That all makes sense. I guess this means you are not in the US, if you are, let me know and I’ll tell you how to get it cheaper.
Have you ever tried pilling him? (With your homemade capsules)
I have two cats I can pill. It would be too traumatic for my third cat, so unless something was life saving, it wouldn’t do that to him.
I’m happy to do a FaceTime and teach you how to pill him if you think that would help (you buy a little cheap tool and approach from behind and go in the side of his mouth, so he never sees it coming). I just taught a fried how to pill their cat last week and their jaw was on the floor over how quick and easy it was.