How else can I get Daisy to take her pill?

[crystalsmom]

Originally Posted by AmyZinNC

NOT having any luck..ive tried a few times and I can't get it far enough back...then she works it back out again!!!!!!

Now she wont even come near me I got to get this in her and get these fleas gone!

I do it fast eddies way but I put her on her back on my lap. Don't try for
a half hr or so. With her on her back you open her mouth quickly and with
her mouth held closed she almost has to swallow and tickle her neck alittle
too if possible. If you are calm and matter a fact about it, it will help. Good
Luck

[CherOKchic]

Since none of the usual seem to be working try crushing the pill up into some soft food, cottage cheese or similar.

If this still doesn't work the last resort would be to get a pill popper (syringe) from the vets...I have to do this w/ my F cat. She has to take 1/2 4mg Diazapam pill and 1 phenobarbitol 2 times a day and crushing doesn't work...it's like she can smell the pills or something.

[Brutus'mama]

We crush up the pill and sprinkle it on a white egg omelet while it's cooking. He doesn't know what hit him!

[alpayton]

[QUOTE=AmyZinNC]NOT having any luck..ive tried a few times and I can't get it far enough back...then she works it back out again!!!!!!
[QUOTE]

You're not getting it back in her mouth far enough if she's working it out. Put the pill between your thumb and forefinger on one hand and use your thumb and forefinger on the other hand to pry her jaw open by putting your thumb on one side of her mouth between her teeth and your forefinger on the other side of her mouth between her teeth. Once she opens, put the two fingers that have the pill between them inside the mouth far enough to drop the pill in her throat. Close her mouth immediately and start stroking her throat with your hand keeping her snout shut. This way she cannot try to cough or wiggle the pill back out and she'll have to swallow it within a few seconds.

[chloeandj]

I have mashed up a pill between two spoons, put a little bit of water on the powder to make a paste and put it on the roof of her mouth.

[suz]

Scrunch it up and put it in some yogurt or cottage cheese!! I've used ice cream too. (Vanilla of course!!)
Suz

[Lanie]

Crushing the pill like several have said is a great idea. It always works for me. I just crush it with a spoon in the bottom of a bowl till it is a fine powder and mix it with peanut butter real well and spread it on a tiny piece of bread and they gobble it down and never even know it. I'm a nurse and mix the crushed pill with pudding every day for my patients who cannot swallow well. So maybe it will work with your little girl who just won't swallow well..lol Good luck!

[YorkieShadow]

Originally Posted by fasteddie

Have you tried putting the pill in the back of her mouth, closing her mouth with your hands, then gently massage her neck so she swallows? That's the way we get Yoda to take meds...

Yep thats what we do to we always try to put it in cheese first if that dont work we do it this way.

[prettypuppypink]

I put the pill in nutri-cal since Pixie adores it.