IMHO cat bags work 100x better than towels.... Pill poppers work much better than fingers, Purina Whisker Lickin's work way, waaaaaay better than Pill Pockets.... Just my experience.....
We've never had luck getting pills into Lynxx, and not with Midnight either. Luna is excellent. Lynxx will close his throat and gag it back up. Midnight will just spit it out in your face. We always let the vets do Lynxx and Midnight. Or we ask if the med could be given a different way such as on the neck.