How Do You Get Them To Take Pills??

[pamelakay]

Luigi has 2 medications for his hookworms. One is in pill form and I give 1/2 a pill a day. It's difficult to get him to take it! I tried stuffing them in treats but he just eats around the pill, takes the treat, and spits the pill out! I tried crushing one and putting the crumbs in Nutrical, and that sorta worked but it was a mess! The pill powder was all over my hand and I don't want to feel like i'm losing medication that he should be taking.

Does anyone have any suggestions to make this easier?? Thanks

[pamelakay]

..another thought: would crushing the pills in a little container, and then putting some water in it so the pill powder mixes with the water..and sucking it all up into a syringe work? his other medication is liquid, and it's not too hard squirting it into his mouth with the syringe. this is what i sometimes do as a nurse for my patients can it work for puppies?

[chattiesmom]

I hide pills in cream cheese -- or a bit of butter. I always give one "freebie" piece then the one with the pill and then another "freebie" The key is to feed all three treats very quickly so that the furbutt doesn't realize that something is up.

[patty58]

Sometimes I put a little peanut butter on a little piece of bread with the pill in the pb or sometimes a little piece of Velveeta cheese. Good luck, Patty

[kalina82]

cream cheese works great. as does peanut butter. I don't like crushing pills and putting it in water because i don't think it gets absorbed properly. If all else fails open his mouth, use your finger to push the pill all the way towards the back of the throat and then close his mouth. massage his throat until he swallows. Or after putting the pill in his mouth squirt some water with a syringe in his mouth making him swallow.

[pamelakay]

Originally Posted by chattiesmom

I hide pills in cream cheese -- or a bit of butter. I always give one "freebie" piece then the one with the pill and then another "freebie" The key is to feed all three treats very quickly so that the furbutt doesn't realize that something is up.

Thanks hun, I'll try it. Hopefully he doesn't spit the pill out then too.

And "Furbutt" makes me laugh I was saying out loud, "You butt!!!" whenever he kept spittin the pill out.

[Sadie's Mom]

Sadie eats a canned food & gobbles it up, so I can hide it in her food & she never knows it's there.

Side note: every time I see your name, I think my Mom has joined YT...that's her name too! (first AND middle)

[Patti]

I try hiding it in their food. I have a real problem with Maya as she needs a very toxic pill every 4 days for her Cushing's disease and I have to make absolute certain she takes it and doesn't spit it out because if the other 2 were to get it it could be very dangerous to them. The problem I have is Maya is aggressive when I try to give her something she doesn't want so if she doesn't eat it there's nothing I can do. I am going to try the peanut butter. Ice cream has worked before but it upsets her tummy.

[pamelakay]

Originally Posted by Sadie's Mom

Sadie eats a canned food & gobbles it up, so I can hide it in her food & she never knows it's there.

Side note: every time I see your name, I think my Mom has joined YT...that's her name too! (first AND middle)

I thought of the canned food and how he used to gobble it up too, but Luigi just transitioned to dry food so my old wet food expired Ah well.

And WOW, I've never heard of another Pamela Kay. That's awesome. Do you know where they got the idea to name your mom that?

[Sadie's Mom]

Originally Posted by pamelakay

I thought of the canned food and how he used to gobble it up too, but Luigi just transitioned to dry food so my old wet food expired Ah well.

And WOW, I've never heard of another Pamela Kay. That's awesome. Do you know where they got the idea to name your mom that?

You know, they also have doggie "desserts". I think it's Nutro that does them...they're pretty cheap. YOu could try that. Keep what you don't use in the fridge & use it in a few days.

I don't know how my granmother came up with it...I"ll have to ask her. I think she just always liked the name Pamela. But I don't know about the Kay part.

[diva pup]

Try liverwurst, make sure it does not have onion in it on the ingredients (one brand does) i have never had a dog find it in the liverwurst and they never refuse it.

[Txgurl06]

honestly and this is not cruel lol i just easily stick it to the very back of skoshis mouth and he swollows it. ive tried all that other stuff and it hasnt worked so thats what i do. and it doesnt hurt him or nothin.

[OLIVIA_KARHIS]

if I cant crush the pill and put it in yogurt...

I put it in cheese or something they like that they dont get much of... I save those fave. foods just for the meds, so I know they will gobble it down.

I dont use there treats.. I use human food, so there more interested in eating it and getting more then worrying if there is a pill they dont want to take that is inside. I alway give them a before and after taste of whatever I put it in as well.... so they dont think anything is up lol

Gosh what we do, to get are baby's to take there meds lol

[OLIVIA_KARHIS]

Originally Posted by Txgurl06

honestly and this is not cruel lol i just easily stick it to the very back of skoshis mouth and he swollows it. ive tried all that other stuff and it hasnt worked so thats what i do. and it doesnt hurt him or nothin.

I wish I could do that!!

Mine makes them self toss there cookies when I try to put it in the back of there mouth.

There such brats

[Sadie's Mom]

Originally Posted by OLIVIA_KARHIS

I wish I could do that!!

Mine makes them self toss there cookies when I try to put it in the back of there mouth.

There such brats

Mine just refuses to open her mouth.