Living with non-humans is an endless process of learning, including learning about health issues. This is a thread for sharing about that.
Something I stumbled across while reading Amazon reviews, and which has made life much easier this past year and a half, during which we've been medicating an unusually high number of cats:
Empty/fillable gel caps. I put cut pills in these, as well as uncut pills. They go down easier than pills, with the pill plunger that I recommended a while back in another thread, and the cats don't get a taste of the medicine. They have made medicating so very easy!
I also use them for liquid medicine that's bitter/unpleasant tasting, but with liquids, you have to fill them immediately before dosing, since the liquid starts softening the capsules right away.
I now keep #2, #3, and #4 gel caps on hand. (The higher the number, the smaller the gel caps.)
They also work with dogs who are sensitive to the taste of meds. With most dogs, you can use larger gel caps, for instance, #0, or #00.
Something I stumbled across while reading Amazon reviews, and which has made life much easier this past year and a half, during which we've been medicating an unusually high number of cats:
Empty/fillable gel caps. I put cut pills in these, as well as uncut pills. They go down easier than pills, with the pill plunger that I recommended a while back in another thread, and the cats don't get a taste of the medicine. They have made medicating so very easy!
I also use them for liquid medicine that's bitter/unpleasant tasting, but with liquids, you have to fill them immediately before dosing, since the liquid starts softening the capsules right away.
I now keep #2, #3, and #4 gel caps on hand. (The higher the number, the smaller the gel caps.)
They also work with dogs who are sensitive to the taste of meds. With most dogs, you can use larger gel caps, for instance, #0, or #00.
