I think maintenance is 250 mg once or twice a day. 500 mg once or twice a day for symptomatic kitties. I would double-check this though in the archives or elsewhere. :) Wendy
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world - indeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ ----- Original Message ---- From: Caroline Kaufmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:31:02 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 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
