calliecritturs
Posted : 4/15/2012 10:58:23 PM
Both are heatlh store items -- L-Lysine is a supplement and thuja is going to be in the homeopathics (typically Boiron is the mfg -- it's a little plastic display of rows of little blue tubes).
Those tubes are impossible to get into -- they're made for a human to take the clear top off and then you old the top in your teeth and twist so the pellets fall under your tongue.
Well nice -- how to get them out for a dog??
About 3/4" down from the top, you'll feel a seam below that collar -- score with a knife so you can twist that whole top assembly off carefully (those pills bounce freaking forever if you drop them!! Learn from my error! LOL)
Use a tweezer to pull them out if it's easier. But fold a piece of paper in quarters -- then you can smack it lightly with a small hammer or the edge of something hard and crack those tiny pills into dust.
Homeoapthics are sweet -- literally they are sugar based -- moisten the tip of your finger the first time and put a dab on their tongue - it is yummy. My dogs will not only lick up the dust - they've actually learned to CHEW the little pellets cos they are YUM.
Youjust want it to hit the gum or under the tongue if possible - or at least the tongue. (look in the mirror and stick your tongue out -- look UNDER and see all those zillion blood vessels -- homeopathics absorb into the bloodstream there).
Don't put them in food -- they gotta absorb in the mouth.