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I have a semi-feral black cutie, age 5, conclusively tested positive for FIV (Western Blot test). Charlie's had bloody snot congestion since rescued from 'Animal Control' at age 6 months. He and I are lacto-vegetarians and Charlie's just been put on famciclovir. He's a stalwart self-defender. So much so that 6 vet techs working together at the Cary, NC Vet Specialty Hospital were unable to hold him down for a pill pop. So, that's not a viable option. I tried the first couple days making 1/4 inch square, American cheese 'sandwiches' with a 1/4 of a 125 mg pill in each. It worked sort of, but often the 1/4 pill fell out of a sandwich and had to be redone. Then the idea presented itself of adding a little Food Lion whipped cream cheese to make the cheese sandwiches stick together better. That was a decided improvement but still one or two 1/4 pills usually had to be redone. Time-consuming! The current strategy is to roll a little cream cheese into a tiny ball, stick the 1/4 pill in the ball, add a bit more cream cheese to cover the pill well and finally, very tenderly, roll the completed ball between thumb and index finger till smooth and compact. The balls are dropped when done onto a salad plate that's been dusted with nutritional yeast. Then, very gently, the plate's rotated in the air until the four balls have rolled a yeast coating around themselves. Then a sliver of nori is pressed into each ball, about 7, Ami vegan kibble are tossed on the plate, and the snack is placed before Charles. Unless he's in a funk – maybe has a headache from the last dose (3 x a day) of famciclovir – he's OK eating the balls. Admittedly I have to 'enhance' his appetite (with Zyrtec that has that as a side-effect!). I'll be very impressed if the little guy makes it thru the remaining 9 days of this 2 week course!