Not sure what pred you're using, but my ferret found the regular pred too bitter. We had our vet do a prescription for pedia pred (prednisolone), it's not as strong, so the prescription will call for a bit more to be given. I put it in a tiny dish with a drop of ferretone and Mikette licks it up on her own if I hold her. Some pharmacies will also compound with flavors like raisin I think. Hope this helps a bit. Good luck Risa [Posted in FML issue 4749]