Need tips on giving liquid meds and pills

[Moesha]

Do you think Scout would take a liquid better than the pill? My vet always gives me Clavamox in liquid form.

[GILL]

The only way I've found to pill a cat is;
Supplies:
1. large fluffy towel
2. lots of band-aids.
3. a full bottle of scotch
Wrap cat in towel, hold on table with one arm and body, pry mouth open and pop pill in.
Retrieve pill from table. Repeat procedure until pill dissolves, spread pill in cats mouth.
Wash your blood off arms and fingers, apply band-aids and drink scotch.

You can use the same method to inject liquid meds in a cat mouth. Just have plenty of paper towels for the meds that are spit out.

[critters]

Why is the compounder making it minty???!!! Ask for fishy instead, and try it in Tuna Select. As for the pill, I'd crush it or soak it in a drop of water until it goes to mush, then do Tuna Select. I have only 1 monster who will refuse meds this way, but the problem is if they won't eat it all. I use just a ball of Tuna Select, a tablespoon or so, so they're likely to finish it.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the mortar and pestle set I got from Amazon!! The little bitty one is PERFECT for smushing pills!!!!

[Freedom]

I have never had much success with the pill popper; and I never have luck with liquid formulas either. This is just meant to sympathize, been there, done that!

Here is the best solution I have:

I sit in the recliner with the cat in my lap. Wedge the cat in between me and the armrest. The cat's butt is up against the back of the chair so she can't squirm out that way.

Wrap my left arm (I am right handed) around the cat, hold front paws down, squeeze cat in to me.

Using right hand, holding pill, squeeze jaw open just in front of the joint, and push pill down cat's throat.

Hold cat, pet her, offer a treat to "wash it down," basically trying to convince the cat this was "fun" so she will leave with a happy feeling for the next time.

In between pills, sit with the cat like this in the chair peroidically so she never knows when it is pill time. And stroke, offer treats, try to get her purring, so it is a fun thing.

Best wishes. It is not fun, not easy.