It is that dreaded time of year again!!

For all you cat owners out there this post is for you.

Worming a cat is not fun especially if they are female and seem to understand what is going on.

A friend helpfully suggested getting good strong cheese and wrapping the tablet up in that. I followed said suggestion and attempted this all to no avail.

The first time I attempted putting a tablet down Missi's throat she was pretty well behaved. I held her by the scruff of the neck without harming her and all went well.

This time she seemed to know what was going on. I have no idea how or why she seemed to sense what was going to happen.

I gave Other Half (OH) strict instructions not to feed said cat this morning. All to no avail this fell on deaf ears.

Missi mewing loudly in the kitchen at lunchtime I thought now is a wonderful opportunity to get said tablet and put in the lumps of cheese and roll into a ball. No the little minx ran upstairs and hid.

On discovering where she was OH decided to take her food bowl up to her and coax her with some ham and said cheese balls. She took the ham but not the cheese. Wise old thing.

Food bowl duly fetched downstairs tried to sort out what was cheese what was tablet and what particles were what.

OH washed food bowl up and fresh food was put in ready for her tea. Tablet has now been disposed of as cat a bit stressed as is her female owner who has given up on a bad job.

Looks like it will be the wormer that goes on the back of the neck next time as I can't cope with force feeding a cat a tablet.

So I am calling it a day to remove all stress, anxiety and worry from what should be a routine task. The circulated email about how to worm a cat are completely true.