Unsuccessful way to medicate a cat...

[Catty1]

I've seen other PTrs mention a bit of mackerel or sardines - they are stinky fish so hide the pill smell (and taste, hopefully). Is it possible to get this med made into a gel?

[moosmom]

He's already on Methamizole transdermal, so the transdermal stuff is out. Kinda makes you wish a cat had 4 ears!!! The B/P stuff is Altenolol, 26 mg. 1/4 tab 2x/day. Someone suggested putting the teeny 1/4 in a little butter (the size of your pinky nail) and stick it in the freezer to harden. Then put it in his mouth and it'll slide down his throat as he swallows. I'm not sure about that one.

[dehlers43]

Someone suggested putting the teeny 1/4 in a little butter (the size of your pinky nail) and stick it in the freezer to harden. Then put it in his mouth and it'll slide down his throat as he swallows. I'm not sure about that one.

Well, I don't know if will work with a cat but that technique certainly works for me! I have a terrible time swallowing any pill that isn't coated so I learned years ago to do the butter trick.
At this point, it sounds like it would be worth a try. You also might try a hard shortening like Crisco. Shortening melts slower than butter and it is basically tasteless.

[pomtzu]

Dissolve it and squirt it! Neither of my pups fall for pill pockets, they've gotten wise to wrapping it in cheese or lunchmeat, they will find it if put in their food and spit it out. So it's dissolve and squirt it, or dissolve and pour in their food.

[Taz_Zoee]

When I had to pill Taz the vet gave me a pill popper. BUT his pills were BIG. So that probably wouldn't work for Barts teeny pills. If you dilute it in water and syringe it in him, would that break down the potency of the pill? Because I know some pills you can't smash or even break.

Good luck!! I haven't had to pill a cat since Taz. I just hope they are as easy as Zoee. I can give her a pill plain and she thinks its a treat.

[catmandu]

I try to have the medications in liquid form so I can wipe it on their paws or nose.
Sometimes like John Hancock, they just flick it off, but some tiomes it works.