• Always compare prices of pet medication!


• You can save a lot by ordering prescription medications online


• Wait until your order is large enough to qualify for free shipping . But most online pet pharmacies also sell non-prescription items as well (like flea and tick protection, ear and eye care, vitamins, supplements, wormers). So you can add these items (you would need anyway) to your order. You could also try to combine orders with other pet owners (for instance: neighbours, friends or relatives).

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How to administer medication to your pet

• “Open and insert” is the most basic and simplest method to use if your pet will allow. Simply pull the mouth open and drop the medication on the back of the tongue. Some animals may need their muzzle held shut for a few seconds to ensure swallowing of the pill rather than spitting it out.
 
• Disguising the pill in a treat may be a valid option if you have an animal that resists working in or around the mouth. Placing pills in hotdogs, meatballs, and peanut butter are tricks commonly used. Cheese cubes also seem to work very well as the animal is less likely to discover the pill and work it out. (Be sure to observe the animal eating the entire treat and make sure they don’t walk away while still chewing. Some are very good at spitting the pill out elsewhere!)
 
• If capsules are being given and the pilling method is not agreeing with the animal, the capsule may be opened and the powder within is sprinkled over a treat or mixed in with a small amount of dog food. Make sure to allow the animal to only have access to this small amount of food until all the medication is consumed before feeding the animal the rest of the meal.
 
• Oral suspensions are another option for the animal that refuses to swallow tablets or capsules (if the prescribed drug is available in oral form). Using a syringe or medicine dropper, place the tip underneath the lip on the side of the mouth. It usually works better to quickly squirt in most of the medication and let the animal lick and swallow rather then trying to force in a few drops at a time. Most capsules and tablets may also be dissolved in water and given via syringe, alleviating the need to place one’s hands in an unwilling animal’s mouth.
 
• Over time, your sweet innocent pet may become a master of trickery to combat you in the ongoing battle of pilling. Some dogs even get to the point of allowing you in their mouth, placement of medications on the back of the tongue, but still refuse to swallow. A good trick to outwit your pet here is that once the pill is in the mouth, hold the mouth shut and squirt a small amount of water into the mouth from the side under the lip (same as above using a syringe or dropper). This should stimulate your pet to swallow and the pill goes down usually unnoticed.