Horse Cookie Pops

When I started Penny on Cimetidine for her melanomas I got her the nice, ground, flavored version from SmartPak. However, what started as reasonably priced got more and more expensive so I decided to go with the pill form and devise a way to stick them in something so she'd eat them. I bought some of the pre-mixed low-NSC cookie mix and faithfully made her cookies. She hated them. But, seeing what the ingredients were got my brain thinking. I could fiddle until I found something she would eat. In the meantime, we discovered she'd eat the pills just plain in her beet pulp. All this effort!

The cookie pop (cookie pop because they're frozen, not baked) delivery system is much easier for breakfast and lunch than soaking beet pulp (even my husband can do it,) so I continued on. This is our current mix

Penny's Cookie Pop Recipe:

Ingredients:
Whole Flax Seed
Hay Pellets
Water
Baby Food.  I use Gerber Nature Select 1st Foods as it's just the veggie/fruit and water and they're a consistent size (each package has two containers.) Penny likes the apple and carrot ones. They also come in Organic.

Mix in bowl:
Handful of flax seed
3 handfuls of hay pellets
Add boiling water. You want to add and stir, add and stir until it's a consistency you like. Penny likes the pellets completely soft, you could add less water and keep them somewhat formed.
Stir in 1 container baby food

Line standard ice cube tray with plastic wrap.You'll want the piece of plastic wrap much longer than the tray as it will get shorter as you fill it.
Fill ice cube spots with cookie mix. You'll want to start at one end and push the mix all the way down in the hole as you go.

Freeze

When completely frozen pop out, breaking apart from each other if needed. Store in container in freezer, taking out treats enough ahead of time for them to thaw in fridge. I generally have two defrosting in the fridge at a time. When I feed breakfast the next morning's breakfast starts defrosting.

Thawed the cookie pops can be separated into two halves. I stick a pill in each half, roughly form a ball around it and toss it in her bucket. I used to stick them both in the whole pop, but when she'd eat it sometimes she'd grab a mouthful without the pill and somehow miss them. Having two obviously bite sized portions has helped with that.

If there's any interest the next time I make them I'll do a photo version of this.