>From:   Carol Owens <[log in to unmask]>

I don't know much about the drugs you mentioned in your post, but I did
have a big boy, Harry, with an enlarged heart and a murmer. He was put
on enalapril. Eventually when he got fluid around his heart he was put
on lasix as well. Amazingly, after a couple years, the murmer left and
his heart returned to normal.

I had no trouble giving him his meds. I found I could dissolve the pill
in a tiny bit of water, and then added ferretvite, mixed it with a
toothpick, and he happily licked it off my finger or a tiny plate. That
always worked for me with pred as well, which was given to me in pill
form, and they melt really well in a tiny amount of water. The lasix
was a liquid, and I added it to duck soup (in my case turkey baby food
mixed with BC chicken gravy) and he never seemed to notice the meds. I
think the Gerber turkey has an odor and taste that disguises many
things.

Some pills I had to smash with the back of a spoon because they didn't
melt easily, but getting him to take them disguised in ferretvite was
never difficult, as long as there was enough ferretvite. Hope that
helps.

Mary in Virginia with 
Bianka the White, and Fox and Scarlet McKid
A righteous man cares for the needs of his animals.  Proverbs  12:10

[Posted in FML 5792]