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Pets, Pets, Pets
Veto (named for the Congressional office where he was found and for Don Corleone) is my ornery 3-legged cat. He's chummy with dogs, thinks he is an Afghan hound, tortured his cat sister, and although he sleeps on us all night, hates his owners. Even my vet jokes I deserve a sweeter cat. After reading Veto's x-ray last month, he left this curt message: "Veto is like Rasputin. You can't kill him." Now almost 10 my mobster needs meds for inflammatory bowel disease. Yeah, right. You try shoving them down his throat. One chance is all you get with nasty cats, even with many nice ones. Multiple pills, forget it. Felines fight you or flee. At first Veto needed 3 pills (some cut in fractions) twice a day so I started putting them into a speedball imbedded in hairball remedy- about a half inch of Petromalt or Laxatone. (Nutrical the vitamin supplement would work also.) Most likely other abused owners have thought of this gimmick too.
This trick requires an abrupt ventriloquist maneuver. With the free hand do a quick, tight neck scruff; while the middle finger of the sticky speedball hand pries the jaw open from the side. Then swish the Petromalt pills (still on your index finger) into the side of the cat's mouth. Next hold the head vertically, and stroke the cat's throat with your gooey finger. The pills go down all at once. Your cat might wind up wearing some unsightly glop but it sure beats hiring a bunch of Hell's Angels to wrestle him to the ground for you several times a day. Almost forgot- I hum the theme from "The Godfather" while pill pushing, just to gloat over my Cat Corleone, but you don't have to do that. Tribute to a Trooper: On a more serious side, a wonderful 12 year old Golden Retriever-Cody, the mascot of Suffolk SPCA and a therapy dog for rescue workers at the WTC site, passed away 3 weeks ago. For the 2 months right after 9/11 while the Suffolk SPCA mobile veterinary hospital was camped at Ground Zero, the ever-wagging Cody became a virtual teddy bear for anguished police, firefighters and searchers. Cody, the beloved pet of SPCA Chief Roy Gross, was a constant at SPCA events, and received many honors. In the photo here, Cody along with members of Suffolk SPCA, and Lois Gross, holding Cassie (my dog's sister, both rescued from a hoarder) were invited in 2004 to ring the opening bell at NASDAQ. To honor Cody's memory, Roy and Lois Gross have established the "Cody Foundation" to help furnish medical supplies for neutering feral cats and pets in the SPCA's spay/neuter van. All contributions are tax deductible. Call 631-382-7722 or visitwww. suffolkspca.org. For Adoption: "June" a loving black & white cat in the colony cage at Babylon Town Shelter (643-9270) Lamar St. W. Babylon is reminding you that June is "Adopt-A-Cat" month. "June" this friendly feline, a baby herself, was abandoned at the shelter with her kittens. Come see the new cat cages in the shelter lobby too. Also available is this sweet female Australian Kelpie mix #90657 who loves belly rubs. See more photos on the shelter's Petfinder site. More Dogs: "Grizzly Adams"- majestic Golden/Chow Cage 7; "Beach Boy"- active black Lab mix Cage 5; "Bob Barker"- older Pointer mix found in a cemetery Cage 43.
+Last week's "Graduates"- "Nikko"- the Lab mix & "Noah" the Chow mixgot diplomas and should be Last Hope foster dogs by the time this is published. Call 516-220-6695 to meet them.
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