Help! How to give pills

[Runner duck mom]

My duck was on antibiotics 2 pills, 2x a day for 2 weeks! I broke the pills up into 1/4s, the peas worked well for a bit, and worked best when they were slightly frozen and I would drop them into his water. But he became wise to the pills and got picky with that, so then I switched to grape tomatoes which was a real game changer! I cut them in 1/2 and then stuffed the pill in the little natural pocket of the tomato and he would gobble them up He was also on a liquid metacam, and I would squirt that into the tomatoes too which worked well.
My vet gave me a piller like shared above but I knew he would hate me if I constantly tried to stick him with the piller so I found an alternative that made med time fun! For him anyways, it was a huge pain for me

Two weeks sure does feel like forever when you're giving meds twice a day, I've been there as well. So glad you were able to make it easy and fun for your duck and hopefully he made a full recovery
I sure lost a bit of trust when we had to give liquid meds to our girl and worked hard to gain it back once she was better (thank goodness for tomatoes and peas!).
Just hang on to that handy little piller, our duck had stopped eating for a while and even her favorite treats wouldn't work. Good to have and hopefully you never need it

 

[KaleIAm]

Have you found a solution for giving Chips her medication easier?

I also use grape tomatoes. I have a special method of cutting them to make them into a tomato pill pocket. As long as my duck is well enough to eat they gobble up their "tomato medicine" and the only challenge is to keep the other ducks from eating it.

If they aren't well enough to eat I squat and hold them with my knees/thighs. I hold their head with one hand and poke their medicine down the side of their throat as quickly as possible. (I always trim my nails first) They don't like it, but it is just one moment of their day and may save their life.

I had an avian vet tech once tell me to lubricate tablets with edible oil, like olive or flax, to help it slide down easier. So I dab a small drop on the end of the tablet first.

 

[casportpony]

I had an avian vet tech once tell me to lubricate tablets with edible oil, like olive or flax, to help it slide down easier. So I dab a small drop on the end of the tablet first.

Good suggestion!

 

[aart]

I had an avian vet tech once tell me to lubricate tablets with edible oil, like olive or flax, to help it slide down easier. So I dab a small drop on the end of the tablet first

I usually just spit on them (when giving pills to dogs)
But, yeah, some lube definitely helps.