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Hercules attempting to give his cat a pill (Original Post) ailsagirl Apr 2021 OP
boy MFM008 Apr 2021 #1
Kinda big, but here: Rhiannon12866 Apr 2021 #2
Thank you! Not at all too big ailsagirl Apr 2021 #3
Oh, I looked for another version of the same photo Rhiannon12866 Apr 2021 #4
Thank you 😎 ailsagirl Apr 2021 #10
On PC with Chrome at least I can go to your link, right click the picture Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #5
Yup, that's what I did to find a duplicate of the same pic that would work Rhiannon12866 Apr 2021 #7
That's so cool to know soothsayer Apr 2021 #8
Awesome tip soothsayer Apr 2021 #9
To to the image and right click. Then click "open image in new tab." Copy the URL for tblue37 Apr 2021 #13
Here's another one. trusty elf Apr 2021 #6
Oh thank God most cat medicine now comes in liquids. lark Apr 2021 #11
I found the liquid meds didn't work for mine ailsagirl Apr 2021 #12
I crush the pill and mix it into a teaspoon of wnylib Apr 2021 #14
I'll have to try that! ailsagirl Apr 2021 #15
Just make sure that the canned flavor wnylib Apr 2021 #16
👍👍 ailsagirl Apr 2021 #17

Rhiannon12866

(205,116 posts)
4. Oh, I looked for another version of the same photo
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 04:43 AM
Apr 2021

But a version that worked - usually one that ends with .jpg. I figured that out after we couldn't use Photobucket anymore (which I'd learned about on DU). The only issue is that you can't change the size, like we could with Photobucket.

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
5. On PC with Chrome at least I can go to your link, right click the picture
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 04:45 AM
Apr 2021

and get a menu where one entry says 'Search Google for Image'.

Then click on the first pic in the results and you'll see tons of copies of the same pic all over the internet.

You just have to find one that either has a .jpg or .gif extension (those are the ones DU knows how to handle/display in a post), right click and Copy Image Address. Or rather I do it the other order, right click pics, copy, and paste that link into the browser bar. If it's jpg/jpeg/gif it will PROBABLY work on DU.

Some links won't work because of how the software on the site it appears on is set up. Deep linking may not be possible, and DU needs a site that allows deep links to work to display pics from it on the forum. This is trial and error though. The DU preview button is helpful.

If you can find a copy on a hosting site like Imgur those should work.

Here's one I found on imgur through the above means.

tblue37

(65,289 posts)
13. To to the image and right click. Then click "open image in new tab." Copy the URL for
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 06:57 PM
Apr 2021

that new tab and then paste it here. No need to go searching for the image.

Done my way:


lark

(23,083 posts)
11. Oh thank God most cat medicine now comes in liquids.
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 10:09 AM
Apr 2021

So freaking much easier than horrible pills. Dogs are easy peasy but with cats you NEED ease of introduction.

Edit - fixed typo

ailsagirl

(22,893 posts)
12. I found the liquid meds didn't work for mine
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 05:24 PM
Apr 2021

I had one cat who just kept it in her mouth so that it would eventually dribble out. Another would shake her head and the med splattered all over the walls.

wnylib

(21,420 posts)
14. I crush the pill and mix it into a teaspoon of
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 01:34 AM
Apr 2021

the cat's favorite flavor of canned food. Normally she gets dry food, so canned is a special treat. I use only a teaspoon of the canned food to make sure she eats it all.

Much easier than struggling to get it into her mouth and down her throat.

wnylib

(21,420 posts)
16. Just make sure that the canned flavor
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 02:18 AM
Apr 2021

is strong, like salmon, so kitty doesn't taste the pill, and that the crushed pill is thoroughly mixed into the food.

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