Greenies pill pockets without chicken

[poivre]

My Norma Jean is allergic to chicken but needs that pill pocket for her hyperthyroid drug. Any suggestions please?

 

[Margot Lane]

You can get gelatin capsules, put pill inside and sneak it into her food. Or you can grind up the pill if it doesn’t fit and repackage into a gelatin capsule (you can get the capsule in different sizes). I ordered mine online as I live in nowheresville from “vet approved rx”

 

[fionasmom]

The size most used for cat meds is #4. The size of gelatin capsules goes in reverse....so 000 is very large, but the higher numbers are smaller.
Capsule size chart - Capsuline

 

[poivre]

I was hoping Greenies pill pockets made other flavors besides chicken. Very disappointing.

 

[fionasmom]

Even the salmon ones only have salmon flavoring, but are mostly chicken.

 

[poivre]

Agreed. And not only that but they advertise salmon AND TUNA but where in the ingredients is the Tuna??????

 

[FeebysOwner]

I think you can try what they call pill masker - the one I bought does not indicate there is any chicken in it. It works similarly to pill pockets, except you 'form' the 'pocket' around the meds. Here is the one I got.
TOMLYN Pill-Masker, 4-oz jar - Chewy.com

 

[LTS3]

Greenies isn't the only brand of pill dough. There are many others, some called "pill dough" or "pill masker". I use this chicken free one: PET MD Wrap-A-Pill Bacon Flavor Pill Paste Dog & Cat Supplement, 4.2-oz tub - Chewy.com

 

[poivre]

I think you can try what they call pill masker - the one I bought does not indicate there is any chicken in it. It works similarly to pill pockets, except you 'form' the 'pocket' around the meds. Here is the one I got.
TOMLYN Pill-Masker, 4-oz jar - Chewy.com

Thank you Feeby's Owner:
I think I have found a simple solution to my problem. Today I decided to wrap my tiny cat pill into a same size piece of butter as a pill pocket and covered it up into a "butterball" and voila! she ate it right up with the rest of her meal. I am so relieved because she has gone back to vigorously scratching herself from being allergic to chicken and now I hope I have found the answer to her problem.

 

[Margot Lane]

…I smell a nickname coming on! (You may have noticed our “nicknames for cats” thread).

 

[Margot Lane]

PS: MARS, Inc, the parent company of these pill pockets, emailed me to take a survey and comment on their pill pockets. I emphatically encouraged them to have a line of “limited ingredient pill pockets” for cats with allergies or IBS. It occurred to me that I would probably eat any pill if it were stuck inside an almond Mars bar, so, maybe I am not so different than a cat.

 

[poivre]

Excellent idea Margot. But do they really care?????

 

[LTS3]

Greenies used to have a LID Pill Pocket in a green pea and duck formula but that was discontinued in 2012. A later allergy version of Pill Pockets was discontinued in 2020.

As already mentioned, there are other brands of pill dough / pill wraps / pill maskers / etc that are chicken-free. TCS also has tips on how to give cats pills. Another option is to compound medicine into an easier to give form such as a flavored chew treat or a transdermal gel.

 

[poivre]

Thanks all. A tiny bit of butter is the answer. Yippee!!