We found gel caps invaluable for chinese herbs, which are usually really bitter. At first i got the number 4 ones, hardly anything fits, it took 4 to fill 1/4 t. I never used the pill filler kit, rather put loose stuff in a shallow dish and pushed the dry herb into it, kept pushing and packing it in.
I usually dabbed bit of olive oil on it so it wouldn't stick in throat, but folks have said just use water to get it to just barely start melitng to be more slippery. Then, later found and vet suggested the huge caps are fine, you toss it right into open throat, their gag reflex is fine with it, they won't aspiriate, it's liquid you have to squirt slowly from the side. So i've tossed in 'nutrigest' caps which are huge. I think the 4 or 2 is good to start with and work your way up to the 0's ! Yeah, lquid melts a cap. As soon as it starts to fold up it's hard to handle. I've kindof used slippery elm syrup in them tho. Not easy. I was given free sample of beef flavoured caps, they seem to be from Florida: http://www.capsuline.com but i'm not sure if it's a real advantage. I don't know the retail price. You can order any empty gel caps from any pharmacy. Lynne __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca
