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Muscle atrophy in hind legs?
On Oct 1, 12:13 pm, "Phil P." wrote:
"yngver" wrote in message ... Our 11 year old cat has arthritis in her knees and a bit in her spine. She has been doing very well on Cosequin and can still jump up on the bed and even runs a little sometimes but I can tell her knees bother her because she walks with her hind feet a little forward, hunching her spine. Even our vet noticed this but he said he doesn't want to use pain medication unless it gets worse due to possible side effects. I recently noticed by looking at some pictures from her from a few years ago that her hind legs are also thinner than they were, due, I assume, to muscle atrophy. Can anything be done for that? Would fish oil or some other supplement help? Acupuncture? Thanks- yngver Omega-3s should help reduce inflammation- just make sure you use an Omega-3 supplement that's balanced with vit. E. Phil Thanks, Phil. I have looked but haven't found the required amount of vit. E to balance the Omega-3. I was thinking of offering our cat the EFA Krill Oil that I take myself but that only has a small amount of Vitamin E This brand of krill oil definitely helps my own bad knee, though: EFA Gold Krill Oil Vitamin A 100IU Vitamin E .5IU Neptune Krill Oil 1g Omega-3 Fatty Acids 300mg EPA 150mg DHA 90mg Phospholipids 400mg Omega-9 Fatty Acids 85mg Omega-6 Fatty Acids 20mg Astaxanthin 1.5mg I haven't tried it yet so I don't even know whether she will eat it, but in the past she has occasionally been willing to lick up some oil from a regular fish oil capsule. -yngver |
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