Pilling the Cat

On Friday night when I administered Sam's pill there were rivers of blood (mine). He has never really bitten me before but this made up for years of neglect. He was very purry afterwards and tried to lick it better but it's not good for them to get a taste for fresh blood I felt that Germolene would be more hygienic.

Yesterday I spent a little time in the Science Museum, looking at gelding irons and horse-pilling devices* in the Veterinary Medicine gallery.

They didn't have anything cat-related on show, but they did have a nice selection of balling guns. Unfortunately I have been unable to Google an image of any 19th-century examples, which were rather more menacing than modern ones.

I have described this device to Sam in lurid detail and explained that if he continues to protest quite so bloodily I will have No Alternative.

This morning's cat-pilling was remarkably civilised. ... and he does seem to be rather perkier, though that might just be the adrenaline. Or the blood. Or the cat-treats with which I soothe his ruffled dignity post-pill.

consumables

Have broken my no-shopping-in-February pledge to buy a printer:
1. I don't have one and feel I need one to send packing notes with Amazon Marketplace sales
2. Spending >£50 in Tesco gets me a money-off-petrol voucher.
3. It was stupidly cheap (£18)

However there is one thing I forgot. Not the USB cable (can has many USB cables). Not the print cartridge (included in price, e.g. actual printer costs about £6).

I don't have any paper.

(Test page printed successfully on receipt from last vet trip.)

Cat pilling update

You will need:
- one cat treat (A)
- one pill (B)
- one cat (C)

1. Insert B into A.
2. Insert A into C.

The End.

*counts fingers*