Add the powder to his water - he will drink it without even knowing it is there... Seriously... The powder I gave you the link for has worked for the most finicky kitties - including mine. My super finicky cat who does not eat wet food takes it on the water without a problem...Originally Posted by LadyHitchhiker
I guess I really just don't want to mess up all the brownie points I've received the last 2 months since he's finally accepted me with something that I'm not closer to sure will work. Mandarin wanted NOTHING to do with me since I brought him home from the shelter 6 years ago. It has been "Daddy Daddy Daddy LeAnn LeAnn LeAnn and Linus Linus Linus" until the last two months. But as selfishly as I want him to be my friend, I honestly want him healthier first. The L-lysine said it's supposed to be flavorless that I have, but since he wouldn't eat it, I'm like, "well why would I eat flavorless goo? Better add it to something yummy." So maybe try the powder? Not really sure. I'm just sick of him winking at me and looking at me like, "mommy I don't feel good." I wouldn't my eye being inflamed like his.
He doesn't eat wet food without barfing.
He likes pudding but milk on a regular basis + kitty tummy = barf. He can tolerate some tuna juice, and so I tried it in that. Nope.
I tried it in clam juice since it's SUPER cheap and I thought if he liked that I could live with that. Nope, doesn't even like the clam juice so now I have clam juice hanging out in my cupboard for nothing cuz there's nothing I know to cook with that.
He likes tomato soup but I'm not sure how good that is for him to have daily so I didn't try that. And venison well he loves venison but it's hard to get venison meat unless it's around hunting season, and my husband would throw an absolute fit if I brought home a whole freezer full of deer meat to try and get him to eat his medicine. I'm sure eventually he would be okay with it, but if Mandarin didn't go for it, then we're stuck with a whole freezer full of venison to eat which I'm not the biggest on and Wally gets sick of very quickly. Like he can eat it twice a year and that's good enough. He doesn't like the gritty texture.
Why does everything have to be so complicated?!?!?!?!?!
I was using feliways for a while when Majel and him were having problems adjusting. Perhaps I should go back to getting them for a while.
No, not at all... In fact I put it right into their water fountain, and only wash it every 2 weeks when it is low. L-Lysine is an amino-acid, and is good for all the kitties; it is like kitty vitamins for the ones who don't have herpes. Here in my house everybody is in it.Originally Posted by LadyHitchhiker
Brain going to stop working soon.. must get sleep but must keep posting...
How do I insure that Mandarin is getting enough of the powder a day if I put it in the watering hole? He shares two water bowls with his sister Majel. Will it bother her to be on it as well?
Does the stuff go bad if I leave it in the water bowl? I try to clean them out every day but sometimes I forget, and then other times it's getting cleaned out like 5 times a day because sometimes they like to wash their paws in the water...
That's sort of the prevailing attitude over all, especially in the south.
...................................................Originally Posted by strange_wings
That's sort of the prevailing attitude over all, especially in the south.Oh well, we know better.
I wasn't sure about adding l-lysine to the fountains. But if it's working in a house with major kitty herpes issues it must not filter much of it out.
As for all of them getting l-lysine, herpes spreads pretty easily anyways.. It always worked for me with the filters - no flare ups so far... Recently, for the last 2 months or so I removed the filters just by coincidence... Kitties like the water all the same and it has worked both with the filter on or off. The OP doesn't use a fountain though - she uses a water bowl.
Maybe you could look into adding it to the water and for major flare ups have the chews to make sure he is getting enough?This is a great idea actually... I do double the dose by adding 500mg to the wet food during flares in addition to the water. So I do the water every day, and water + added to food during flares.
Fortunately I haven't had a flare since a month or so into this regimen...Bugsy was a disaster when he first came in!
Nope! But I do.
Nah - I do travel often but seriously this works so well... They have been great like this... And it's cheap cheap easy easyOriginally Posted by strange_wings
Nope! But I do.With seven house cats and two outside, it's good to know this stuff in advance. Plus, who knows, maybe she'll spring for one in the future or another reader will benefit from knowing it'll work fine in a fountain.
Maybe you should check out the chews, too? In case you're away from home and need a simple solution for your sitter.
..........................Originally Posted by LadyHitchhiker
I think these are all awesome ideas.
Do your kitties tend to wash their paws more or less in the bubbler? For some reason after my kitties use the cat box they like to wash their paws in the water dish. I thought if I put out two they would stop doing it, or do it only in one but I was wrong. But seeing as the powder seems so reasonable may it's not really an issue anyways?Are their glass bubblers out there? Or some other form that is NOT plastic? Plastic makes Mandarin's chin break out and I don't want to have to deal with his washing his chin again on top of everything. He would NOT be a happy camper about that. BubblersThere are some ceramic ones and Stainless Steel Drinkwell also has one, Drinkwell 360, Stainless Steel
Is there anyway to test and see if your cats have herpes when you get them so you know for sure they're not shedding the virus? One of my big things for when I brought a new cat home was to make sure that she had ALL of her shots before I even THOUGHT of bringing her home. I wanted to make sure that she didn't have herpes as well, but she could have it and I don't even know it! Raaaaaaaaaaaaarrr... Yes, there is a test... But also know that it is estimated that about 75% + of the shelter kitties have Herpes. It is very very common...
Showered up and brain semi-working but I'm sure I'll come up with many more questions.
Nighty night girl! Saw BIG bugs in the in Iron Mountain
LOL. It's quite amusing - a cat who actually likes medication.Originally Posted by strange_wings
Metacalm? Supplement type med? I would hope that and not Metacam - your cat would be a bit odd to like the taste of that.
Maybe you can keep the daily interaction... and her chasing you around the room for it, up with a treat instead if she's used to the med on a schedule?
Odd cats.
Routine helps, and ultimately lowers the stressfulness of an event. So I'm sure the OP's kitty could adjust with time.
Just get the pure powder and mix it in his wet food. He won't even know it's there, I promise. Tolly, the most finicky cat in the world, actually likes the pure l-lysine powder mixed into his food. It just ads a bit of a salty taste.
