Get a syringe for feeding. It looks like a normal syringe, but has a
much wider (relatively speaking) opening. Put some in there. Squirt in
her mouth as far back as you can. Hold her mouth shut gently and rub her
throat to make her swallow. This is about as easy as pilling a cat.  *G*

If your local pet store doesn't carry feeding syringes, you'll have to
make do with your finger. Be careful she doesn't bite it. Smear the
Laxaire towards the back of her tongue with your finger and massage her
throat to make her swallow.

If all else fails, ask the vet for a suppository laxative instead of one
that you have to feed her.

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You need to watch her very carefully for the rest of her life,
this could be, or easily become, megacolon.
If she's prone to furballs, dose her religiously with furball
prep, but not in excess of directions. It can be harmful used
in excess. Adding fiber to the diet may help the constipation.
Mixing a little canned pumpkin into her food, or flavring the
pumpkin so she eats it alone. Bran, bought at a health food
store, inexpensive, maybe .50 a lb, another source of fiber.
Then again, some cats do better on a low fiber diet. It takes
experimentation. Encourage her to drink water. Add more water
bowls, and keep the water fresh.

Ask the vet about using lactulose, perhaps
2cc twice a day. A liquid, that you can often
get them to lap up by floating it in the liquid
from canned food. Some will lap it up if its in
a bit of milk. You have to get creative.
Also, you can have your medication flavored by
a compounding pharmacy. Fish, chicken, liver,
and a dozen other flavors. Tends to be best
you buy samples of a few flavors, and learn
what she likes/doesn't like. Call your local
pharmacies, if one doesn't "compound", ask
if they know who in your area does. Barring
that, there are online contacts for flavoring
agents and compounding pharmacies.

There are supplements for arthritis. You should
put her on NuCat and Glucosamine. Takes a couple
months to really start having an affect and needs
to be continued uninterrupted for months but helps
greatly with arthritis.

NuCat 240 count most economical.
4 tabs a day, 2 in am, 2 in pm.
Chewable. But, if the cat doesn't like them,
they crush to powder with a spoon and can be mixed
in canned food.
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Cosequin, or GP Glucosamine with Chondroitin Sulfate here
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As with most meds, lactulose, can be ordered online less
expensively than you can get from your vet if you reach
the point of needing to use it, or something like it,
regularly. Local pharmacies carry most meds, and are less
expensive also. Once they do have a chronic problem with
constipation, their daily meds are very important. Even
when you think it's going well, and you can lighten up,
you may well only cause problems. Keep track of what's
in the litter box, and how frequently.