Yes, I've pilled a few cats in my time. However, I've been learning there's a big difference between pilling a sick cat and a non-sick cat.
Maple is on Prozac, 5mg a day. So I break a 10mg pill in half and give it to her. We had good experiences with pill pockets in the past, and for awhile, with Maple. But she's become quite the pro at eating around them. Fine. I started putting it in a little ball with food. I have mixed results with that. Some days she gobbles it up and the whole thing is gone in seconds. Other days she licks and licks at it and eventually uncovers the pill, at which point she decides she's done, and I have a mushy mess of a pill left in my hand. I'll usually try again at that point with more food, and sometimes have success, sometimes not.
I'd really, really like to avoid anything involving restraining her (including pill gun). One, I really hate doing it. And two, she's a big girl and very hard to handle. She can whip her head around like nobody's business.
Maple is on Prozac, 5mg a day. So I break a 10mg pill in half and give it to her. We had good experiences with pill pockets in the past, and for awhile, with Maple. But she's become quite the pro at eating around them. Fine. I started putting it in a little ball with food. I have mixed results with that. Some days she gobbles it up and the whole thing is gone in seconds. Other days she licks and licks at it and eventually uncovers the pill, at which point she decides she's done, and I have a mushy mess of a pill left in my hand. I'll usually try again at that point with more food, and sometimes have success, sometimes not.
I'd really, really like to avoid anything involving restraining her (including pill gun). One, I really hate doing it. And two, she's a big girl and very hard to handle. She can whip her head around like nobody's business.