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Our little cat needs to have her teeth cleaned and a tooth extracted, which means going on antibiotics for several days. I had no luck getting the liquid in her mouth, and my efforts were causing her considerable stress. The vet told us about pill pockets. I was skeptical because she is notoriously picky, but I didn't have any other options. My husband got some, along with antibiotics in pill form. We cut one in half and let her try it without a pill in it. She LOVED it and asked for more! We gave her the other half, and then the one with the pill in it. SUCCESS!! I wish I would have tried this method first, and skipped the whole fiasco with the liquid. Wonderful product, I highly recommend it.
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Kelsey is 18 years old just developed hyperthroidism and has to have a pill every day for the rest of her life. Well she is extremely closed mouth and it is very hard to even get her mouth open.
So I heard about the pill pockets read your reviews on here picked up her medication at the vets yesterday and stopped at PetsMart and purchased the pocket, chicken flavor.
First I gave her one without the pill... she loved it and thought it was a treat and looked at me for more. I then took another and put in the pill and pinched it close and she gobbled it up. YEA!!!!!!
Kelsy only has 2 teeth and eats only soft food. This pocket is soft enough and she has no problems getting it down.
Another up side is when we go on vacation my sons comes and feeds her. He could have never have gotten a pill down her. He watched me give her her pill and he said Wow, I can do that!
Also since Kelsey is old, as much as I love her I could not afford the operation or the radioactive pill. So this works great.
Thank you for your reviews.
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Next I will try the salmon.
Oh there is one bad thing... and that us she wants more than one... lol
Maryanne & Kelsey
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I have only had one cat out of five that have figured these out~ They are wonderful!
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I actually haven't used these on my very finicky cat, but they worked marvelously with two of my other cats and my Border Collie. My Border Collie was prescribed antibiotics twice a day for ten days as well as another very large pill for four days. We've tried treats (they crumble), peanut butter, wet food, and anything else we could think of when trying to give her heartworm medication. Nothing worked! She would lick all the good stuff off and then spit the pill back out. I had just ordered these pill pockets for my cats when the meds were prescribed for my Border Collie and thought I'd try them out. She took her medicine every day with no problem! I was amazed! I used one pill pocket for the smaller pill and two for the larger one, molding them around the pills. She gobbled them up every time. I will absolutely be ordering more when these are used up.
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As the title suggested, my cat would not eat these. They are rather large (about two times the size of an ordinary cat treat) and rubbery in texture. I cannot attest to the flavour and how palatable it may or may not be to felines. If your cat is used to "normal" treats, these may not go over well. My cat is extremely difficult to pill, and we have tried basically every last idea known to man on how to get his daily meds into him. We still have almost a whole package of these in the fridge.
All I can say is, good luck. I guess it all depends on the cat.
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