Best cat antioxidant supplements according to redditors
We found 5 Reddit comments discussing the best cat antioxidant supplements. We ranked the 4 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 5 Reddit comments discussing the best cat antioxidant supplements. We ranked the 4 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Original Recipe
This is what I started with. The red meat is too much for my kitty so I switched to chicken or fish if available. This website has other recipes too. It's fairly easy to prepare once you decide if your going to use supplements or not.
The most important things in this recipe is the taurine, cats must have this in there diet. I don't often use heart meat so I use taurine. Also the powdered bone meal is great for them too.
Taurine I'm sure you can find smaller packages but I buy supplements in bulk because I know I'll use them.
Get some l-lysine it helps immensely with feline herpes. Our cats both have feline herpes and they get about an inch of this paste a day that they lick from our fingers http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0012GWCPM/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1417163820&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SY200_QL40
After a couple days the symptoms should improve and almost disappear. Keep them on the l-lysine regularly for prevention.
Our cats are carriers but don’t have the full blown infection. We treat them with Lysine with great results. Once in the morning, once in the evening.
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My cat Cosmo (RIP) had this same problem. He had the beginning of kidney disease (due to age), some constipation issues, and loss of weight. Here are some things you can talk to your vet about and try. My vet agreed with all I was doing and it kept the test results for his kidneys from getting worse.
1.) Azodyl - The shipping on this will also be expensive, because it has to be shipped in a cooler with ice packs. When you get it, it has to be kept in your fridge as well. I would give my cat one in the morning and one in the evening. To make the pilling easier, I bought a small jar of this coconut oil for pets and would sip half the pill into it, and then put that end first into the back of my cat's throat. He took the pilling like a champ.
2.) Epakitin - They make this for both dogs and cats, and sometimes put in the larger plastic spoon for the dog dose, so just be aware to make sure you measure correctly and use your own measuring spoon if they do that. My cat would not eat this sprinkled or mixed in with his food, so I bought several cans of Feline Clinicare Renal, put a few CC's into a shot glass, mixed in the small dose of Epakitin, and then drew it into a 3 CC oral syringe and give it to him orally after the pilling, which also helped make sure the pill went down with ease. I would drop the pill in, and then quickly wash it down with half the syringe, let him swallow and then did the other half. Because my cat would not really drink the Renal Clinicare much on it's own, I would open the can, pour most into an ice cube tray, and freeze and then transfer to a small plastic bag in my freezer. If I took out a cube the night before, it was thawed by morning. I would keep the liquid it in tiny jar in the fridge and it would last a few days.
3.) Pet-Tinic - Vitamin/Minerals for older cats. My cat was low iron and my vet suggested this.
4.) If constipation is a chronic problem, you may want to ask your vet about lactulose, which you will need a prescription for.
Again, talk to your vet about all of this, and if the kidneys and constipation are addressed, your cat may begin to eat more again, though my cat just never really gained the weight back and was just bonier for a few years.
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