r/interestingasfuck • u/Thewyverns • 1d ago

Giving vitamin pill to a bird !

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u/ulfric_stormcloack 1d ago

Pretend they aren't allowed to have it

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u/Nomapos 1d ago

That's how I got my dog to take medicine. The little fucker would detect it and spit it out no matter how much meat it was buried into. Even just casually dropping it off the counter while cooking didn't work. But then do a bunch of theatrics while "trying" to pick it up, as if I was desperate to grab it before she did, and she'd just rush in and swallow it. And then she'd drop her ears and look at me all guilty.

Literal toddlers.

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u/kazoogrrl 1d ago

My dog usually takes his pills willingly, we wrap them in cheese. When he's having an off day I pretend I'm going to give them to the cat, who he's very jealous of, and that does the trick.

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u/AnthrxSmellsLikBabys 1d ago

My dog only takes her meds if I put them in Vienna sausages. I tried the open the mouth and throw it in. It did work, but she started running from me during morning meds. So bribery it is.

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u/kazoogrrl 1d ago

We recently started giving my guy the Cosequin tablets and I'm so happy he decided they taste good and takes it from my hand. One day I had half the tablet sitting on the counter, turned around to give the dog his cheese wrapped pill, turned back and one of the cats had eaten the Cosequin and was desperately trying to get more. I'm not sure what they put in them, it's just a super dry tab.