If the pill is crushable I have found the coolest way to give them to my cats. The gel type hairball remedy has saved me many bloody cuts and scratches! (ex-ferals will love you but they can still put up one heck of a fight when they don't want to do something!! So what I do is crush the pill and mix it in the hairball stuff and then rub it on the front lower part of their leg. They can't stand it and run around like bucking bronco's for a minute or two. Of course, the "I can't stand to be dirty" takes over and they lick it all off!! It has saved us all a lot of stress by doing it this way. I was so happy to figure out a way to outsmart the little bugers!!!
Of course, if the pill isn't crushable then they get even!!