It's interesting to read how many different ways there are to medicate
our kitties - and their reactions.  Hobo will take pilling just fine
the first couple of days, then goes into tornado mode.  He's OK with
the liquids.  Speckles takes to pills easier.

Has anyone tried to medicate a snake?  (Probably Dave Y.)  Our
cornsnake Ozzie (whom I wrote about briefly a couple of months ago)
had a bad shedding 3-4 years ago, leaving a knot of dead skin at the
end of her tail.  Even the vet couldn't remove it and had to amputate
roughly a half-inch.  Since we couldn't pill her, we had to give her
liquid antibiotics for the infection.  Cornsnakes are relatively
small; their mouths aren't as big as boas or ball pythons, though they
can open wide for a mouse!  Squirting liquids into that tiny mouth?
Somehow, we did it but I assure you, snakes don't take kindly to being
medicated.  Ozzie is just fine now and doesn't miss her pointy "end"
but we think she's unique with her squared-off tail.

 Jeanne