Greenies Feline Pill Pockets Treats for Cats Salmon Flavor - 1.6 oz. 45 Count (Pack of 6)

Our cat loved this flavor

Short version: my cat gobbles these down like treats. I am so happy to have discovered them.Long version, possibly TMI: My cat has something funky going on with his GI tract; we've narrowed it down to either IBD, allergies, or some combination of both. I've tried everything, and it seems ultimately that what he needs is a strict diet of Hills Prescription Diet I/D and a daily dose of Metronidazole, which comes in liquid or pill form and either way is extremely bitter. He will not take the liquid, even when it's compounded with meat flavoring--he starts drooling in anticipation when I fill the syringe so that it all runs out his mouth even when I hold it shut. Clever little bastard. The pills are cut in quarters, so I can only imagine trying to force those jagged edges, not to mention the uncoated sides, down his throat.But these? He loves these. He eats them right out of my hand, no forcing required. They're cup-shaped and are approximately the texture and stickiness of Play-Doh, so it's easy to mold them around the pill and make the whole thing smooth and round so it's easy to swallow without chewing. Each Pill Pocket is about twice as much as I need to coat these small pills, so I pinch off the excess to make it as little as possible, so he doesn't bite into it and discover the nasty surprise inside. If I were trying to save money, I suppose I could keep the excess for the next day. But I usually just ball it up and give it to him after he swallows the half with the pill, to make sure it all goes down.Once he ate around the pill and spat it back out, but I tried again with the same pill in a second pill pocket, and this time he swallowed it. We haven't had any issues since. Also, I was wary that, since almost every brand of food on the market makes him sick, these might have the same effect, but so far everything seems to be working.

These are terrible. Despite being fresh-sealed and nearly 9 months prior to the printed expiration date, fully 4 out of 6 (I didn't bother opening the final 2) of the bags were dried, crumbly, and highly ineffective from the moment after opening.I've been able to get maybe 2-4 pill pockets out of a freshly opened bag before the effort isn't worth it anymore and the contents are rendered completely useless. Often when the cat tries to eat a pill pocket -- which I've spent a lot of time massaging and trying to form well to minimize the crumbliness -- he'll lick and bite at it multiple times. Because they are so dried and crumbly, this exposes the pill to the air and his senses, and he'll no longer have anything to do with the pill pockets for the rest of the night, requiring manually pilling (nearly impossible for 1 of his medicines due to its size and sharp corners), which damages our relationship and his trust in me.

This is much easier than shoving the pills down my cat's throat! Now, it's been about a year and though I was certain he'd catch on quickly, they're still pretty good at faking him out. He does sometimes realize there's a half-pill hidden inside and then he'll eat the treat and leave the pill on the floor, so I have to be on the lookout for that. I give him about 2-3 treats at a time, and only one has the half-pill inside, to keep him on his toes. Also, my cat is incredibly picky about food and has troubles with his appetite, but he still mostly likes these after a year. I'm really pleased with them.Update: It's now a couple of years later and my original pill-eating cat has passed away. I have two new cats, and one of them has a urinary problem with crystals. He has some anti-spasm medicine he needs to take for a while, and the capsules are HUGE! Way too huge to fit in a pill pocket. I took two of them and molded them around the capsule but the thing was like an inch long and very thick, I figured there was no way he would eat it. He's not even overly fond of salmon flavor. But he did! Scarfed it up in about 30 seconds flat.Tip: If yours are crumbly and hard to mold around the pill, they're probably expired or else were improperly stored. They should be soft, a bit moist, and easily malleable.

A little small, but good item💯

We have four cats, all of whom have very, very different tastes -- one eats anything, one eats only one type of dry food EVER, and the other two are somewhere in between. So I was thrilled that all four of them love these treats. Everyone comes running now when I shake the bag.The pockets a half-marble size cylinder of playdoh-like treat, that you can mash over and around small pills. We have three cats who receive pills at least once a day, and this had made the process completely painless for everyone. Our petsitter wrote us a note to thank us, in fact, and has recommended these to all her other clients.One note on the size -- our cats are "chewers" or "swallowers." The swallowers don't seem to chew these treats at all, just gulp them down no problem. The chewers actually chew these treats, and spit out the pills. We get around this by tearing each treat into two pieces, and tossing the empty piece first. The second piece, with the pill, seems to go down faster, without a spit-out pill.A second note is that these are much too small for capsule-type pills, especially for chewers. If your cat is on larger capsules (like some antibiotics are), you may need to find another solution, like emptying the capsule into a treat, or just using these as a reward after giving the capsule "the old way."

You barely get a tiny pill in this one!