He will probably eat it ok but if he doesn't, just dissolve it in a little bit of water and put it on the dry food. If he will eat the dry food without it, he will eat it with dissolved lysine, at least I have never had one refuse to eat it. Some of mine did refuse to eat it before I dissolved it.
Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Kaufmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:31 PM Subject: [Felvtalk] Lysine added to dry food? > > My felv+ foster Manny is going to his new home tonight (with lots of > instructions, favorite toys, and probably some lingering anxiety from > me!). Manny has been a finnicky canned food eater ever since I've had > him- which has sucked b/c that is how I like to get supplements in him > like lysine and added water. But he loves loves loves the Eagle Pack > Holistic Dry (which I have all my fosters on)-- LOVES IT. As much I > would like to convert all my cats to all canned- they just love their > Eagle Pack dry too much. And they have the most awesome coats- I get > compliments on my fosters all the time- how good they look, none are fat, > no dander, shiny, soft coats-- thus, I am very happy with the Holistic. > But all my fosters also get Holistic canned everyday, with water and > supplements added, so I am sure that helps keeping them look great too. > Manny will occasionally eat the Holistic canned, but he won't eat it in > back to back feedings or two days in a row (he's nutty). I originally > tried to feed him a diet of Wellness canned only and he just stopped > eating it totally (waste of expensive food)! That is when I switched him > to Eagle Pack. So as far as sending him to his new home with feeding and > supplment instructions, his new mom says she doesn't want to change > anything b/c he looks so gorgeous and his coat is so wonderful, so she > will keep him on the Holistic Dry. I've asked that she occassionally give > him some canned Holistic, but warned that he won't eat it 2 days in a row. > > I'd like to send her with instructions to add powdered Lysine to his dry > food and was wondering if people thought this will work? I have done it a > few times with him and he seemed to not notice/care, but it hasn't been my > primary way of administering lysine b/c I did keep up with giving him > canned food every few days. I think it will work tho b/c he loves his > Holistic so much, I seriously doubt he won't eat it due to the Lysine > powder. Also, what is a good maintenance dose? He is as healthy as a > horse, so I just want to provide it to them as a preventative measure. > thanks > caroline > _________________________________________________________________ > See what people are saying about Windows Live. Check out featured posts. > http://www.windowslive.com/connect?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_connect2_082008 > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 3373 (20080821) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
