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Arthritis meds for feral cat?

Posted by Owen'sMom <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/AcmeHouseOfCats/info/user=OwensMom' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 7/31/2017, 1:56 pm

So, Owen's cat Momma is about 19 or so and I see her back legs are looking stiff and painful. I cannot give her anything by mouth. Is there something that I could put undetected into her food? Her appetite is good and she eats mostly canned. Has anyone found something for a feral cat?

Glucosomine?....msg

Posted by Val2 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/AcmeHouseOfCats/info/user=Val2' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/5/2017, 10:12 pm, in reply to "Arthritis meds for feral cat?"

but I don't know the dosage, you'd have to ask your vet.

Momma is a quite old kitty, I'm happy she's still doing pretty good! Hope she's well for a long while still.

Re: Glucosomine?....msg

Posted by Owen'sMom <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/AcmeHouseOfCats/info/user=OwensMom' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/7/2017, 5:25 pm, in reply to "Glucosomine?....msg"

I ordered the tuna-flavoured cosequin recommended by Mcat. Momma could be older than 19 and she's outlived everyone here, except for me - so far.

She's a dear little one, still playful, even though she still won't trust me, but I want her to be comfortable.

She feels the camera is going to steal her soul and this is only the 2nd picture I was allowed to take of her in 16 years;

She is beautiful msg

Posted by Mcat <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/AcmeHouseOfCats/info/user=Mcat' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/12/2017, 1:10 pm, in reply to "Re: Glucosomine?....msg"

Josie was a calico. Maybe she can send some Rainbow Angel vibes to her. Good luck. It may take a little while before you see any difference.

Author of Cat-House Sonnets, 100 poems celebrating cats.

Thank you!

My tuna-flavoured sprinkles arrived and Mama had no problem gobbling up her food with it mixed in.

I'm hoping it will help her. Yes, she's a calico like your Josie, but teeny-tiny.

Thanks again!

Cosequin is a powder msg

Posted by Mcat <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/AcmeHouseOfCats/info/user=Mcat' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/1/2017, 11:40 am, in reply to "Arthritis meds for feral cat?"

in a capsul. Open the capsul, sprinkle the powder on wet food, mix and voila. It is tuna flavored and they don't even notice it. My Rainbow Angel Josie took it for years. Good luck. Oh, and it's over the counter, no vet needed.

Author of Cat-House Sonnets, 100 poems celebrating cats.

Re: Cosequin is a powder msg

Thank you! Will get some today.

Gabapentin in "chew" form?

Posted by deirdra <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/AcmeHouseOfCats/info/user=deirdra' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 7/31/2017, 3:12 pm, in reply to "Arthritis meds for feral cat?"

My 21.5 year old gets Gabapentin compounded in chicken-flavoured "chew" form that I chop up and mix with his wet food. He doesn't notice it. But he is not feral, so it is easy for me to spread his dose out by mixing half in the morning, half in the evening.

Re: Gabapentin in "chew" form?

Posted by Owen'sMom <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/AcmeHouseOfCats/info/user=OwensMom' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 7/31/2017, 5:00 pm, in reply to "Gabapentin in "chew" form?"

I never heard of this product. Where did you get it? Did you have to take your cat to the vet to get this? It sounds perfect for my Little Momma.

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