Originally posted by Sara luvs her Tinky
I am not sure if this will help your pill problem but................
Thanks for the suggestion, Sara, but Tubby caught on to that one way back when. It was the second I tried giving him the Pepcid after I first found out his kidneys were failing (almost 2 years ago). I thought I was so smart by burying the Pepcid in a treat - and the day before it worked like a charm. The second day I gave him the "stuffed" treat, which he promptly ate, then just as promptly spit out the pill. Then I thought I could bury it in canned cat food. Worked about 2 times before the 3rd time he figured it out - ate all the cat food and left the pill. Even Peanut has caught on and will eat the treat and spit out the pill. I've found that the only 100% guaranteed way to make sure it goes in is to shove it in myself. Peanut tolerates it and Tubby has only started fighting it with the antibiotics, and I'm sure he'll go back to normal (not putting up too much of a fuss) when the antibiotics are done with.

I think the antibiotics are flavored to make cats like them because the first time I just held it out so Tubby could sniff it. He took it in his mouth like he was going to eat it and I'm like "Yes!!!" But then he spit it out. So much for that idea.

We've got the routine down pretty good and it's really only a problem if I miss the first time. Seems once he spits it out he's doubly sure he doesn't want it back in.

But thanks for the suggestion.