azurelunatic: Hacker-Kitty (aka Yellface) snuggling with Azz. (Hacker-Kitty)
Azure Jane Lunatic (Azz) 🌺 ([personal profile] azurelunatic) wrote2024-11-24 06:26 pm

YELLFACE NO

Yellface nearly got 1.5 to 3x her recommended dosage of my Spironolactone. That's one of the drugs I'm changing doses of. Turns out I can snap the pills in half with my fingers. And as I was depositing a snapped pill from my hands into its little bottle, doing the pill maintenance ahead of the actual pill case filling --

*cling*
*FLING*

and Yellface, always eager for a treat (especially before dinner), POUNCED.

"YELLFACE NO YELLFACE NO YELLFACE NO!!!!" I shouted. Calmly.

She had been about to crunch down on it, but looked up all Shocked-Pikachu, and then bounded away as I got up to see what the situation was.

The half-pill was still on the floor. Undampened.

After retrieving it, I (calmly) told Belovedest that she didn't eat it, and what she didn't eat. And then went to go look up what it does in cats (it's used off-label, actually) and then the dosage.

And then (after she came back from Le Grand Prix du Couloir) I tossed her some dental treats. Of a completely different color and shape. In the other direction. With much praise and encouragement.
jesse_the_k: Black dog staring overhead at squirrel out of frame (BELLA expectant)

[personal profile] jesse_the_k 2024-11-25 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)

Great reflexes! I'm so glad she trusts you.