How do I make my cat eat her pill?

[moosmom]

Pill pockets

[jessewills]

It very difficult to give a cat a pill. I would like to suggest you that first crust the pill into fine power and mix into his favorite food like cream cheese or canned food. If food is a fish flavor I think it is best for him. Good luck.

[Freckles]

This used to work for Freckles:
Put Toto on the floor with your head and Toto's head facing the same direction. Straddle her with a knee on both sides of her body. Cross your feet so she can't back out. Then use Shady's method.

[maid25cats]

I would fill a dropper with alittle bit of water.
i would kneel on the floor pull the cat back in between my legs.
the back of his head close to my stomach

tilt his head back open his jaw from his top teeth
drop the pill all the way at the back of his throat.
DO NOT LET HIM MOVE HIS HEAD TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT!
then squirt the water from the dropper in his mouth which will force him to swallow.
keep his head back of a minute scratching his neck to make sure the pill went down.

(MY BOY WOULD GIVE A QUICK SHAKE of HIS HEAD AND THE PILL WOULD GO TO THE SIDE THEN HE WOULD SPIT IT OUT)

It takes a little practice

[Cataholic]

I pill three of my cats. I used to use the pill pockets, but spent too much time trying to determine if they ate it or not. Now I use a pill popper. Make sure you get the cat sized one. The dog sized ones are just too big for their mouths.

I pill two on the floor. They are standing against my legs (my heels are together so there is a barrier to the backward moving), and I put my left hand over their heads, kind of hiding their eyes . My thumb is on the right side of the cat's face, and my other finger on the left side of the cats face, and my palm kind of covers their eyes. I apply pressure with my thumb/fingers and the jaw just opens up. Then, I shoot the pill in there with the right hand.

I do this all in about 3 seconds. It took time to get this time down, but it is sooo simple now. And, one of the three is what I would call a "pistol" of a cat. :-0 I immediately treat them to wet food after this. So they are so focused on the reward that is coming they hardly pay any attention to the pre-food activities.

Liquids/grinding into liquids...to me, that is just so much harder to deal with.

[Chatanuga]

Chessie was always good about taking his pills. Before losing him to his heart issue, he was taking three medicines twice a day (part of a baby aspirin every other day). Of course, I always gave him treats afterwards so he knew that once he took the medicine, he was going to get what he loved.

[emily_the_spoiled]

If you are trying to give your kitty lysine, it is available in a powder format from Amazon.com. There is no taste to it and I just mix it in with their food.

Otherwise I end up using a combination of pill pockets or a pill popper (depending on the cat)