Ok, five minutes after Dylan left for St. John, Kumani threw up all
over my nightshirt, and Nox is still under the bed, actually
/whimpering./

--Fil

We found the pill pockets did wonders for the parasite medicine. Even Cali
gulped them down. Cleo never even tastes her food, she eats so fast. So
pills aren't a problem for her. But since Smokey won't eat treats (they're
Kat food you know and Smokey is a Hoomin). We tried crushing the pills in
her meat, but she got very skilled at eating around even the smallest
pieces. A very talented tongue. Plus she tends to wretch up her meat. I
ended up making pill pockets out of CHEEZ cubes. :)

Purrs that you find a way to get the meds into each cat. If you crush
the pill, can you mix it into water and then squirt it into Nox's mouth?
I know it's hard, Frank became very unmanageable his last year. He
suddenly stopped eating his hyperthyroidism meds mixed into sourcream,
and when I tried squirting it into his mouth, he would squirm and
thrash, and always jerked his head away right at the moment when I
pushed the plunger.

Don't know if this product might be of use to you but I heard about it from
a friend -- here's a link to their website:
http://www.pillpockets.com/index_fs.htm
Christine

Ah - Drontal is incredibly bitter, which is why the yellow stuff is
encased in the hard white stuff... and probably why there was a lot of
drooling. It disagreed with 2 of my cats who would throw it up within an
hour of getting it. I now use Milbemax on them which is a tiny pill that
goes down easily & covers lots of the nasties.
http://www.ah.novartis.com/products/en/cab/milbemax.shtml

Deb.

  I feel for you, totally sympathetic.  When our Speckles needs meds
(pills or liquid), she goes into Tornado Mode and it's pure hell on
pille-ee and pill-er.  There has been a *lot* of medicating since she
developed her myriad ailments last September, a *lot* of stress on her
and us, usually using up three pills to get one down her.  Don't even
*think* about liquids!!!   For pills, the Pill Pockets worked
beautifully for about  3-4 days, then, forget it!!!  

 Bottom line, with her latest diagnosis of hyperthyroidism, she was
prescribed yet another pill, horror of horrors!  We talked it over
with her vet who suggested compounding.  He knew a pharmacy that could
handle it, called in a prescription for the 30-day supply of
premeasured doses of a topical ointment in 3 syringes.  The syringe
doesn't touch her, so doesn't frighten her; the ointment dose is
"squirted" on your gloved finger, to be applied to the hairless skin
inside her ear.  Voila!!  Perfect!!   Except for a slight ear twitch
on contact, she shows no sign of discomfort or rebellion.  Medication
has been the easiest possible, certainly she prefers it to a finger
poked down her throat.  I'm sure compounding can't be done for every
kind of pill but if it could work for yours, I strongly recommend it.
Good luck!!!

  Jeanne