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Offline x0847Marine

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« on: November 28, 2006, 06:17:09 PM »
Ever tried to get your dog or cat to swallow a pill or take meds?.. lol

Here's a tick a vet hooked me up with, works like a charm:

Take a jar all meat baby food, not the ones with peas, carrots and junk.. all meat. Try to avoid Gerber's, its got onion salt... salt isnt that great.

Spoon out a hefty chunk of baby food and place it on a folded paper towel. The paper towel will draw out the water, the baby food gets putty-like.

Manipulate the food putty into a ball, then poke a dent in it with your finger... be sure, obviously, the dent is cavernous enough for the meds to fit. If you have multiple meds, make more med balls.

Place the meds (crushed pill / liquid) in that dent, then spoon out a bit more baby food to cover it up... feed it to your pet.

You cat or dog will gobble it up without thinking or knowing hes eatn meds.. from then on the "pop" noise the baby food jar makes will bring em right to you... they love all meat baby food.

BTW if you ever find a poor starving kitten you want to feed, all meat baby food is great for them... not as a daily diet, but its great for putting weight on and getting them to eat.
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« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2006, 06:17:49 PM »
We use cheese for our dogs.
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« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2006, 06:19:05 PM »
hot dog.  cut a peice.  stick pill in middle.  toss in air.

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« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2006, 08:13:29 PM »
If your dog is smart it will eventualy figure out whats going on. Well mine did anyway.
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« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2006, 09:33:07 PM »
Peanut butter works great with my dog. Just scoop some out of the jar with my finger, bury the pill in it, and call the dog. Licks it all up and doesn't spit the pill.
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« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2006, 09:36:49 PM »
Or you could just stick it in their mouth, hold it closed and stroke their throat.  Forces them to swallow and down it goes.
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« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2006, 10:02:12 PM »
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Originally posted by Auger
Peanut butter works great with my dog. Just scoop some out of the jar with my finger, bury the pill in it, and call the dog. Licks it all up and doesn't spit the pill.


same here - peanut butter
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« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2006, 10:18:31 PM »
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Or you could just stick it in their mouth, hold it closed and stroke their throat.  Forces them to swallow and down it goes.


Whew! Thanks, I thought the world was going crazy :)

culero (knows the trick for cats, too)
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« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2006, 04:46:48 AM »
cream cheese works well too.

With my cat however, I usually found it better to just force open his jaws and shove the pill down to where his gag reflex was overcome by a swallow reflex.  He never seemed to hold it against me and I had a good techique that meant he never accidentally bit or scratched me.

In the summer, we'd give the cat some goo stuff that helped prevent furballs.  He used to like the taste and would lick it off our fingers, but he eventually decided he didn't like it.  We found that the best technique in that case was to dab the stuff on his front paw.  Cats HATE stuff on their paws so he'd lick it all off :)
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« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2006, 06:38:50 AM »
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BTW if you ever grind a poor starving kitten you want to eat

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« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2006, 06:57:15 AM »
For dogs take a small kitten...place said meds in kitten anal orrifice and toss kitten to dog.  fun for both dog and you.

For cats take a small hampster and also place meds in said hampsters anal orrifice and toss hampster to cat. fun for cat and you.

For birds small ballpean hammer, one tap... fun for you.

For hampsters... see remarks for birds.

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« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2006, 10:21:07 AM »
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Originally posted by culero
Whew! Thanks, I thought the world was going crazy :)

culero (knows the trick for cats, too)



Thats what I do now too. The dog figured out the peanut butter method as well.
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« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2006, 10:27:57 AM »
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For dogs take a small kitten...place said meds in kitten anal orrifice and toss kitten to dog.  fun for both dog and you.

For cats take a small hampster and also place meds in said hampsters anal orrifice and toss hampster to cat. fun for cat and you.

For birds small ballpean hammer, one tap... fun for you.

For hampsters... see remarks for birds.

Tomorrow boys and girls we will cover...

Spouses...

Grown Children....

Annoying Neighbors...

Lawyers...

and Bill Collectors.

Stay tuned.

Mac


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Thanks for the laugh (as I wipe tears from my eyes)
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« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2006, 10:33:05 AM »
If you really have trouble, most vets have a "pill shooter", you place the pill in it, open the animal's mouth, stick the pill shooter to the back, and squeeze. We use the same thing on cows.
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« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2006, 10:42:53 AM »
I just stick it in the back of their throat...they have to swallow it...animals don't gag as much as girlfri..I mean humans do...:D
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