How in the world did you get the pill into him???
Best way is on a 22Short
There are several ways to pill uncooperative cats (& dogs).
The easiest & most successful way I’ve found, is to crush the pill into a powder and mix it into a small amount of canned food - preferably one with a strong odor/taste like fish. Make sure you only use a tablespoon or 2 of food - you want to make sure they finish it all.
Also, there are compound pharmacies in every city that will make special formulations for animals in different yummy flavors.
Also, they sell these edibles at the pet store/vet office called Pill Pockets. The center is hollow and you put the pill in there.
It’s liquid...and my hub is able to pick him up from his little camp under our nook table. Twice a day. He gets a dose of Prozac once a day also.