nope lol mix it into your canned food or with a lil mashed in people food or you can take a fingerfull a day and just put it in their mouth lol they will go ahead n eat it unlike the pills they can always spit out the punkin is a mega fiber and will get the poop correct the coconut oil will heal and help whatever is causing it and its a natural dewormer and flea n tick repellant as well just a tablesppon at most a day of coconut oil but you can rub that on fur and paws all you want