The easiest way to give a pet a pill is by disguising it in food (as long as your veterinarian tells you to impart it with food rather than on an empty stomach). Pill Pockets are commercially made, tasty treats for cats and dogs than can hold a pill or capsule inside. You can also conceal a pill for a cat by enrobing it in cheese or another type of food that your cat likes. Or try making a tiny meatball out of wet cat food and embedding the medication in it. Dogs, who are more eager to swallow a variety of things, usually accept a pill if it’s disguised as a treat. Coatings and wraps that usually work are cream cheese, peanut butter, meat and meat-flavored baby food. Once you’ve prepared the pill, you may need to restrain your pet to deliver it. With a cat, wrap him in a towel, leaving his head exposed. That will prevent him from escaping or scratching you. Hold him in your lap or sit with him between your legs. Press at his cheekbones to open his jaw and insert the pill as far back as possible. Then close his mouth and massage his throat to encourage swallowing. To give a dog who won’t accept a medicated treat a pill, get down on the floor with him or put him on a table with a non-slip surface. Hold his upper jaw open and tilt his head back. Position his upper lip over his top teeth to avoid getting bitten and drop the pill on the base of his tongue. Then close his mouth and blow on his nose or rub his throat to get him to swallow.