hehehehe, ah the joys of pilling a cat

The vet gave a large dose because you want to totally attack the
infection.

Cephalexin is good for soft tissue injuries and ear infections (sorry I
have a test on ABs this afternoon)

my suggestion is wrap him in a towel, grab the top of his head right
behind the ears, tilt his head back and as he starts to yowl drop the
pill in his mouth.  Then hold his mouth shut until he starts licking
his nose. (that's normally a sign they have swallowed)

if that doesn't work, you might need to get a pill gun or wrap it in
tuna or something.  

Good luck,

Kristi

Pat, I don't know if this will help, but you can try it.  Do you have any
idea what the med tastes like yourself?  Is it really gross?  When I've had
to give liquid antibiotics to Tucker and others of the kitty clan, I found
that amoxicillin tastes like bubblegum, which is sort of gross, but not
horrific.  So what I did was get Tucker a taste of vanilla yogurt on a
spoon; he loved it!  I started out with a little yogurt on the spoon and
dropped a few drops of the amoxicillin behind the yogurt and he got his
tongue in it, but he was so taken with the yogurt part he ate it anyway.  I
introduced more and more drops with the yogurt on the spoon and he started
taking it as a matter of course.  In this way, I have been able to get him
to take his meds.  I also always finished up with a little bit of pure
vanilla yogurt for him to lap up to get the med taste off his tongue.  You
could try tuna juice instead of yogurt and/or some other special reward or
treat for him for afterwards.  I would suggest you try and medicate Abelard
in a small room (if you aren't already) like a bathroom so he can't go too
far, too.

How much liquid are you having to give at a time?  I have found that a small
thin syringe works much better than the dropper that often comes with these
med bottles.  Another possibility I've been told about (although I haven't
tried it myself) is to see if you can try and put the liquid med inside of
empty gelatin capsules (from a health store) and use a pill popper.

Sending supportive purrs your way.  Hope this helps.
Christine

Good luck getting him to take his medicine - I should have read some
this thread before  posting Sammy's update, and about the trouble I
had getting her amoxicillin down.

Thanks to all who responded to Pat's post, since it gave me ideas for
getting the evil pink stuff down Sammy.

Well, I haven't gone to the store for cat treats yet, so will also
pick up some tuna, yogurt, even some sour cream since I've read that
some have good luck with it. And, of course a package of cat treats
for a reward if I get it down her. Probably too late to find empty
capsules, a small oral syringe to try instead of the dropper, or any
of the kitten milk subsitute, but if I have trouble tonight I'll look
for them tomorrow.  I also saw the suggestion that it sometimes work
best to give it slowly insto of squriting the whole dose down, so will
try that.