[Felvtalk] pilling

[Lorrie]

I dissolve the pill in chicken broth and then syringe it down.
This works for me. 

Lorrie

On 10-30, Marsha wrote:
> 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
>