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Carolina 
IMHO the best ones are the chicken or Salmon - for some reason the cheese ones never worked for me - the texture doesn't hold the same, and the cats don't like as much either
The salmon and the chicken flavors are a hit every time. I use the round pieces or the heart shaped ones - the flat, tiny bell shaped - those I give to Lucky - she is always waiting by the gate for some yummy treats 2x a day whenever I pill Gracie
Well...I got some of the chicken and cheese ones just for something for Sven to eat because he's so skinny, and now he won't eat ANY of the other ones! So...I'm having to make do and squish and squeeze them until I can get them to hide a pill (some of them work ok for this). I've created a monster. I went to Petco and bought Greenies Pill Pockets in Salmon and Chicken, Soft Pounce (which aren't soft enough to even begin to work), Whiska Lickins in Salmon, Chicken (again), and Chicken and Cheese, AND dried tuna flakes, thinking I could roll cream cheese balls in those. NONE of the cats will have anything to do with the dried tuna flakes , but at least all the rest of them like the other treats! Guess I'll be going back to stock up on the Chick and Cheese Whiska Lickins. But Sven is very wise to me ...if I hover over him, he knows something is up and won't eat. However, if I just set a couple of treats over by him and then leave the room and pretend like I don't care if he eats them or not, he'll usually eat them.
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jcat
The pill gun worked - once. Now a certain not-so-little cat takes off the minute he catches a glimpse of it. He gets himself so worked up over stuff like that that I'm afraid he'll have a heart attack.
Hiding the pills in food is working remarkably well, as long as I vary the "treats" he's getting them in. Salmon paste worked very well for three days, but now he won't touch it. Tuna, crab and liverwurst are the most popular, followed by spray cheese and cat stick treats. He has spit out two or three pills, but I just stick them in some other food and stand there till I'm sure he's eaten them.
Yes, for being "dumb" (not ME saying that, just that's what some people call cats and dogs) animals, they are amazingly smart! I have to show Sven both my hands before walking up to him or he walks away from me . I'm glad you are still able to sneak Jamie his pills. Hoping you can continue that. (Since you can't order Greenies pill pockets or Whiska Lickins via the Internet, can someone here in the USA mail them to you? I would do that for you! Have no idea what the protocol is, though, for customs, if there are any for packages like that
Keep up the good work! (Go Jamie, eat those treats!)
