[Felvtalk] pilling

[Marsha]

Easiest one I ever had was getting prednisolone to shrink his mast cell 
tumor.  I would hold up the pill, hidden between my fingers and ask him 
if he wanted a treat. I would get him all excited about the treat, and 
then he would just snarf it up really fast before he realized that it 
was a pill.  That was before Pill Pockets.  But he didn't fall for that 
trick so quickly the next time around.  I could only do it once in a while.

Most difficult one had an unbelievable talent for faking a swallow or 
somehow working the pill back up and out.  I would find the pill later 
on the carpet or stuck to his long-haired bib.  Finally got a mortar and 
pestle, ground his meds to powder, and mixed them into a treat ball with 
some malt-flavored gel that he loved.  This won't work for nasty-tasting 
meds or timed-release ones that can't be ground up.

Marsha


On 10/29/2015 8:15 PM, Ardy Robertson wrote:
> They are so individual -- I had a black and white guy named Patches that
> would simply allow you to put it in his mouth.....no problem. He hurt his
> paw and I had to soak it several times a day in Epsom salts so I used a
> Styrofoam coffee cup and put his paw in the warm solution. The first time he
> pulled back a little and after that he realized I wanted him do leave it in
> there, and he would sit on my lap for 20 minutes with his paw in the
> cup...no problem. Tigger, on the other hand, would probably have the cup
> flying around the room or something.
>