The fig Newtons are a great idea. If you are worried about molding, I would try the German Muffins. They are not the cheapest, but I rip them in half and stuff the pills in. I have been lucky that our Cushing Mare will just eat her prascend in her grain but its taken awhile to come to that decision. We tried all kind of treats but she was onto using a few days. I soak all our grain so it kind of gets hidden and she can’t pick out. I also for the time being have found that adding some Ulc-R-Aid to her feedings seems to help. I don’t have reason to believe she has ulcers, but She started gobbling her grain after I started adding it, which make me wonder if the present causes tummy upset and isn’t just that it taste bad. I just get to a point of whatever works! lol
What works well for us with pills in a treat is to chase it with another treat or two, so the horse is never sure if there was something and in which treat.
We use a battery powered drill with a bit a hair bigger than whatever pill and drill a hole to hold the pill and close the end by mashing a little senior feed pellet in there.
We have used all kinds of such treats you can drill a hole in and has never yet failed us, as long as we give those treats regularly and more than one, especially when giving one with a pill, have another or two chaser treats after that one.
Right now I have a line of 8 pieces of cottonseed cowcake with drilled holes in them, ready for the next few days of Prascend, but any other your horse really likes will work, as long as you can drill the hole in there and don’t let the horse wonder, keep feeding extra treats.
Be careful to hold the threat to be drilled with pliers, vicegrips work for us.
I was holding them in my fingers for two years without trouble, when one day in a hurry the drill slipped and went thru my hand, sideways, all the way across the palm, stopped on the other end by the bone of the last finger.
Just be careful, is all I will say.
My friend used Fig Newtons for over a year to deliver meds to her 27 year old horse, until one day…her horse wouldn’t eat them anymore! She had SOME luck with other Newtons (they make blueberry, strawberry, and other flavors), but her horse doesn’t seem to be convinced. She’s trying to be creative with other ways to package her meds for a few days (rather than drilling carrots, which works).
My horse’s neighbor gets all her her meds (pills) placed in her grain. Whole pills. The mare eats them all without problem. (!!!)
