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.

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.

If you have a pet, you need this pill popper. Even if they don't take pills, get it just in case they need them in the future! As far as I can tell ALLLL the other pill poppers on the market have a removable silicone tip which is incredibly dangerous for the animal. This tip doesn't come off because it's all one piece. Now I will say it doesn't hold big pills so it's probably better for cats (I assume dog pills are big). VERY HELPFUL TIP: The end of the "plunger" is very thin and people complain it won't push the pill out. Take the plunger out and add just a little heat to the end and flatten it. I used a lighter for about 1 second and then pushed it onto a piece of metal so it would cool as soon as it flattened. Put it back into the unit and BOOM no more plunger issues with tiny pills.

Great product just sometimes doesn't eject the pill the first time so have to re pill the pet.

I got this after trying to give pills to my cats and they just refused to eat it, I even got bit a couple times, so I figured I needed a pill popper to help me give the pills to my cats without losing a finger! This worked well for the most part, although the tip is a little bit harder than I would like it to be, especially for my Persian Cats, who tend to be very sensitive. I waited to make this review until after used the tool for a while, and unfortunately, after a while, the tip tends to stay open and not hold the pills very well I just used it a couple minutes ago and the pill that I was giving my cat was very small, so I had a really difficult time with the tool to hold the pill in place, as a cat falling out before I could get into my cats mouth. But overall, the tour is great. It’s better than losing a finger lol. If you’re a cat lover, you definitely want to get something like this weather is for vitamins or medication. Just get this and you will take me later.!

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.

I’ve always loved this brand for pet products but this pill popper is not well made, it’s too stiff where the pill goes so it’s hard to get the pill in or out and then the plunger doesn’t work as well either. More stress on me and my cats all around because after struggling with it I then had to give them their meds by hand.

Not great. Didn’t work well

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.

Very easy to use, makes life so easy with crazy cat!

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.