> Ah. Looks like somebody doesn't know how to give a cat a pill. Been there.
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> Disregarding humorous anecdotes, here is how. Spread a towel on the floor or bed with one of the long ends folded over several inches. Place the cat on the towel; with speed and practice you will be able to get its front paws under the fold. It won't work the first few hundred times you try it, believe me.
> Instantly wrap rest of towel tightly over cat to make a spitting, struggling cat-shaped towel with a head sticking out one end. Press firmly with thumb and forefinger on the hinges of the jaw and stick the pill straight down the throat.
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> I've got it down to a fine art now and don't even need the towel. I put the cat on top of the washing machine which is exactly the right height for the procedure. Then I clamp the cat between my elbow and my side with one arm, and do the open-mouth, shove-in-pill thing with the other.
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> Brunnen-"it gets easier"G

I use a similar technique to clip kitty claws. (The cats actually belong to my roommate....don't ask why I am stuck with this fun job.) I wrap a cat up in a big sheet so that just the head and one paw sticks out and then I clip quickly. It works because at first the cats think I am playing, and by the time they realize what is really happening to them, they are powerless. Well, and one of the cats PURRS the whole time I am doing it, which makes the job a lot easier.

Ell"Insert cat quote here"Myruh