Lixit® Pill Popper - Safe Soft Tip Pill Administer Tool for Cats, Dogs and Other Pets That Require Medication (Purple, 1 Pack)

A little background history... we rescued an adult cat who was being fostered. There was no medical history, all we knew as it had "allergies" and that it wasn't gaining any weight (skin and bones!). It was a pure bred Tonkinese female and I quickly suspected it was ill. I got it to my vet quickly to discover it not only had an upper respiratory infection, but hyperthyroidism and it was older than first suspected. Why the foster "parent" never had any blood work done on a senior cat with no medical history is beyond me, but at least I save a life. Anyway, after a bout of pancreatitis from the stress of moving her, and on top of that, into a home with 8 other cats, we were able to start giving her the thyroid pills. At first, she gobbled up the cream cheese "treats" and everyone was happy, then 2 days later, cream cheese gone, little pink pill is on the floor... next step, pry open mouth, pop down throat, hold mouth shut until she swallows. Wise cat, she won't swallow, spits pill out. Next step, pry open mouth. pop down throat, hold mouth shut, get plastic syringe with water and put water down her throat several times. Unfortunately, in the time it took too get the water, she had time to hide the pill and spit it out after a few bouts of water! Clearly, she's taken pills before! That's when I went hunting for these so called pill guns. This one looked the best, because it had the water and on occasion, the water trick did work, just not always. So, did it work? Yes, it works! Let's start with what not to do. 1. Do not put it the side of the cats mouth. While this works for liquid medications, it doesn't work for this. This seems to leak a lot of the water out, thus not giving the full amount and leaving room for wise cats to still be able to spit the pill out. Lesson learned. 2. Do not do this slowly, thinking it's "nicer" for the cat, this allows for them to be able to separate pill from water and spit the pill out. Again, lesson learned. Now, let's talk about the correct way to to do it. 1. Fill the entire barrel with water (as far as it will let you, which is not all the way). 2. Wedge the pill in the tip, it's perfect for thyroid pills! 3. Place about half of the white part (see picture) into the FRONT of the cats mouth (see above, not the side!) and QUICKLY (see above, not slowly) push down and administer the water/pill as quickly as possible. This may seem like you are going to gag your cat on water, but trust me, you don't. They swallow very quickly and they don't have time to react to the surge of water and the pill mixed in with it, thus they can't sort pill from water and they have to swallow it. Note: They will be peeved. Probably for hours. They may bite, hiss, scratch, and hold a grudge for who knows how long. They may put a 21 pound cat in their place w/in minutes of having received said pill - yes, this has happened and it was quite comical. They may in fact hiss at every cat (And human) they come in contact with an refuse treats just to spite themselves. However, beware, as every other cat in your house will expect a treat just for putting up with the madness of the now peeved cat. You were warned. I highly recommend this product if you have a pill spitting cat! However, I will say that I don't know if a large pill would fit in the tip.

I was very excited to get this Pill Popper because no one in my area carries them. Unbelievable, I know. So happy to finally try and administer medications that I've been waiting to give my cats. But the Pill Popper is not very good quality you pull on the plunger and it's kind of goes sideways it will not fill all the way with liquid. And to use it by filling it partially with liquid and the pill inside the end of the proper, which they say could help get the medication down your cat's throat. The liquid flies everywhere and the pill stays in the end of the popper the pill will not release or sorry the popper will not release the pill just ridiculous. So I don't know if they're all like that but I know that this one doesn't work.

I see all the bad reviews because maybe this little tool isn’t functional for bigger tablets for dogs. I own a cat and recently took in another foster for my landlord. The foster unfortunately continued to have worms even after the second dose of Strongid paste from the vet. My landlord then gave me a tablet of Drontal which I knew this kitten would not eat on her own volition, disguised as/in food or not. I read somewhere online about a “pill gun” and this and similar options came up, all with relatively poor reviews. I bought this with low expectations, but it actually worked outstanding. The fiesty, still semi-feral kitten swallowed the tablet and that was it. I also used it to treat my adult cat at the same time just in case and it was even easier to use with her! I gave her a treat afterwards, even though she really acted like nothing happened. Fast forward to a couple weeks ago, my landlord reached out to me to let me know she saw a bunch of worms in the stool of one of our old ferals. She held him and I pried open his mouth and used this to simply drop the pill down his throat. I held his mouth closed for a few seconds while massaging his throat and that was it. My landlord commented what a brilliant little gadget it is and that she’ll be grabbing some to use at the other properties as well. Makes giving Drontal or pretty much any cat med to a cat, but may have issue if you’re trying to give a dog meds!

Great product just sometimes doesn't eject the pill the first time so have to re pill the pet.

I got this after trying to give pills to my cats and they just refused to eat it, I even got bit a couple times, so I figured I needed a pill popper to help me give the pills to my cats without losing a finger! This worked well for the most part, although the tip is a little bit harder than I would like it to be, especially for my Persian Cats, who tend to be very sensitive. I waited to make this review until after used the tool for a while, and unfortunately, after a while, the tip tends to stay open and not hold the pills very well I just used it a couple minutes ago and the pill that I was giving my cat was very small, so I had a really difficult time with the tool to hold the pill in place, as a cat falling out before I could get into my cats mouth. But overall, the tour is great. It’s better than losing a finger lol. If you’re a cat lover, you definitely want to get something like this weather is for vitamins or medication. Just get this and you will take me later.!

My 80 year old mother was having difficulty giving her beloved cat vital medication. I ordered this & had it delivered to her house and she is now able to easily medicate her cat. The cat is recovering nicely now, yay!

I’ve always loved this brand for pet products but this pill popper is not well made, it’s too stiff where the pill goes so it’s hard to get the pill in or out and then the plunger doesn’t work as well either. More stress on me and my cats all around because after struggling with it I then had to give them their meds by hand.

This product (and similar products) only work with DOCILE cats. I bought this pill gun because my mom uses it for her cat with brain damage to administer Prozac bc she had an issue peeing in the house, and since my adult male cat has begun doing the same and nothing has worked to get him to stop I’ve had to start medicating him with Prozac as well. I had a feeling this wouldn’t work because he is a fussy cat and can never make anything easy on me. I tried filling it with water like many reviews suggest to flush the pill down their throat and all that did was cause him to gag and ruined the pill I was trying to give him. DO NOT use water unless it is a pill capsule and not a regular dissolvable pill. Then I tried again without the water and he freaked out so badly when I tried holding him down and would not let me get the gun in his mouth at all, so basically I traumatized my cat who is already super untrusting even of me, his person, all for nothing. I ended up just having to crush the pill and mix with some squeeze up gel treat to get him to take it. I gave two stars because my mom has had tremendous success with this product and her brain damaged cat, but really only because the poor thing has no idea what’s going on at any moment and immediately forgets what just happened the moment she swallows the pill. I’d imagine this would work with docile, calm cats, but NOT with my skidding scaredy-cat.