How to give gabapentin to a cat that refuses everything

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

1. 1
   Mixing the medication capsule contents with water and using an oral syringe
2. 2
   Dissolving the medication in a teaspoon of water and adding food
3. 3
   Using a water-based flavored version as a food topper
4. 4
   Mixing medication with broth or cat sip
5. 5
   Mixing drops into wet food or treats like Churu
6. 6
   Using catnip to calm the cat
7. 7
   Forcing the cat into the carrier with another person
8. 8
   planning to start with the pill as the cheapest option
9. 9
   mixing powder from a joint supplement capsule into food
10. 10
    fighting through the daily struggle to apply the drops
11. 11
    Putting pills into gelatin capsules and rolling them in nutritional yeast or coating them with Churu
12. 12
    Using a pill popper or pill shooter syringe to place the pill directly down the throat
13. 13
    Using commercial pill pockets like Greenies
14. 14
    Breaking the pill into small pieces and mixing it into catnip
15. 15
    Asking the vet for alternative liquid or injectable forms of the medication
16. 16
    Crushing pills up fine and mixing with food
17. 17
    Using a thumb on the side of the mouth to pop the pill in manually followed by treats
18. 18
    Switching to a liquid form compounded by a specialty pharmacy and mixing with tuna water or oil using a dropper

In their words

Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.