Lixit® Pill Popper - Safe Soft Tip Pill Administer Tool for Cats, Dogs and Other Pets that Require Medication (Purple, 1 Pack)

A little background history... we rescued an adult cat who was being fostered. There was no medical history, all we knew as it had "allergies" and that it wasn't gaining any weight (skin and bones!). It was a pure bred Tonkinese female and I quickly suspected it was ill. I got it to my vet quickly to discover it not only had an upper respiratory infection, but hyperthyroidism and it was older than first suspected. Why the foster "parent" never had any blood work done on a senior cat with no medical history is beyond me, but at least I save a life. Anyway, after a bout of pancreatitis from the stress of moving her, and on top of that, into a home with 8 other cats, we were able to start giving her the thyroid pills. At first, she gobbled up the cream cheese "treats" and everyone was happy, then 2 days later, cream cheese gone, little pink pill is on the floor... next step, pry open mouth, pop down throat, hold mouth shut until she swallows. Wise cat, she won't swallow, spits pill out. Next step, pry open mouth. pop down throat, hold mouth shut, get plastic syringe with water and put water down her throat several times. Unfortunately, in the time it took too get the water, she had time to hide the pill and spit it out after a few bouts of water! Clearly, she's taken pills before! That's when I went hunting for these so called pill guns. This one looked the best, because it had the water and on occasion, the water trick did work, just not always. So, did it work? Yes, it works! Let's start with what not to do. 1. Do not put it the side of the cats mouth. While this works for liquid medications, it doesn't work for this. This seems to leak a lot of the water out, thus not giving the full amount and leaving room for wise cats to still be able to spit the pill out. Lesson learned. 2. Do not do this slowly, thinking it's "nicer" for the cat, this allows for them to be able to separate pill from water and spit the pill out. Again, lesson learned. Now, let's talk about the correct way to to do it. 1. Fill the entire barrel with water (as far as it will let you, which is not all the way). 2. Wedge the pill in the tip, it's perfect for thyroid pills! 3. Place about half of the white part (see picture) into the FRONT of the cats mouth (see above, not the side!) and QUICKLY (see above, not slowly) push down and administer the water/pill as quickly as possible. This may seem like you are going to gag your cat on water, but trust me, you don't. They swallow very quickly and they don't have time to react to the surge of water and the pill mixed in with it, thus they can't sort pill from water and they have to swallow it. Note: They will be peeved. Probably for hours. They may bite, hiss, scratch, and hold a grudge for who knows how long. They may put a 21 pound cat in their place w/in minutes of having received said pill - yes, this has happened and it was quite comical. They may in fact hiss at every cat (And human) they come in contact with an refuse treats just to spite themselves. However, beware, as every other cat in your house will expect a treat just for putting up with the madness of the now peeved cat. You were warned. I highly recommend this product if you have a pill spitting cat! However, I will say that I don't know if a large pill would fit in the tip.

This is a waste of money. It doesn't hold the pills, they either slip/fall out or pop out when loading it. If i could give a 0 star review on this i would!

This pill plunger works well when it works. The first week of using the product it worked well, first time almost every time. After a few uses, the plunger didn’t always make contact with the pill and therefore didn’t “plunge” the pill. Very distressing for my elderly kitty. We just keep trying until we get it, sometimes multiple tries. This is my first use of a pill plunger/ gun but I think the internal device should be more ridged to fully expel the pill.

This pill popper is easy to use as it’s a bit shorter than some. Easy to get into the cat’s mouth. Depending on the pill used it can be a little tricky to get the pill out of the holder but most pills do fine.

This is a great pill popper for cats. It’s suitable for smaller pills, but most regular sized capsules do not fit, making it best for small dogs and cats. I’ve had this one for 5 months now, and it works great. However, it has a big issue with drawing up air. I always try to draw water up when giving my cat her pills, so she can have something to wash them down. The problem is that there’s no seal on the syringe, so air is always drawn up. I don’t like having air in it, because it makes my cat burp and bloated. I have found a really good work around to this, for anyone struggling with the same thing: Whenever this becomes an issue, take the plunger out, and spray the inside of the syringe with a tiny amount of cooking spray. Then, push the plunger through it a few times to coat it. After that, take the plunger out and rinse both pieces out. This leaves the tiniest amount of oil, so the pieces glide together smoothly, and no air is brought up through the syringe.

Perfect find, wish many years ago, I bought something like this. Easy to use. No problems at all with the function. Only trouble is keeping my dogs head still enough to pop pill n throat. Easy to use one hand. Haven't had any problems with pill getting stuck. Easy to clean

I was very excited to get this Pill Popper because no one in my area carries them. Unbelievable, I know. So happy to finally try and administer medications that I've been waiting to give my cats. But the Pill Popper is not very good quality you pull on the plunger and it's kind of goes sideways it will not fill all the way with liquid. And to use it by filling it partially with liquid and the pill inside the end of the proper, which they say could help get the medication down your cat's throat. The liquid flies everywhere and the pill stays in the end of the popper the pill will not release or sorry the popper will not release the pill just ridiculous. So I don't know if they're all like that but I know that this one doesn't work.

This is a perfect pill popper! The size is great for cats and small hands. The curved side grips near the plunger make it easier to administer a med to unhappy pets. I had purchased one from the vet for triple the price, and it was shaped like a full size straw! Made it very difficult to give meds.

Es muy cómodo para dar los medicamentos a mi gato ya que antes me lastimaba con sus dientes afilados , ahora es mas rápido dar cualquier tipo de medicamento y el diseño es muy cómodo y fácil de usar.

Really useful for shooting pills down your cranky cat's gullet deep enough they can't spit them back up!

l'article ne tient pas ensemble, le piston se tord dès que vous le bouger et l'embout est très gros pour la petite bouche de chat, très déçu

I've literally bought all the available pill poppers on amazon and this is the best one. It also kind of sucks because it's too small for some pills , and sometimes if your cat bites it a certain way it gets bent up and doesn't push the pill out. I predict having to buy a new one every few months. But of all the available options it's the best one so it gets five stars.

Very good, no tablet spat out since we got this for our cat