Try a pill-popper.  You don't need to get their
jaws open far with one.  Also, try wrapping him in a towel.
follow it with a treat so he associates it with something yummy.
and, of course, lots of kisses and strokes and belly rubs.

LT

What is the medication?  If it's tapazole for the thyroid, you can get these
in flavoured chews.  If it's an antibiotic, you may be able to get a liquid
form.  Contact your vet and they will definitely be able to accomodate for
the fact that your cat is tough to pill.

Kelly

Here is what has always worked for my cats, without fail. Using a pill
cutter, I cut the pill into halves (and quarters, if necessary). I put
the pill bits inside empty gel caps that I order from the pharmacy
(they're very inexpensive). Then I coat the gel capsule with butter,
chicken grease, or a bit of wet cat food and pop it down my cat's
throat after letting her have a sniff of it. She thinks it's a treat
because all she tastes is butter; the gel cap prevents her from ever
tasting the bitterness of the pill. The butter or grease also
lubricates the pill so it doesn't get stuck on the way down.

The gel caps come in different sizes, so there's a bit of trial and
error to get the correct size. I use size 04 and it works for most
pills. Start with that size.

Good luck.

I've just succeeded in getting my cat to take a pill, by grinding it up, mixing
it with a dab of butter, and smearing onto her front leg just above the paw.

She immediately licked it off - I think it must have tasted foul, cos she pulled
a funny face, but it all seemed to go down.

The butter was a bit difficult to mix, so today I'm going to try a bit of meat
paste.

If the pill isn't foul tasting, you might try mixing it with paste or butter or
thick cream- and offering it to him on your finger.

I think that for giving a pill daily over a long period you just have to find a
way which gives minimum stress to you and him.

What you learn from the advice you get here (and elsewhere) is that all cats are
different, and it seems to me, that some people with easy-going cats have no
idea what a not easy-going cat is like.

I'm sure bigbluejerk's advice on cutting up the pill into 4 and putting it in
gel caps, and popping all those bits buttered down his cats throat works fine
for him.

Here's what would happen if you tried it with my cat.

1) cat would sniff the capsule, whatever it was and say "what are you up to now?
" while backing away.

2) In order to "pop" the pill in her throat I'd have to pin her down in a towel,
and  get someone else to open her mouth.

3) After the first capsule, she'd get progressively more upset,and use her
technique of head shaking - a bit like "The Exorcist").

4) On day two, as I started cutting up the pill, she would disappear at
relativistic velocity into the far distance, and not be seen for hours.

I have to say, though, that our tom-cat who like yours, has big scary teeth,
will let you open his mouth and stick stuff in there, sdoesn't phase him much at
all. A bit like this :-

http://www.marvistavet.com/html/pilling_a_cat.html

Good luck
Jim

Best invention.  I use a piller. Pops the pill instantly down there throat.
Just pop it in the mouth.  Ask your vet for one.

Try rolling it in some cream cheese, and let him lick that off your
finger.  It works for us when my cat has to take a pill from a pet
sitter.  I just pop open his mouth and throw it back.