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[dragonimp]

Anybody have any ideas on how to get a cat to take a pill? We've tried giving it to him in hairball gel (worked once), and cheese (worked once). We have a pill syringe but we can't get him to open him mouth.

Any suggestions? Wet food won't work, he doesn't always eat that anyway.

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[dragonimp.livejournal.com]

Luckily Khaibit's pretty good about letting me hold him and do nasty things to him (only me, though. He's a little fiend at the vet's).

I tried inserting my fingers just in front of the hinge of his jaw and he wouldn't budge. He was like a little kid who clamps his mouth shut at the sight of the medicine. Pulling his head back from the top worked okay, though. We tried crushing it and giving it to him in petrimalt, but he must have still been able to taste the pill, or had an aftertaste of it, because after the first time he wouldn't eat more than a few licks of it (and he loves petrimalt). Hadn't thought of butter.