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Trying to find pill pockets without chicken or grains, or even a paste? Anybody heard of such a thing?
I think there are pastes but I am not sure if they are grain free and people at amazon said they didn’t work well and their cats hated it due to taste etc. but here is a wrap up grain free at chewies, stashios.. reviews said these are too sticky though and they got stuck on the cats teeth / mouth etc.Trying to find pill pockets without chicken or grains, or even a paste? Anybody heard of such a thing?
Normally I’d agree w/ you! Who the HECK wants to do battle with eely furball & his cactus claws!? But as Daftcat reminded me, anything w/ chicken and grains can be bad for an IBS or Small Cell Lymphoma diagnosis. Anyhoo, I ordered the bacon flavored wrap a pill as mentioned above.When I'm trying to get my cat to take its pills so that it won't be sick, the last thing on my mind is whether or not the Pill Pockets are grain-free. If comes down to a choice between a tiny bit of grain in a Pill Pocket or grabbing the cat, holding it down and shoving a pill down its throat, which one do you think I'm going to choose?
If a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down, I'm all for it.
Thank you all for your helpfulness. My vet never said it could be compounded, and is resistant to prednisolone’s liquid cousin. I forget why. Anyway, Zorro has loved any treat it’s been wrapped in sofar, so hopefully the faux bacon you reccommended is a welcome substitute!Compounding the medicine is an option if you want to avoid grains and possible other gastrointestinal irritants.
I can understand why one might worry.When I'm trying to get my cat to take its pills so that it won't be sick, the last thing on my mind is whether or not the Pill Pockets are grain-free. If comes down to a choice between a tiny bit of grain in a Pill Pocket or grabbing the cat, holding it down and shoving a pill down its throat, which one do you think I'm going to choose?
If a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down, I'm all for it.
Can they give it in liquid form? My previous vet gave Lily hers as chicken flavour. Or is that more expensive where you are?I have those capsules. It’s daily prednizalone (which I can never spell) but he’s pretty sharp about noticing hidden goodies in his food. I’ll give it a whirl…this faux bacon wrap doesn’t sound terrible. Thanks all for these suggestions!