GreeniesFeline Pill Pockets for Cats Natural Soft Cat Treats, Tuna & Cheese Flavor, 1.6 oz. Pouch (45 Treats)

I had hoped I would never have a need for pill pockets for my cats, but here we are. My baby boy Anton was diagnosed with heart disease at the end of October and immediately started on a regimen of one small and one huge pill every morning and two small and one large pill every evening. By about night 4 of this I was seriously doubting his future quality of life; if shoving pills down his throat amidst his wails of agony followed by him hiding from me for an hour after each session was going to be our regular for the rest of his life, then we had a serious problem.I should note that I am adamantly against all things Mars. I've worked in the pet food industry for the last decade, and can't think of a single positive thing to say about the company. I have to amend that stance now, however, after trying all other means of peaceful pill administration (hiding it in his food, putting them in gelatin capsules, using a pill giver/syringe, different brands of pill pockets... I ran the gamut) and none even come close to the Greenies Pill Pockets. They're made with a lot of garbage ingredients by a company who will promote anything to make a buck, but by god, these pill pockets are little miracle workers.A few recommendations:-Buy all three flavors. I need to rotate the flavor from morning to night, or Anton snubs them.-Pinch off what isn't being used to cover the pills and give that extra non-pill-filled excess bit first. I find that wets his whistle, so to speak, and tells his kitty brain that the following treats aren't full of those icky bitter pills.-If all else fails, and your cat is just having a rough morning and won't eat his treats, don't pull the pills out of the pocket to administer them with the old "shove in the mouth, hold the mouth shut, stroke the throat and pray they swallow the first time" method--leave them in the pill pocket, and put that in his mouth. I find that these go down much faster and easier than just plain pills, even when having to use the brute force method.Long story short, these things are a little bundle of joy. I've regained my sanity, and my cat is back to being a constantly purring ball of love that now looks forward to his morning and evening pill time. I can say with absolute seriousness that Greenies Pill Pockets have greatly increased my cat's quality of life during his final days, and for that, I am eternally grateful.

I've tried giving my cat her medicine in a number of ways. Shoving it in her mouth (she'll sneakily spit it out). Crushing them in her wet food (she refuses to eat and begs for different food). And even trying to sneak it into her Churu treats (she knows... she's too smart).Pill Pockets are the only things that WORK. They're easy for her to chew and she knows that she can't have her wet food until she eats her "special treat."I have tried all of the flavors available and she doesn't really love any of them aside from the Salmon flavor. If you have a picky feline like me, try dipping the treat in their wet food or a puree treat - if I do that, my cat eats them every time.Pros:*They're soft and malleable. The pill easily slips inside and all you have to do is pinch it closed.*It gets the pill down easily. My cat (usually) eats it willingly — which is a lot better than having to wrangle her and force a pill down her throat.Cons:*I've recieved a pack or two that was smashed into a solid mass. I had to rip off chunks of it and form the pockets myself. This definitely wasn't at that fault of Greenies, though. It was likely from a combination of heat, plus Amazon packaging the pill pockets with another product I'd ordered in the same box.Love this product and will continue to order, as it is surprisingly very difficult to find in any pet stores near me!

We've all heard the jokes about "How to Pill a Cat", right? It's so true! We've all tried hiding pills in food. It can work great depending on the bitterness of the pill, the food used to deploy the pill, and the cooperativeness of the cat. Sadly, often the only way to do it is to traumatize the cat, as well as yourself, by shoving the pill down the poor baby's throat.Greenies Pill Pockets can take the trauma away! Just pop the pill in and slide it to the kitty and, hopefully, voila! I will share this anecdote with you. I have a girl kitty who, if there's any trace of medication on the treat, she'll flat turn it down. I've gotten around this with by not even touching the pill at all. I keep the pills into a little glass jar. When it's time, I take off the lid and get a treat ready - sometimes I widen the hole a bit with my finger - then I use tweezers to pick up the pill and place it down into the hole without letting it touch the top or upper sides. Then just close the treat with the hand that's holding it. They say that on the package but the tweezers trick is what gave it a 90%+ chance that she would eat it.The only way to know is to try it. Just do it!

I have five indoor cats, and they all have figured out that if I head their way with a little tube in my hand, it is flea meds for their back of neck. And they all run and hide until I am able to catch one at a time and dose them. Sometimes it takes multiple days before the most skittish to let me get that close. So I tried flea pills crushed in their food. Some are, but two turned away. I saw these pill pockets advertised and thought it is definitely worth a try. It worked great on three of the cats. They gobbled the pills hidden in the pocket and never seemed to notice. The two skittish, more finicky cats refused. So, I consider this a win anyway. I will try a different flavor for the other two cats.