Greenies Pill Pockets Cat Treats, Salmon Flavor

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 cats wouldn’t take their pills without this product works great. Like the idea there’s multiple flavors.

These worked great as advertised my cat was just too smart and would lick all around the treat and not eat the pill. They are just soft enough to stick in a small pill and mash around it to make a little ball. My cat liked the flavor and for a cat that would just swallow it whole it would be great, my cat just wanted to lick it so did not work for us.

My cat was recently started on a very bitter medication that the vet recommended be placed in a gel cap. Well, that was a ton of work to even get it in the gelcap, a big fight to get it in the cat, and then a big mess when she promptly threw up the entire contents of her stomach. So, I ordered these. Put the gel cap inside, put it in front of her nose while she’s napping, she gobbles it down and goes back to bed. Lifesaver. For both of us.

My name is Sacha and I am a cat. My mommy bought these for me thinking she could be sneaky and hide terrible horrible pills in them. She must think I am some kind of idiot! Maybe these would work for a cat who is very very stupid but I am smart and just eat around her stupid stupid pills. The pills are not HUGE, just regular-sized pills like my mommy takes, but they really do not fit inside these kitty treats, which are kind of tiny. So, mommy tries to kind of fold the treat around the pill but it doesn’t work and I just look at her and laugh and laugh at how stupid she really is. Also, the treats are not crunchy like normal kitty treats and instead they are kind of softie like a gummy bears? Well, I don’t mind because they are still tasty, but mommy said maybe they could easily get mushed up or melted in the bag, in which case I probably wouldn’t mind and I would still eat the whole thing anyway, but she said it’s not a good thing.

The bottom line is that I am absolutely never ever in my life going to take PILLS, EVER!!! And there is just no way around that, THE END.

EDIT (FROM MOM): I am glad I kept these around despite originally finding them useless for the reasons stated above by my dear Sacha. My cats have had digestive issues for a while and my vet recommend that I give them daily probiotics. My probiotic of choice, “Pro-Pets,” comes in a chewable pill that Sacha’s sister Ruby will eat right up like a treat, but Sacha, as you may have gathered, is very smart, so he just licks the flavoring off and leaves the actual pill on the floor. These pill pockets have been an easy and quick way to get Sacha to take his daily probiotic!

Therefore, I added a star to my review and I will recommend this product in certain situations. This product is useful if you are trying to get your cat to eat something that he simply has no interest in; and, of course, the pill has to be small enough (think 3cm or so). If the pill has a horrible taste that your cat HATES (full disclosure, I was trying to give Sacha antibiotics originally, which was a no-go of course) then the pill pockets will not sufficiently mask the taste. But for something that tastes benign, they are an effective option.

Made my life cake, but not all cats will eat it