How do your cats take their tablets?

[Kazz]

Kinda easily actually just sit down and she jumps on my lap I give Cleo a little bit of cheese first she adores it then put open her mouth pop the tablet back of ther throat and rub she swallows it and before she thinks of objecting I give her litle bit more cheese.

Oscar sit on the floor he goes between my knees I open his mouth pop the tablet in and rub off he went.

So I am lucky they are good.

[borderdawn]

No problems here either, open the hatch and put it in! Persiand have HUGE mouths too, you could aim from 3ft away and not miss.
Dawn.

[Hreow]

Reluctantly. I've had to give pills to cats of mine who really minded, so poor Rover doesn't have much choice.

[dandysmom]

Boysmum described the situation in my house perfectly...with one exception:after retrieving spitty pill, cat vanishes not to be found for hours!!! The only 2 of mine that ever needed pills were the Siamese & the Aby; both thrashed and struggled so violently when I tried to pill them that I called my vet who said if they were fighting it so strongly they probably could go without. Their WON'T power was much stronger than my will power Those of you with cats that you can pill, count your blessings!!!

[CathyW]

Originally Posted by dandysmom

Boysmum described the situation in my house perfectly...with one exception:after retrieving spitty pill, cat vanishes not to be found for hours!!! The only 2 of mine that ever needed pills were the Siamese & the Aby; both thrashed and struggled so violently when I tried to pill them that I called my vet who said if they were fighting it so strongly they probably could go without. Their WON'T power was much stronger than my will power Those of you with cats that you can pill, count your blessings!!!

ive had claw marks down my arms, and as im on blood thinners i bleed badly and yep ive had to get the cat from out under the bed barnanby was worse he was a total nightmare

[Snoof]

Tube cheese, usually with ham bits in. Splurf some on my finger, put the pill on top, splurf some more on top... Offer finger, cat licks, cat licks, cat licks, cat licks whole gob of cheese including pill, swallows, licks remains off my finger.

Happy cat.

If I have to give big pills to Ninja at some point I'll be asking the vet to do it though

[PurpleJackdaw]

Its usually a nightmare when I worm mine ,I can usually get a couple to take their pills without too much trouble but by then the others know somthing is up and scarper
Tabatha is the worst and seems to be able to read my mind when its pill time and runs and hides ,I have to usually wait till she reappears again ,even when I get the pill in her mouth she is very good at shaking her head and sending the pill flying ,so then its back to square one again

[dandysmom]

Originally Posted by Het

All of mine are easy apart from Gizmo I've tried to surprise her, I've tried the towel wrapping thing!!! she just grows more legs with bigger claws - or thats what it seems like. And the biggest problem is that she bites...she will open her mouth but as soon as you try to put the pill in she bites...and if by pure luck you manage to fire it in to the back of her throat and get her to swallow it....two minutes later she coughs and it shoots back out. That girl is a master at not taking pills and I bow to her...lol!

He he he...that part about growing more legs has always reminded me of pictures of the Indian goddess Kali with 3 arms on each side

[EmmaG]

Arthur is horrendous at given a tablet to, I have never been able to give him tablets, I let the vet do it normally, even the vet was suprised how bad he reacts to them

Lucy as ok until she got older and developed lockjaw

Never had to give Bronwyn a tablet yet, but I think she would be ok

[Elaine]

Never had many problems tableting Winston, partly because he trusted me implicitly and he was always such a good boy. Laterly he had quite a few different meds to take, some were palatable for him to eat straight out of my hand. The steroid was the one he hated most, I used to just pop it down his throat with a little water, obviously being carfull not to just squish the water down his throat and into his lungs, but into the side of his mouth. He really hated those tablets so I then used to hide them in a little mackeral or sardine to disguise it. The blood pressure tablet, I used to give him in a little cheese because it was easier as he only had to have an eighth of a tablet and he loved a bit of cheese.
But that was Winston, Eva and Bernie are a totally different kettle of fish LOL.
Eva makes so much noise and fuss, you'd think I was trying to strangle her. She is like that with everything though LOL. Bernie isnt quite so bad but is very wriggly.
God forbid should any of them become ill like Winston, then again maybe when they reach the age he was they will have mellowed and become as trusting with me as Winston was.