We adopted a bonded pair, and after they settled in for about two weeks and got comfortable with us, we took them for their first vet visit. They both got prescibed antibiotics.

We are able to medicate one of them with no problems (it doesn't matter which one). Whichever one we pick up first, the second one gets wise to what's going on and flees from us and hides in inaccessible places under furniture. Each time it's an ordeal for them and us to drag the second cat out of hiding to be medicated.

Tonight we tried to coordinate between the two of us and pick them both up at the same time, but we just could not make it work. Each time one of them gets away we have to drag them out from under furniture, which we hate doing because it's really traumatic for the cat.

How can we get them to come out for medication?

I tried researching online but most of the material I found was about how to get a pill in the cat's face without getting scratched, which isn't really a problem for us once we actually get ahold of them. They are comfortable climbing on us on and getting treats, but we just didn't have enough time to get them comfortable getting picked up before we started this process.