I certainly didn't look forward to give Fister a pill the first few times! I tried several tricks. One of them was to crush the pill, cut open 4-5 shrimps and put the powder inside. It worked with the first ones, but then he got suspicious and didn't want the rest. I also tried giveng him a few shrimps with nothing inside, and then the ones with the pill in - same result!

In the end I thought, I may as well try to give him the pill in one piece, and it's amazing how well that works! I did it while he was sitting in the windowsill, all relaxed. Stand behind him, open his mouth from the side, pop in the pill, close and stroke his throat - that will make him swallow! The less nervous you are about it, the easier it goes!

Good luck!!