What a PITA. He figured out that he could kind of bite down on the Pill Pocket, the crunchy thing would fall out and he didn’t have to bother with it. Tried splitting the pill and putting it in two Pill Pockets, same deal. Then put the pieces in some soft food. Lapped all around the pill pieces, left those, finished off the soft food. This morning, tried crushing the pill and mixing it with soft food. Nah, didn’t want that. Then I added tuna juice to the soft food, mixed it up well. He lapped up about a quarter of that. I’d say he maybe got a quarter of a half of a baytril tab. So, I got another pill and tried just shoving it down his throat. Thought I had it until he ran off and the pill was just sitting there. I took that pill, got a small gelcap, put the pill in the gelcap (things slide down much more easily in a gelcap), waited until he came up to me at my desk, I put my left arm around him, opened his mouth with my left hand and shoved the gelcapped pill in with my right, the pushed his mouth closed. I saw him swallow, I let him go. He walked off shaking his head.
Mission accomplished. Too bad he’s a fast learner.
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