Lixit Safe Soft Tip Pill Administer Tool for Cats, Dogs and Other Pets That Require Medication. (Pack of 1)

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.

This pill shooter is a total junk. the plastic tip is too hard to open then and it can not grip the pill pocket well. I have seen other ones that works much better. I have to send it to the trash and get a good one somewhere else.Sorry.

I bought this to replace a generic pill pusher that my vet gave me to administer a small pill to my cat. Twice a day I was going through a struggle I can only describe as titanic, trying to get my nervous eighteen-pound kitty to tolerate taking his medicine. I tried various other methods to get him to take it without the pill pusher, because the problem we had was that the pill would get stuck in his throat, and he would end up gacking it back up on the floor, or tucking it in his cheek and spitting it out, or tussling with me so it ended up on his fur, or anywhere but in his mouth. Wrapping him up in a towel is not an option, as he does not take kindly to being confined, and I was beginning to wonder what else I could do. Then-I bought this. I had been wishing there was a way to wash the pill down with water, so it wouldn't stick, and this device was just what I was looking for. It is basically a liquid syringe with a pill holder at the tip-you suck up some water or whatever liquid you want to use in the syringe, place the pill, and you're ready to go. The tip is probably better for smaller pills-I ended up putting kitty's meds in a small gel capsule-it stays in place better, and he doesn't taste the pill as much. The syringe doesn't suck up much water, but a little bit helps a lot. It isn't as long as the vet's pill pusher, so it doesn't end up going as far down his throat, either. What used to be a hassle now takes just a minute or two, and we are both happier for it. Worth every penny!

It worked for the skinny capsules but the slightly larger capsule was popping out before I could administer.

We purchased this in hopes it would help us get pills down our 60lb dog who recently had TPLO surgery. The product works great for medium sized pulls but the antibiotic he's taking are a large capsule and this tool was a no go with those. We'd put them in the end and they wouldn't stay, the tool end would basically push the capsule off. I was so disappointed because all the other "pill popper" tools do the pills dry and having the water in this one would have been perfect. We're keeping the tool for future use but please know if you need it for larger capsules, it will not work.

I got this because our piller because the shorter handle seemed like a good fit for a cat, but it has a lot of design issues. The plunger and the tip are both really stiff, making it hard to push down and the tip inflexible for different pill sizes. It works okay for bigger pills, but small ones slip out.

So I took a chance because at least when I bought this, the review rating was pretty low for a product on here, but I needed SOME type of solution. I do cat fostering so I'm constantly throwing meds down countless cat throats, but I am absolutely terrible and unconfident at pilling. No one wins from me trying to pill a cat, much less these random stray cats with lots of teeth who did not ask for any of this crap.For the purposes of cat pills, this thing works absolutely awesome. Every pill I have tried in this so far has gone amazingly - even these weird slivers of metro pills I had to cut down for a batch of poopy kittens. Meds are so stress-free for everyone now, and I think only one time has a pill not ejected perfectly? I could not be happier with this purchase, I'm buying multiples now so that I always have this tool on hand.I can't speak for larger pills for dog-sized dosings, that seemed to be the bulk of others' issues with it, but for cat sizes (and probably small dogs) it is flawless.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Doesnt work very well. It broke the little pill without administering it, i guess i bought the wrong thing