Need more ideas for disguising pills given in feed

[Puddin_Pie]

Check with your vet before crushing the Prascend. I was doing that and got fussed at for possible human health issues. i used the vary the horse cookies and applesauce.

[DoodlesMom]

I feel your pain! My older guy is extremely picky, but gets FOUR Prascend a day. A friend turned me on to the Nicker Bait pill pockets, and let me tell you, they’re life savers! If your horses don’t like molasses you may have an issue, but she has different flavorings, and she’s very responsive to FB messages if you have questions. But my super picky eater looooves them, and giving him pills is no longer an issue (thank god!).

http://www.nickerbait.com

[beowulf]

@Judy in Texas

Thank all of you so much. And, keep those ideas coming! The tricky gelding does not like carrots or apples or licorice, but I have not tried fig newtons or banana. If that doesn’t work I’ll go with the smartpak treats.

I read the package insert on the Prascend and it says to not handle it too much because of the ergot. That, plus we have a neighbor feed when we are gone. She is very horse-savvy but also very busy, so I’d much rather not go with a syringe solution.

Beowulf, I like to see them eat it too. That’s how I caught them tossing it! They are both very smooth about it: chomp, chomp, chomp, swing head, splat, swing head back, chomp, chomp…

sascha, you gave me another idea – I could try putting the pills in jelly beans. We haven’t had the mare as long so some of the other suggestions may work on her. She was so ticked at me the last two nights. She would start eating and then look at me with great disapproval – “You keep ruining my feed!”

If jelly beans don’t work, try the big mint gumdrops you get at Walmart or your local store - the BIG ones you see studded on gingerbread houses. They are sticky if you slice them in half, and disguise pills well. It is how I slipped my gelding his daily previcox while he was on it.