Ask your vet about compounding the medication.  Pharmacies can compound the
medication into treats or into a transdermal gel that you rub inside the
ear.  My cat, who is also on heart medication and impossible to pill, gets
her medication that way.  It was a lifesaver for us (and her!).  If your vet
doesn't work with a compounding pharmacy, there are several reputable online
ones - you just need a prescription from your vet.

In the meantime, a trick someone suggested here that has worked well for us
when we have to give her lasix (which we didn't compound since she's only on
it as needed) is to put the pill in a bit of honey and then put the honey on
her mouth.  When she licks the honey, the pill goes in and she can't spit it
out because it's sticky.  If the pill is large, you can crush it up in the
honey, though that's messy.  Someone else I know is giving her cat heart
medication using friskies soft treats - they are large enough to break in
half and stuff a pill in, and her cat just gobbles them up, apparently.

If your cat has just been diagnosed with a heart problem, you might want to
check out the yahoo feline hearts HCM group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/feline-heart/

We're all in the same boat over there...

Since your cat does not want to accept the pill mixed with her food, you
will probably need to administer it yourself.  Some people use "pill guns."
They are available at pet stores and may be available from your vet.  I
haven't used them, but others on this group may be able to describe it.  I
administer pills by dropping the pill into the cat's mouth.  Go to this site
(below) and click on "How To Give Your Cats Medicine."  That will bring up a
leaflet with illustrations that shows how to do it.  Be sure to gently hold
your cat's mouth closed and stroke its neck until you are sure that she has
swallowed the pill.  Otherwise, she may spit it up.

Go to this location:  http://www.allaboutpets.org.uk/catindex4.html#cat15

MaryL

You just have to get the pill far enough back in her mouth - past the
hump of her tongue.  If you don't like getting your fingers chewed you
can get from the vet a plastic gadget to hold the pill.  I've used a
soda straw before.  Coat the pill with petroleum jelly so it will
stick on the end of the straw.  Have an accomplice hold the cat and
open its mouth.  Use the soda straw to insert the pill well back in
the mouth and like using a blowgun blow a puff of air into the straw
to shoot the pill into the cat.  The cat goes "gulp" and the pill is
down.  You have to work fast.

See: http://www.maxshouse.com/Medicating_Your_Cat.htm

get a syringe with a little bit of water in it, throw the tablet in and give
a little water from the side of the cats mouth and it should swallow it....
as all humans know most people cant swallow tablets without a drink as they
stick to the roof of the mouth

Everyone has been giving good advice. I know that it isn't easy since
I had to pill my cat for quite a few months. On the lighter side, I
just got this in email and it seems sort of appropriate:

Your vet should show you how to do it.