Greenies Feline Pill Pockets for Cats Natural Soft Cat Treats, Chicken Flavor, 3 oz. Pouch (85 Treats)

I never could pill my cats. I got my first cat in 1980. No matter how it was explained to me or what vet showed me or what video I tried, nothing worked. When my 14 1/2 year old cat Smokey was diagnosed with hyperthyroid the nightmare continued. I tried crushing the pill and putting it in his food but tests later suggested that negated the pill's efficacy. I tried doing it by hand. I tried then hiding one pill in some cheap but tasty catfood and it worked...to a point. Today I got my first batch of pill pockets and omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That pill pocket was to Smokey what a pizza from Frank Peppe's Pizzaria in New Haven is to me. He eagerly devoured it and the pill inside. His sister Patches saw him eating it and was upset she didn't get one, but a few minutes of petting led her to forgive me. This REALLy works and since he has to have these pills twice a day he'll be having pill pockets twice a day. JUST AS ADVERTISED.

It worked so well! I was skeptical but figured I'd try it because my little gremlin will fight till the end of time before taking her tablet. She did some sniffs, licked the treat and before I knew it has scrafed and crunched down the tablet, none the wiser. I'll never deliver medicine to my cat any other way and I never have to wrestle her again lol

working well for years. the only proviso is there is the odd cat out there that doesn't like sticky treats. so i crumbled up some dried salmon treats and rolled the pill pocket in that and it worked like a charm. so try 'breading' your treats with dry treat crumbs.

Love the idea of them unfortunately my cat did not like them

These things are stinking amazing! My lil female, Zooey, is 15 now & has never liked taking meds. I mean it is WAR! You'd never know she's 76 in human yrs with the fight she puts up & the heights she jumps to get away. Up till now that has never been a huge issue because the times she's needed meds at home have been few & far between, plus only for a few days. Thank God for the antibiotic shot vets use, 1 shot takes the place of 10-14 days of antibiotics administered at home. That has saved us a few times with Zooey & another cat that dod not like meds. Our vet can barely check her teeth cause she refused 2 open her mouth. Now that she is older we have senior bloodwork done at her checkup that is more comprehensive. In geriatric cats, kidneys, liver & the thyroid all need to be monitored, if a problem presents it can escalate quickly. If caught early, a lot of things can be managed well. At her most recent visit we found out she has hyperthyroidism. She has always been petite, 6.3lbs, but maintained her weight w/ out the ravenous overeating that can happen in "hyper" cats. While I assume she's prob always leaned a bit to the side of a hyperthyroid, it's a bigger deal as she ages when kidneys can also start to stress & scent abilities decrease, making food less attractive. This means she could eat less plus on top of her already fast metabolism, weight loss can occur. In such a small cat, she can't afford to lose any weight. Her kidneys can be harmed as well filtering the excess thyroid hormones, along with the liver. My understanding is 50% of 17+ cats die of kidney failure....Anyway, we decided to put her on meds daily to treat the condition after exploring a few options. Another option was a food change to a special food made to decrease thyroid hormone production, prescription food actually, but at 15, she is spoiled & likes what she eats. I doubt she would go for a change. The other 2 options are both surgery, removal of the offending part of the thyroid gland (it's usually 1 side only), or a iodine injection trmt of some type. In an older cat, going under anesthesia can hold it's own dangers. So pills it is 😕 I spent 3 days crushing them (thank goodness they are not time released) & mixing them in fancy feast naturals (great can food 4 anyone looking, the "Naturals" is new) & that got most of it in her, but u never know 4 sure how much they get & she can taste the diff & literally pushes the pieces w/ specks of medication in it pff to the side! Then, while hunting tips online I saw these. I figured long shot, but whatever, I'll try anything. I was actually looking for 1 of those pill shooters & saw these. I gave her 1 last night just 2 see if she'd eat it & it disappeared quick & meows came right after 4 more. This morn that pill was gone so fast. I sat there in awe. If u only knew they things I'd tried in the past 2 get meds in her & how marked up my poor arms becane in the process. She's tiny, but wriggly & because she's small it's hard 2 just toss a pill in her mouth & close it, because she can choke. After getting vet ok, I did try that too though & after massaging her throat for maybe 50 secs....that pill was spit right back at me HA! If she only knew she willingly ate that pill this morning 😀 Thank God someone came up w/ these...i love that they are malleable too. I purchased Salmon since she already had other chicken treats.Edit- a few days after buying these 4 her thyroid meds, Zooey got out of the house for literally 10 mins. We think she ate something or got a toxin on her paws she then licked that made her very sick. All of a sudden after being normal all day, in the evening she stopped eating, was crying & hiding under the bed (odd behaviour for her). We waiting till the next morn & she still wasn't eating, she seemed weak & "puny", not cleaning her fur like normal. We called our vet & they at 1st thought it was a reaction 2 the new meds. We stopped them & they have a short 1\2 life so she should have improved quickly. When she didn't we took her in, she was not doing well & after lots of tests, we had 2 get a lot of meds in a very sick cat. These pill pockets were the only think that got the meds in her & actually for the 1st 2 days, were the only thing she would even eat! They must be pretty tasty!She is thankfully all better now & back 2 herself. Let me mention also that is u have a small pill to give, you can absolutely break the pockets in half & just mold them around the pills. Makes them last a lot longer & not as big 4 the cat.

My cat has bad allergies and takes two pills a day; this is the easiest way to give him his meds. He likes the catnip and chicken flavors best, but isn't a fan of the salmon. He is pretty finicky, so I'm happy he eats these.

Half of the treats were squished already so they were unusable. Once you pinch the pocket, there’s no opening them up again. The only thing that I ended up using this product for was the “sound of the shake,” to coax my cats into the carrier. You know when you shake a treat bag, all the cats in the world will come to you when they hear that sound.As for the treats themselves…my cats were not even remotely interested…not because of the taste (they like other greenies treats) they just simply prefer crunchy treats, and these squishy like cookie dough.Oh well! Tried using almost all of the salvageable treats in the bag properly, but found them too annoying to be practical. They’re a lot smaller than I thought, so getting medication into the tiny pockets properly was not easy. Waste of money in my case, but not for lack of trying…alas! I can’t return a half empty bag of treats , even if it wasn’t my fault they went to waste.

These are the only flavor pill pockets my cat will take her medicine with. I have been unable to find them in store. I have purchased these a few times, and they are always fresh, and well packaged.