This giveaway is sponsored by Capsuline
Pilling cats can be challenging. One option that can make the process easier is using empty gel caps. Since they’re capsules, they slide down the cat’s esophagus easily. They are especially useful for cats who are taking multiple medications at the same time: simply open the capsule, put all the meds in the capsule together, and administer. Instead of having to give multiple pills, you only have to pill your cat once.
Gel caps also avoid the dangers of “dry pilling” (giving pills without following with a syringe full of water) a practice that can cause serious damage to the delicate lining of the esophagus.
Capsuline CATcaps: flavored gel caps for cats
Capsuline, a manufacturer of hardshell gelatin, vegetable and flavored capsules, has taken the gel cap concept one step further and has added flavoring to the capsules, making administration even easier. CATcaps are available in chicken and beef flavor.
Enter to win 2 packs of CATcaps and a $25 PetSmart Gift Card
a Rafflecopter giveaway
For up to 7 ways to enter, see the Rafflecopter widget below. This giveaway is open to readers in the United States only. This giveaway ends Thursday, July 14. Winners will be chosen by random drawing.*
For more information about Caspuline CATcaps and to order, please visit http://www.capsuline.com.
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amanda whitley
July 14, 2016 at 1:18 am (3 years ago)i would like to win because i love to spoil my 4 kitties.
sarah mayer
July 13, 2016 at 12:31 pm (3 years ago)I want to win because my neighbor has 5 cats.
I would keep the gift card for my dog.
Angela
July 13, 2016 at 9:18 am (3 years ago)My cat is on several meds per day for chronic issues. He is very good about taking pills and sometimes reminds me when it’s time. I have been using plain gel caps. Sometimes to give 2 pills at one time and sometimes just to prevent him from the taste of a nasty flavored pill especially if it is cut. Either way, he gets 5 capsules per day. I love the idea of flavored gel caps to make it that much nicer for my sweet boy.
Mandi Smith
July 13, 2016 at 6:10 am (3 years ago)I think this would be a great easy way to get meds into my furbaby. She don’t like her meds as is, she’s like a fussy toddler only a cat lol
Shelley P
July 12, 2016 at 1:57 pm (3 years ago)What a great product!! I love that you can give multiple pills at once too 🙂 Giving our senior cat her meds is so stressful for us both so this would make things much easier.
Vickie P
July 11, 2016 at 9:39 pm (3 years ago)Count me in please and thanks so much for the opportunity
Kathe
July 11, 2016 at 9:54 am (3 years ago)Regular gelcaps were a huge help with my kitty with lymphoma; I bet these flavored ones would be even better. I’d love to try these with my 2 impossible-to-pill girls!
Lesley F
July 10, 2016 at 10:08 pm (3 years ago)I would love to win this for my cat
Michelle
July 10, 2016 at 1:31 pm (3 years ago)Anything, ANYTHING to make pilling easier
DJ
July 10, 2016 at 10:18 am (3 years ago)It would be easier and kinder than trying to shove a pill down my cat’s throat when she needs to take her medicine.
Tina W
July 10, 2016 at 3:41 am (3 years ago)This sounds much better than fighting with the kitties whenever it’s time for meds!!!
Dianne Casey
July 9, 2016 at 9:52 pm (3 years ago)This is a really great idea. Giving my cat a pill is like trying to get the pill down a snarling and squirming ball of fur. You are actually risking injury to yourself. I always ask the vet in case there is a liquid form of the medication available.
Cindy Lou
July 9, 2016 at 3:39 pm (3 years ago)What a great idea! Would love to win. I dread giving my cats any meds.
Cat Fleming
July 9, 2016 at 1:54 pm (3 years ago)I have a terrible time pilling my cats so would love anything that makes the process easier on both my cats and myself!
Mary Cloud
July 8, 2016 at 3:51 pm (3 years ago)I’ve never heard of this product and would love to try it on my cats. The gift card is an added plus.
Elle
July 8, 2016 at 12:43 pm (3 years ago)It sounds really useful if my cat would need to take meds.
Heather S
July 8, 2016 at 11:58 am (3 years ago)I would love to win this for my cat. I’d love to buy her some new treats & toys! 🙂
Emily Smith
July 8, 2016 at 12:41 am (3 years ago)What a GENIUS way to give cats their meds! This would definitely simplify it!
Steve Weber
July 8, 2016 at 12:20 am (3 years ago)I don’t own a cat but it would be amazing to have this feature.
Tiffany Banks
July 7, 2016 at 11:18 pm (3 years ago)This sounds like a great product!! My cat would love it!
Karrie
July 7, 2016 at 11:14 pm (3 years ago)They sound amazing and the cats will love them
Cynthia Southern
July 7, 2016 at 11:10 pm (3 years ago)My older cat takes one medication. These sound like a wonderful invention for cats. The gift card is a great bonus too.
Debbie Petryk
July 7, 2016 at 10:39 pm (3 years ago)Sounds like it great product
Debbie Petryk
July 7, 2016 at 10:42 pm (3 years ago)Like it’s a great product
Rachel
July 7, 2016 at 8:55 pm (3 years ago)I’d like to win this for my cat because his 6th birthday is coming up soon.
Lisa
July 7, 2016 at 8:31 pm (3 years ago)Wow, this would be ideal for the fosters who have been a part of our home! They come and grow, and then they all have their issues, and pilling will always be a part of being a foster!
Allicia
July 7, 2016 at 8:21 pm (3 years ago)My cat would like these because she hates taking medication. I always have to trick her, but she knows what I’m up to.
Will G
July 7, 2016 at 7:15 pm (3 years ago)I would like to win because i have a cat.
Michelle S
July 7, 2016 at 7:09 pm (3 years ago)Dry pilling is a huge problem with cats, but another is that many medications are extremely bitter and make subsequent pilling difficult, if not impossible. These would definitely solve that problem!
Lisa B
July 7, 2016 at 6:01 pm (3 years ago)It would be wonderful to have an easier method to medicate our sweeties. Something tasty and non-traumatic sounds ideal! Thanks for the giveaway and for bringing this product to my attention.
Amy Orvin
July 7, 2016 at 5:42 pm (3 years ago)I would love to win for my cat, Bubba, who has to take blood pressure meds every night. This would really help getting that forth of a pill down. Thank you.
Jana
July 7, 2016 at 4:53 pm (3 years ago)These sound like a great way to give my cat her meds. Thanks.
Lola The Rescued Cat
July 7, 2016 at 4:49 pm (3 years ago)This is a great idea! Luckily my girls don’t have to take any medications, but I’ll remember this for the future.
Mahshtay
July 7, 2016 at 2:17 pm (3 years ago)My cat is about to get a tooth pulled and this would be a big help with his post-surgery medicine.
Pamela Haddad
July 7, 2016 at 1:48 pm (3 years ago)My cats are cray-cray for real when it comes to me pilling them! So this would be ideal! Thanks for the chance to win!
Connie
July 7, 2016 at 11:24 am (3 years ago)I’ve got several cats who are being pilled, so these could come in handy
Linda Szymoniak
July 7, 2016 at 10:54 am (3 years ago)We lost our senior Maine Coon, Koneko, back in February. I always had to struggle to give him his medications while he was still here, and we have two other cats….well, actually three, since I just rescued a tiny kitten yesterday and we plan on keeping her. I know that through their lives, there will be times we need to give them medicine, and anything that helps with that will help keep them happy and healthy. So, winning these would be great.
Fancy Ruff-Wagner
July 7, 2016 at 10:29 am (3 years ago)My senior cat with kidney disease gets mirtazapine every other day to help her eat and drink enough to stay healthy as she’s an extremely picky eater naturally. Pilling her is impossible – even in a towel – because she holds the pill in her mouth for a long time and spits it out. I have to follow her around if I’m even successful in getting it in. So I’ve been putting it into a gel cap (because it’s bitter) and hiding it in her food which is usually successful, although it sometimes takes more than one try. I think having flavored gel caps would make it work so much better, although I wish they came in a smaller size (I currently use size 5). But I’m willing to try size 3 and in fact am going to order some, but I hope to win anyway.
Kelly D
July 7, 2016 at 9:53 am (3 years ago)I would like this for the times when my cat needs medicine. I would buy food for him too.
Marie
July 7, 2016 at 8:15 am (3 years ago)What a great idea!
Connie Fischer
July 7, 2016 at 7:53 am (3 years ago)Giving medications is so stressful for both my kitties and for me! This is certainly a much better way. Thanks for your giveaway. I would love to be your winner.
Janine
July 7, 2016 at 6:56 am (3 years ago)One of my cats has bad allergies. This would be very helpful when giving him his medication.
Michelle S
July 7, 2016 at 6:17 am (3 years ago)This sounds like a much better idea than pill pockets.
Cathy
July 7, 2016 at 6:06 am (3 years ago)I’ll be getting a couple of kittens soon, and I’ll need all the help I can get to care for them. CATcaps sound like a great way to help get medication down.
Natalie
July 7, 2016 at 5:50 am (3 years ago)My cat Fou needs Lysine crushed up and put into his food because he has feline herpes which causes an ulcer to form on his eye without it. The problem is that Fou often avoids his food and picks off of thr other cats’ food. In addition, due to life circumstances, I am staying in a home where the feeding style and schedule is radically different from how I fed him, making it even more difficult to administer his meds to him. These capsules would help me out a lot. I wouldn’t have to be as meticulous as I am about a feeding schedule. In addition, it would mean Fou wouldn’t have to eat little bits of crushed up pill with his food.
jo bomser
July 7, 2016 at 5:02 am (3 years ago)I have 5 senior kitties. 2 of them receive hyperthyroid pills twice a day. 4 pillings! I would love to try the gelcaps especially as they sound more cat friendly.
Nancy Phillipee
July 7, 2016 at 3:42 am (3 years ago)I have to administer a med to my cat everyday. She is extremely allergic to alot of things so I must be very careful what she is given. If I do win this wonderful product it must be the beef or else she can not use it. thank you
Betsy Murphy
July 7, 2016 at 3:33 am (3 years ago)These sound like a smart way to get meds into our furkids. Would love to win them for my now senior kitties!