Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
Over the summer I had to catsit for my parents' cat which takes like allergy pills or something. I couldn't get her to swallow the damn things so I took her to the vet to show me how to get her to do it.
The trick they taught me was to use one arm to hold the cat down on a counter (like, lean on it with your armpit) while you use the other hand to hold onto their head where the jaw is hinged. Then you push the pill kind of up under the upper lip, and they have no choice but to open their mouth. When they do, you shoot the pill down the gullet.
Maybe that'll help. :dunno:
There's an easier solution: a pill popper. It looks like a large plastic syringe, but it has a perforated opening on the business end that you can place a pill in. Once you have their mouth open, just stick it in, pop the plunger and the pill goes down before they can cough it up. Most vets sell them.
If they love to eat, you can also crush the pill into powder and mix it into some canned food.