I buy Lysine at Costco. You can get it at health food stores in a
powder form as well as tablet, (you could always ask them there what
brand they feel is the best). It's pretty much tasteless. I just grind
it up with a mortar and pestle and add it to their food. If I have
someone being fussy, I'll add it to Beechnut meat baby food, (whatever
flavor they prefer), or some of that nasty, but oh-so-apparently-yummy
canned Fancy Feast.
I never really thought about 'supplement fatigue' :-) , although there
have been times in my house that I thought I'd go stark raving mad with
all the schedules and meds. Usually I'm just so pleased to feel like
I'm doing something that I don't think about it much. I've found a
trick that works really well for kitties with a good appetite... I use
"pill pockets" to cover a small pill with just enough product to
disguise the look and taste, hide it in a tiny bit of something yummy
and make a big fuss like they are getting a special treat, (then hold my
breath while I watch to make sure they gulp it down). My fiv boy,
Starman will eat a pill hidden this way if I put it in front of him with
a couple of those terrible Temptation treats that he's hooked on. Since
MeMe loves her kitty-crack dry food so much, she might gobble a hidden
pill down mixed with a few pieces of the forbidden kibble. I also get
meds in transdermal gels, (applied to the inside tip of the ear to be
absorbed through the skin) whenever appropriate. A lot of drugs can be
administered via subq injection. As scary as this is to do at first,
it's usually less traumatic than a having to pill them.
How is MeMe feeling this evening? Did you decide to stop the Drontal?
Is she eating again? How's her eye?
N
Jane Lyons wrote:
What is the best quality Lycine to get?
I just Googled it, and there are dozens of
brands and I know that since supplements are
not regulated, that a quality name is important.
Also, how do all of you deal with the 'supplement fatigue'.
We've only been into this for a week, but I can see that MeMe
is getting wary of the eye dropper and pill plunger. I have been
able to get the probiotic into her with food, but the liquids and
pills require my husband and I baring down. I would like to include
lycine in her regime....any tricks?
Jane
