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Luke came home from two days after a bout of bladder crystals. I was sent home with a pill shooter to use. "It is easy, I have used it on him and he is OK with it" says the vet tech. She has done this hundreds of times. Luke was on an IV so he cannot go too far. Luke was also in a cage so a confined environment. I tried to pill popper and could not coordinate keeping him sitting up and shooting the pill in. Then I tried breaking up a few of his dehydrated ray treats - a few with each pill - that worked - once. Then I found that I had some of the Chubu treat and squirted some into my hand and he would lap that up along with the pill. That worked - once. Next I tried grinding up the antibiotic - open up the capsules and squeeze the treat on top of it. NOPE. I ended up smearing the mess because trying to pill him makes him mad (and he flops down like dead weight).
Now what???
Now what???