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.
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