My mare doesn’t mind bute. I just crush the tablet and mix it in a little sweet feed. But she didn’t like the antibiotics she had to take last year. I crushed those, mixed them with (human) carrots baby food, pushed the mixture into an empty syringe and gave it like you’d give a wormer. She liked the taste of the baby food so it was never a problem. By the way, a coffee grinder makes a great pill crusher.
I have heard of folks feeding it with crushed garlic, mixed into the dinner, and having great success. Someone at the barn used to use the kind of crushed garlic that comes in little jars and is sold in the refrigerated produce area. Smelled delicious. I like the Kool-Aid idea, too!
I had the same thoughts on the acidity of Coke. But then I remembered that th pH of stomach acid is around I believe 2.0, while most soda is in the 2-4.0 range. So I think it would be OK, but I’d check to be sure as well.
