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My cat has been battling anemia. We are not yet sure what it’s caused by yet, but through vet care, medications, and transfusions we’ve gotten her to a point that her red blood cell count is stable. Anyway, to keep her stable, and keep whatever illness we are dealing with at bay, we have to give seven different medications a few times a day. Some are in pill form and some of liquid all of them are oral. We may ask the vet if there are any non oral medications she can take instead, but we have assumed (and please correct me if I’m wrong) the oral medication is the least expensive option. My cat will not eat food that has even touched a medication, so we have to give them to her directly. Even then, she keep a pill in her mouth and wait till we put her down to spit it out. We try to put it in the back of her throat and massage it down.This is my roommate’s and I’s first experience giving medication to our cat so we’re still getting the hang of things. Any advice for giving medication to a stubborn cat? Also, just found out we’re gonna have to give her two medications as eye drops as well.