There’s a technique to hold their jaw and put the tablet at the back of the tongue which I’ve had success with, but I hate doing it. Look it up before trying because my memory is fuzzy.

I’ve had great luck though with pulverizing the shit out of a pill (uncoated, prednisone) and mixing with wet food. Like to powder with the back of a spoon, not just chunks.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

🤔 this seems like "How to transform your domesticated cat into a tiger 101"

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah for the more ferocious fighters out there this would be extremely difficult to pull off but many house cats can be done this way.

You place the pill on the top of your index finger, right hand. Then you take the thumb and index finger of your left hand, form a C shape pincer with them, and then oinch at their gumline on either side to force their jaw apart. You’ll have a moment when their mouth is open and you can see their tongue - you have to poke that pill as far back on their tongue as you can. They will gag and recoil and lick lick lick the air, but hopefully the pill has gone down in that process.

[–] nemanin@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

This is the way.

I do this every night with 2 pills. I just did it 3 minutes ago, in fact.

Lay cat in lap. Grab head and kinda hold/lightly pinch cheeks with left hand. With right hand force your fingers pinching the pill into the back of the throat. Push it as far back as quickly as you can with your pointer finger. Hold him to make sure it gets swallowed.

Apologize and give him a little scratch and kiss.

[–] randompasta@lemmy.today 12 points 3 days ago

Basically it feels like you're trying to see the inside of a python's throat. Equally as dangerous.