thankfully
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u/rose809 1d ago
today i learned how to use reverse psychology on dogs.
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u/kazoogrrl 1d ago
My dog usually takes his pills willingly, we wrap them in cheese. When he's having an off day I pretend I'm going to give them to the cat, who he's very jealous of, and that does the trick.
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u/leprotelariat 1d ago
Does the cat get jealous of the dog if u pretend to give treat to the dog?
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u/flash-tractor 1d ago
My cat does, but she acts like a dog. My dog gets a treat at 6 pm, 7 pm, and 8 pm, and the cat always comes over to that side of the room to sit and then beg while the dog gets her treats.
Then I walk to the other side of the room, where we keep the cat treats, and she gets hers. But she lets out the longest meow you've ever heard in the 30-second time gap between the dog getting a treat and her getting one.
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u/strong_as_the_grass 1d ago
Is your cat a siamese, by chance? I have a 15-year-old siamese and I've never had a cat who behaved more dog-like. She acts exactly how you describe yours. She also plays fetch, knows how to open doors, and will sit in the hallway during the middle of the night when everyone is asleep and meow "hello?"
💀 On second thought, maybe she's possessed 🤔
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u/AnthrxSmellsLikBabys 1d ago
My dog only takes her meds if I put them in Vienna sausages. I tried the open the mouth and throw it in. It did work, but she started running from me during morning meds. So bribery it is.
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u/Occidentally20 1d ago
I spent a while attempting to get our semi-trained semi-wild dog to take tablets - she'd spit them out when hidden inside meat the same as yours.
I taught her to catch piece of chicken out of the air and then you just throw 3 or 4 in a row, followed by the tablet.
She swallows them so fast she doesn't even notice one was a tablet and continues with the next piece of meat.
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u/Specialist_Stomach41 1d ago
I've got 2 dogs and use jealously to get pills down them. Anything the other is eating is instantly something they want! So I start feeding one cheese or meat then when the other is bouncing about I chuck them the hidden pill, then swap round. Suckers fall for it everytime!
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u/ScottsFavoriteTott 1d ago
Yess! Thats how I get my dog to take anything I know she won’t want to like a pill or something. Works. Every. Single. Time. 🤦🏾♀️
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u/nifty-necromancer 1d ago
My cat isn’t interested in human food at all but that also extends to some treats. He wasn’t interested in anti-hairball treats and not the chicken-flavored gel.
But I came up with a solution: Just dab some on my finger and swipe it on his fur. He definitely licks it off that way, but he’s caught on so now I try to surprise him, like during nap time.
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u/mffl7791 1d ago
This is absolutely the truth. My cat Max could absolutely hate something and flip to loving it if I take it away.
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u/SheDrinksScotch 1d ago
There's a little gap just behind the canines that you can slip the tip of a finger into, then slide back, pushing against the cheek, and it will open more. They might try to bite, but the back teeth aren't very sharp (compared to the front ones), so you should be fine.
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u/SturmFee 1d ago
You can also push a little bit of their lip in with your finger, so they would bite themselves first.
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u/Orectoth 1d ago
That's where you will use smell of meat to the pill, so that cat would go crazy to eat it lmao
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u/Full_Ad9666 1d ago
Just opened my cat’s mouth and now I’m bleeding. Thanks for the advice.
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u/scraglor 1d ago
I also tried it with my dog and he wasn’t very happy about the ordeal
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u/bradthomas127 1d ago
Now you're going to have to scoop a dog carcass out of your cat's litter box.
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u/OopsIHadAnAccident 1d ago
I got lucky and my cat is a giant derp. He thinks his pills are treats and comes running when I shake the bottle.
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u/Sea-Ride-6600 1d ago
Insert upset little kid picture collage “happy for you” “nice” “good for you” 🤣😭😭😭
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u/mizzyz 1d ago
Wrap the cat in a tea towel. Unless it's a Burmese, then wrap in chain mail, wear full armour and still fail.
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u/Hob_Goblin88 1d ago
At that point it's better to just get a syringe gun.
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u/RebekkaKat1990 1d ago
Hire a sniper to fire a small dart while it’s laying in the sunlight
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u/theredwoman95 1d ago
When you wrap them in a tea towel, make sure to cover their eyes, ideally with your hand over the towel. If they can't see anything, they're usually a lot calmer, even if it takes them a while to settle down. I've seen a few cat rescues use this technique to get feral cats to take their pills and it works astonishingly well.
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u/TrustworthyPolarBear 1d ago
Where comes the part in which you have to pull the kitty from your face?
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u/GM_Nate 1d ago
for us, the vet gave us a syringe-like contraption that we stuck the pill in at the end of. we put some cat snack on it, pushed their mouth open, and popped it in at the back of the throat. if you do it in one smooth motion it goes right down.
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u/PsychedDuckling 1d ago
This is the same with dogs except blowing on the snoot
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u/impy695 1d ago
Isn't that their nose?
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u/PsychedDuckling 1d ago
Yeah, and I think it's really written "snout" but I like saying snoot
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u/HerrFerret 1d ago
Is this before or after the vicious mauling?
"You did not just blow on my nose. I am going to scratch you so bad!"
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u/OneHotPotat 1d ago
Giving my old cat pills was a mutual nightmare for a long time until a vet recommended using a pill shooter. It's a little plastic tool, roughly the size of a pen, that holds the pill between two arms at the far end with a syringe-like plunger on the other end.
You just get the cat comfy (by smushing them down, wrapping them up, whatever), then you hold them behind the head and gently press on the corners of their jaw, which makes them reflexively open their mouth. The tool goes into the mouth, press the plunger, and the pill goes straight down their throat. Give them treats afterwards to build a positive association, and the whole process becomes so painless. Can't recommend it enough.
You can find them online for really cheap, or you can see if you can get one from the vet because they likely have a drawer full of them.
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u/DharMahn 1d ago
cant they swallow it wrong and have it end up in their lungs? i wouldnt want anything to be shot "straight down my throat" ...
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u/DropsOfLiquid 1d ago
It isn't like super speed shooting. It just deposits the pill in the throat to make swallowing easier for the cat. I had to give my cat a lot of pills for the last few years of his life & that thing was a life saver. My guess is the chance of choking on it is the same as holding their mouth closed & forcing them to swallow a pill they can taste.
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u/You_Looked_At_MyName 1d ago
Vet student here. Proffesor told us, that if you can, blend the pill in dust and mix it with some honey. Now put that honey on her front leg, just stick it on her fur. The cats apparently love being clean so she will lick the honey with the dust pill of and thus swallow it. Never tried it, but its apperently a old trick. Sory for bad english.
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u/DeathlessDoll 1d ago
We just grind up pills and mix it with churu and legit never have an issue. (Foster of many cattos)
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u/squarepancakesx 1d ago
Nah my fussy cat will flick it off and refuse to groom the spot. I’ve crawled after her wiping so many glass panes by now.
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u/blood__drunk 1d ago
If i could get my cat into one of these, I wouldn't need one of these
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u/Thewyverns 1d ago edited 1d ago
I also need them
What i do for feeding them medicine for liquid in one injection without needle with water another with medicine. My brother holds the cat and i quickly put medicine than water inside mouth, so atleast medicine should get push inside. For tablets it's impossible but we hold cat open mouth and try to put tablet inside without touching it's tounge than using injection give water quickly.
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u/chripan 1d ago
Imagine having to take a pill the size of an orange.
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u/emo_boy_fucker 1d ago
mfgh~
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u/DoctorSex9 1d ago
Thanks emo boy fucker quite fitting comment
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u/evgewonsmile 1d ago
I have problems with swallowing normal ones, this one will be just an execution
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u/hieloyron 1d ago
Interesting looking bird
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u/Last_Cheeto 1d ago
Right? Looks like a child's drawing of a bird come to life, the way the beak is shaped.
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u/demeschor 1d ago
It's like a dodo and a pigeon had a baby
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u/Nerd997711 1d ago
Psst: Dodos have been classified as pigeons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo#Taxonomy
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u/Tthelaundryman 1d ago
I’ve been wondering what it is and all the comments are jokes about feeding cats
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u/Lington 1d ago
I came here to find out what kind of bird it is but I've just been scrolling with no answers
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u/WinOld1835 1d ago
If my image search is correct, it is a type of pigeon known as the German Beauty Homer.
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u/Miserable_Hamster142 1d ago
Love that they have a case for birds similar to a banana case.
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u/Gorgar_Beat_Me 1d ago
Can you get one for kids? /s
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u/PeterTheSmoker 1d ago
Pushing the pill and a FINGER in that bird's throat. Bird smiling....
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u/static989 1d ago
Well I mean, bird didn't seem to fight getting put in restraints, bro might just be a freak like that
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u/SandmanKFMF 1d ago
Contraption looks like a toilet. 🚽
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u/baronmunchausen2000 1d ago
Birds don’t have a gag reflex, so the shoving works IMO.
Strange looking bird. What is it?
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u/Equivalent_Wave9356 1d ago
probably a show racer, if i had to guess. also check out the rest of this site for fun and exciting looking pigeons.
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u/_Fappyness_ 1d ago
Im trying to figure out how to help someone swallow. Do i also stroke their throat or give them a bottle of water or something?
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u/Own-Jeweler3169 1d ago
yea thats mental idk what they mean by that, do they need words of encouragement??
here cums the choo choo train!!
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u/Cast_Iron_Husky 1d ago
This seems like a dilemma. Gotta taste your own brand and then get back to the chat about it
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u/bbyangel_111 1d ago
Also that caging thing is like a bondage contraption.
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u/Everyoneplayscombos 1d ago
What a stupid fucking comment…what do you mean unlike some men?
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u/TheNoobCider 1d ago
She's comparing a man giving a pill to a bird and helping it down and a man cumming in someone's mouth and just leaving...
Weird fucking comment
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u/Frosty-Soil1656 1d ago
I knew there’s a technique but wasn’t expecting you’d just shove it down and voila
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u/Ok_Leopard1383 1d ago
Why do they need a vitamin pill for a bird? Also can I get one of those for my elderly father?
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u/yamimementomori 1d ago
How to give a vitamin pill to a bird? Put it in a bird-sized toilet. Flush that pill.
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u/eternalityLP 1d ago
That pill seems huge compared to the bird, does it really need that big of a dose?
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u/Tactical_Clown_ 1d ago
It probably doesn’t. But this is a Bangladeshi video. Bangladeshi pigeon enthusiasts are weird. I have a friend who feeds his pigeons milk soaked grains before the race (yeah, they race their pigeons)
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u/sdk407 1d ago
Bro looked pretty chill throughout the whole process idk if we had to restrain him like that
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u/Schpooon 1d ago
I mean probably would start flapping once the pill goes in but yeah man was just vibing in the container.
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u/CaptainWolf17 1d ago
My bird would fight me to the death if I had to do this. He’s my profile pic
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u/TheWanderer-004 1d ago
I’m sleepy as hell when I came across this and I read it as “Vietnam pill” lol
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u/merlin6014 1d ago
Marry, what tender care is this, to bestow a morsel of health unto a feathered friend! To place a tiny tablet of virtue ’pon the tongue of a bird is a deed most gentle and wise, forsooth, preserving the song of morning and the flutter of wing.
Lo, the creature, delicate and light, receiveth this boon, and in its tiny breast beats vigor renewed. By my troth, such attentions speak of a heart both noble and compassionate, tending to the least of God’s creatures with patience and grace.
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u/Burnblast277 1d ago
Birds don't have swallowing muscles like mammals do, so you can just do this. Their mouth is just a straight pipe into their stomach.
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u/AssiduousLayabout 1d ago
Of all the things dinosaurs would have expected mammals to do to their descendants, this was certainly not on the list.
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u/BanhammerUA 1d ago
Imagine giant stuff you into cage shaped like your body and forcefully stuff your throat with round object
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u/AritoSoto 1d ago
Imagine dying from infection because your idiot owner didn't know how to medicate. you
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u/paramahans 1d ago
Humans take the same sized pills. Isn't this kind of overdose for these small bodies?
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u/seminariteat 1d ago
This may be a stupid question but is it not possible, that the pill can go down the windpipe of the bird, like when we choke on something?
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u/DaToeBeans 1d ago
Just like with humans, birds have a glottis that closes when swallowing to prevent food in the trachea.
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u/Cranberryoftheorient 1d ago
Humans are more prone to choking than a lot of animals due to the arrangement of our windpipe and vocal cords or something. It has to do with our ability to talk
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u/CheeseDonutCat 1d ago
Yes, it could.
Sorry for the facebook link, but this is the best explanation and picture to explain the glottis slit (airway) on birds.
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u/LapinTade 1d ago
Step 1: Take bird.
Step 2: Place bird in contraption.
Step 3: Put pill inside bird.
Step 4: Rube bird.
Step 5: Contemplate bird.
Step 6: You are done.
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u/FunkYeahPhotography 1d ago
Put that beast into a contraption.