Glucosamine supplements

I had a long chat on the phone with Pandoras TED this morning about the
use of Glucosamine supplements for her back legs. One brand that was
mentioned in conversation was "Glyco-Flex", and he said that he'd not
had good results with it as the tablets were HUGE for a cat, stank of
really strong fish, and 90% of cats wouldn't tolerate them in that they
refused to eat them. He suggested we try a liquid form of something
similar, something called "Arthriaid" - although he'd never actually
used it himself in patients he'd heard it had reasonable results.

He's very forward thinking and is very open to holistic treatments to
try and help a chronic condition rather than push a more conventional
route. He's also unhappy about the long term effects of a NSAID such as
Metacam and has said he's not prepared to prescribe it for long term use
in a 6 1/2 year old cat, which is fair enough.

What do people here use for a glucosamine supplement in cats? Gordon, I
know you mentioned something, but I can't find the post. Do your cats
tolerate eating it, or food with it in?

Ta muchly

Helen M


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Do you have Cosequin over there? We use Cosquin. Spinkle it on the food. No
problem.

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I had a long chat on the phone with Pandoras TED this morning about the
use of Glucosamine supplements for her back legs. One brand that was
mentioned in conversation was "Glyco-Flex", and he said that he'd not
had good results with it as the tablets were HUGE for a cat, stank of
really strong fish, and 90% of cats wouldn't tolerate them in that they
refused to eat them. He suggested we try a liquid form of something
similar, something called "Arthriaid" - although he'd never actually
used it himself in patients he'd heard it had reasonable results.

He's very forward thinking and is very open to holistic treatments to
try and help a chronic condition rather than push a more conventional
route. He's also unhappy about the long term effects of a NSAID such as
Metacam and has said he's not prepared to prescribe it for long term use
in a 6 1/2 year old cat, which is fair enough.

What do people here use for a glucosamine supplement in cats? Gordon, I
know you mentioned something, but I can't find the post. Do your cats
tolerate eating it, or food with it in?

Ta muchly

Helen M


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Helen Miles wrote:
I had a long chat on the phone with Pandoras TED this morning about
the use of Glucosamine supplements for her back legs.
(snippage)

Dad took L-Glucosamine when he was going through chemo. It came in a powder
form (strawberry or vanilla flavour) and he bought it at a health food
store. Mix with water. I'm not sure you can get a cat to drink it, but
maybe the powder could be mixed with some gooshy food?

Jill

Helen Miles wrote:
I had a long chat on the phone with Pandoras TED this morning about the
use of Glucosamine supplements for her back legs. One brand that was
mentioned in conversation was "Glyco-Flex", and he said that he'd not
had good results with it as the tablets were HUGE for a cat, stank of
really strong fish, and 90% of cats wouldn't tolerate them in that they
refused to eat them. He suggested we try a liquid form of something
similar, something called "Arthriaid" - although he'd never actually
used it himself in patients he'd heard it had reasonable results.

He's very forward thinking and is very open to holistic treatments to
try and help a chronic condition rather than push a more conventional
route. He's also unhappy about the long term effects of a NSAID such as
Metacam and has said he's not prepared to prescribe it for long term use
in a 6 1/2 year old cat, which is fair enough.

What do people here use for a glucosamine supplement in cats? Gordon, I
know you mentioned something, but I can't find the post. Do your cats
tolerate eating it, or food with it in?

Ta muchly

Helen M


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Ummmm, I used to use K-9 Liquid Health (with Chondroitin and MSM) for
Nicodemus (my Siamese RB 5/2003). I used to put about 2cc in a syringe
and squirted it into her mouth. She didn't care for it, but she'd
drink it that way (she was approx 20 yrs when I started using it in
1999). Worked really well for her. Bought it from the vet, maybe your
vet has something similar?

Smokie Darling (Annie)

"Helen Miles"
What do people here use for a glucosamine supplement in cats? Gordon,
I
know you mentioned something, but I can't find the post. Do your cats
tolerate eating it, or food with it in?

Visit www.healthspan.co.uk - they have pet tablets but also glucosamine
liquid. Good pricing too.

My boys are too young to need it, but 3 of my neighbours give
glucosamine or glucosamine/chondroitin supplements to their elderly dogs
and all 3 of them are impressed by the improvement. A recent large
survey on hoomins showed that on severe knee pain g+c was as effective
as Celebrex at mitigating said pain.

I take it as well as an anti-inflammatory and (despite the cost) think I
get a worthwhile improvement.

Certainly worth a try IMO

Good luck
G & the FF
Purrs to those in need btw!

"Exocat" wrote in message
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"Helen Miles"
What do people here use for a glucosamine supplement in cats? Gordon, I
know you mentioned something, but I can't find the post. Do your cats
tolerate eating it, or food with it in?

Visit www.healthspan.co.uk - they have pet tablets but also glucosamine
liquid. Good pricing too.

My boys are too young to need it, but 3 of my neighbours give glucosamine
or glucosamine/chondroitin supplements to their elderly dogs and all 3 of
them are impressed by the improvement. A recent large survey on hoomins
showed that on severe knee pain g+c was as effective as Celebrex at
mitigating said pain.

I take it as well as an anti-inflammatory and (despite the cost) think I
get a worthwhile improvement.

Don't forget Omega 3 fish oil is supposed to be good for arthritis. I can't
see a cat turning down fish oil :-)

Yowie

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Don't forget Omega 3 fish oil is supposed to be good for arthritis. I can't
see a cat turning down fish oil :-)

Yowie///

That's something that I'll be discussing with TED next week. We're going
to try and balance as many supplements as possible with the ability to
give them to her without stress. I suspect that everyone is going to end
up on supplements, just to get them into Pan! The joys of a multicat
house where the one being treated is the pickiest eater. *Sigh*.

Helen M


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"Exocat" wrote in message




Visit www.healthspan.co.uk - they have pet tablets but also glucosamine
liquid. Good pricing too.

My boys are too young to need it, but 3 of my neighbours give
glucosamine or glucosamine/chondroitin supplements to their elderly dogs
and all 3 of them are impressed by the improvement.////

Thanks Gordon. )

Helen M


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Just be very careful what kind of oil. My grandfather used to swallow
a capsule of cod liver oil each day for his arthur-itis, but that
would be bad for cats. I gather liver, cod liver in particular, has
too much Vitamin A for cats and can be toxic. Would hate to think of
poisoning the wee critters by accident.

Tish

On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:42:03 +0000 (UTC), "Helen Miles"
wrote:

"Yowie" wrote in message


Don't forget Omega 3 fish oil is supposed to be good for arthritis. I can't
see a cat turning down fish oil :-)

Yowie///

That's something that I'll be discussing with TED next week. We're going
to try and balance as many supplements as possible with the ability to
give them to her without stress. I suspect that everyone is going to end
up on supplements, just to get them into Pan! The joys of a multicat
house where the one being treated is the pickiest eater. *Sigh*.

Helen M

"Helen Miles" wrote in message
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I had a long chat on the phone with Pandoras TED this morning about the
use of Glucosamine supplements for her back legs. One brand that was
mentioned in conversation was "Glyco-Flex", and he said that he'd not
had good results with it as the tablets were HUGE for a cat, stank of
really strong fish, and 90% of cats wouldn't tolerate them in that they
refused to eat them. He suggested we try a liquid form of something
similar, something called "Arthriaid" - although he'd never actually
used it himself in patients he'd heard it had reasonable results.

He's very forward thinking and is very open to holistic treatments to
try and help a chronic condition rather than push a more conventional
route. He's also unhappy about the long term effects of a NSAID such as
Metacam and has said he's not prepared to prescribe it for long term use
in a 6 1/2 year old cat, which is fair enough.

What do people here use for a glucosamine supplement in cats? Gordon, I
know you mentioned something, but I can't find the post. Do your cats
tolerate eating it, or food with it in?

Ta muchly

Helen M

Cali was at the vet today for her annual and got a free sample of these, as
she's been having trouble jumping. There's no name on them, but they're by
NovoPharm and they're called chewable Glucosamine supplements. I just gave
Cali a quarter of one of these horse pills and she ate it. But Cali has been
known to try things once and never touch them again. Not to mention, I told
her it was a "Treat". LOL,