We have a nearly 17 year old British that is limping and has Arthritis.
The vet gave us Metacam to try just to see if it helped.
I reluctantly agreed and tryed putting it in her food but she won't have it.
So i bought some cod liver oil and put that in her food but she won't have that either.
I am now thinking of getting her Glucosamine or seraquin tablets and wondered if anybody have had these.
I want to know how big the tablets are as i was to give them orally and not in food.
The smaller the pill the better.

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Experience of Arthritis supplements???

You might find some answers in the above thread jill. Most supplements I use are available as powder or in capsules which I open up....I find food that has been messed with is ignored...so instead I mash the powder into a pat of butter which most cats will lick, or add to cat milk and administer by syringe.

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Nellie Paddy Mitzy Milo Peggy Murphy

Millie and Monty, the White Devils!

Thanks Paddypaws. The butter sounds a good idea.

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And don't use the cod liver oil (phew they don't like it). You are right to try fish oils but there are fish oils made from fish liver (full of vit A as well as fatty acids but because Vit a is fat soluble and stored in the body you risk overdosing) and fish oils made from fish body (only full of fatty acids). So, you could try some salmon oil to see whether you cat finds that more palatable.

If have got some salmon oil capsules here and i could send you a couple if you want to see whether they would eat it. Just pm me your address and I pop them in the post.

Thanks Hobbs. I am trying to send you a pm with my address and it won't send. Do you think you could send me a pm and I'll reply back to you, see if that works.
Will be tomorrow though as i have to be up at 3 am
Time for bed!!

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Hi, you may have seen my recent thread as I've been asking about supplements too. Anyway, my vet gave my darling boy some Seraquin tablets on Friday. She told me that some cats think they're very tasty and eat them whole as a 'treat' and others just have them crushed up in food and that they find them palatable. Unfortunately my cat isn't keen at all (even when crushed in his favourite fish). I'm bearing with it but may have to find an alternative. They're pretty big tablets so I doubt you'd be able to get them down by putting them in the back of the throat.

There are other similar supplements so I guess it's a question of finding out what's best for your particular cat.

Good luck with it, and let me know how you get on.

I dont know if Synoquin do one for cats but I had to get Banjo another out of the packet today because someone nicked the 1st one so they like the dog ones

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For anyone who has difficulty giving their cat medication for arthritis including supplements, it may be worth considering swapping to a clinical diet. The one my vet recommended to me is Royal Canin feline mobility. It contains all the supplements for arthritis - green lipped muscle, G&C, omega oils etc so maybe worth a try. You can get it for about £15 2kg bag. It is dry and contains grains but I think you have to weigh up the pro's and con's for the health of your cat. I give my cat 1 meal of this a day and one wet meal with supplements. Worth a chat to your vet abut the food. You can read about it on the Royal Canin website. BTW it's very palatable and my cat would eat this only if I let him. I can't really speak about the benefits yet, as he has only been on it just over a week and the vet said it would take 3-4 weeks to see the benefits.

Thanks for that pippinpie. I think i might ask them if they could send me a sample to try first before i buy.
Yazmin is very fussy eater and will sniff out any pills and potions

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DB....Dogs will nick pills, whereas cats! Forget it. ( But you know all about the difficulties of cat ownership ) Oh and it really makes me mad when you buy a Vet product such as Seraquin and it is big enough to choke a horse! Argh!
Which is why I prefer the butter or syringe method....Paddy will happily lick a spoonful of creme fraiche or a pat of butter that has a whole array of supplements added, Nellie is not so easy to trick but will tolerate the mix being syringed into her mouth. Neither would eat food which had been tampered with.

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Nellie Paddy Mitzy Milo Peggy Murphy

Millie and Monty, the White Devils!