So hilarious!
My technique:
- Keep pill in right hand
- Approach cat from behind
- Sit on cat, locking your feet together so she can't back away
- With left hand, pull her head back toward your chest and pry open mouth
- Aiming CAREFULLY, drop pill into open mouth.
- Hold cat's mouth shut and stroke her throat
Aim is critical! If the pill gets dropped right into the thoat, then she has to swallow it.
PS. Stealth helps.
PPS. It also helps if the cat is deaf ;-)