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How can I get them to take a pill? Daisy and Teddy are on hamburger and rice because of runny stools. I guess this medication Metronidazole is bitter because they won't eat their hamburger if I crumble this pill on it. I hate to shove a pill down their throat and watch them try to force it back up. Is there any way to get them to take this pill if it is hidden inside of something? It has to be something that won't upset their system. Any ideas? Thanks. |
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I just tried to give Daisy one of these pills and she fought me so hard I thought she was going to bite me. My DH said she did the same thing to him earlier. I'm wondering if I should just skip giving her this pill rather than go through this. |
I usually stick a pill inside a dab of peanut butter and let them lick it off my finger. It's so sticky they don't know a pill is in it. Cottage cheese is good too. |
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I'd cook a plain hamburger or meatballs to stick the pills in. |
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Yes try the cheese. Anything they think is delicious should work. |
I get Natural Balance Lamb roll and slice off a small piece and hide it in there. It usually works well! My vet once told me it is a very horrid tasting drug. Good luck! |
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My poodle took pills her entire life and she was a pro at eating around them, a few times she even spit it out in other rooms. We'd use cheese, liverwurst, lunch meat, regular meat, and wet dog food. Basically whatever we had in the fridge. Stuff like PB and cream cheese didn't work because she'd lick around it. She'd usually get her morning pill in cheese and her night pill in wet food, but some days we'd run out or she just would't eat it. In general it's best to use the smallest bit possible to get the pill down and then another piece to wash it down. |
Thanks for all the great ideas. The cheese worked like a charm. They both inhaled the cheese and didn't detect the pill. It's a spreadable cheddar cheese and probably not great for their stomaches but it worked. I might try the meatball tomorrow and I usually have some of the lamb roll around but I don't right now. They are also getting a big brown pill called Endosorb, that I am crumbling on their food and they seem to like it. They are also getting a chewable probiotic called Prostora that they like. It's just that little white one they won't take. I have not seen either of them poop today so I hope they aren't constipated now. |
hotdogs can work too - although the pill pockets are fantastic. I had a dog that would eat the treat and spit out the pill too (my first yorkie) :D |
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I roll them up in a small ball of cream cheese. First I give them one without the pill, then the one with, then another without. They never notice the pills lol. Just don't say the word pill around them, I swear mine understand that word and will spit it out if I say it lol. |
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