Question for Cosequin users

I know Cosequin is a powder that is sprinkled on wet food. Does anyone know if it could be dissolved in a tiny bit of water and fed through a syringe? Sven currrently is on Liquid Max, but it isn't doing the job and we'd like to give him Cosequin, since everyone here seems to thinks it's great, and Dr. Christina recommended it too, but since he doesn't like wet food, not sure how to get it in him! Since we have to give him Miralax twice daily via syringe anyway (which we currently dissolvel in the Liquid Max), figured we could just dissolve the Cosequin AND Miralax and a little water and do it that way.

What to you all think?

Instructions on the Cosequin container say that dry food may be moistened with just a little water so the Cosequin powder will stick to the food when sprinkled on it.

Thanks. my problem is that Sven doesn't eat dry food "on command" either, so that doesn't really help. I wouldn't be sure that he got a full dose. I really want to give it to him via syringe, if possible.

Some powders mix readily with water, others float about and remain stubbornly separate. Can you ask your vet for just one or two out of an open bottle, then try it out as a syringe-able suspension?

You can give the cosequin in the capsule. Just use a little mayonaise or butter on the nose after to help kitty swallow and wash it down.

I know the capsules are safe because I asked the manufacturer years ago, for Ootay because she wouldn't eat it in her food.

Mazy eats hers right on her kibble. What you do is just give a very small amount of kibble with the cosequin, to be sure it is all eaten, not a full dish.

I don't want to stress him out by pilling him if I don't have to. He is horrible to pill, and those capsules look fairly large. He is such a teddy bear in most aspects, but not when it comes to pilling .

Maybe I can contact the manufacturer and see what they have to say about it.

Will he eat baby food? If so, you could easily mix it in with that OR you could even sprinkle it on some salmon or tuna and give him that as a treat everyday. My husband took some canned salmon, drained it well, and shredded it. Then he placed it in a jelly roll pan (15"x12"x1" baking pan). Then, he stuck it in the freezer. When the salmon was just about frozen, he pulled it out and sliced it into very small squares, no bigger than 1/2" square. Let it finish freezing, then break up into the small squares and put into a freezer bag. We pull one out at a time every now and then and give to the kitties in their wet food. Works like a charm!

It would so easy to open the capsule and mix the cosequin with the little bit of salmon or tuna.

If this is for FLUTD, NO tuna! I don't know about salmon, Though I would be reluctant to give it to him, but FLUTD kitties should definitely not have tuna.

Originally Posted by otto

If this is for FLUTD, NO tuna! I don't know about salmon, Though I would be reluctant to give it to him, but FLUTD kitties should definitely not have tuna.

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If this is for FLUTD, don't bother with giving Cosequin at all. Current studies have proven that it has no affect for that class of diseases.

some say yes, some say no. I myself believe it does add benefit and Mazy will remain on it. It's not expensive, and can't hurt, so I see no reason not to continue using it, even if I didn't believe in it, but I do.

Could you put out just a little kibble that has been misted & sprinkled with the powder and let your kitty eat it all before giving more?

I had to give it on dry food to mine and it worked out fine with misting the kibble and letting it stick. She got more kibble later after she ate most all of the kibble with the Cosequin on it. Made a huge difference for her, so it must have worked.

Good news! I decided to buy a box and try it, because when I called, the customer service rep said "of course you can mix it with water, lots of people do", and I wasn't sure I really trusted that answer, but figured if nothing else, I would just keep trying to get Sven to eat even just a few pieces of kibble "on demand", but it DOES dissolve in just a teeny bit of water! Yay! So now I mix his Cosequin and Miralax in about 1.5 cc of water and give them both to him via syringe. I'm hoping this Cosequin works better than Liquid Max for his old bones!

Aw, that's great! You'll see a difference in a couple of weeks. Ootay became quite kittenish after I started her on Cosequin, and it was actually a rather dramatic improvement, in a matter of days, though I think that may be an exception.

Keep us posted.

I'm another one who's cat became much more active and kittenish when we started her on the Cosequin. She wasn't running around like a crazy cat, but it was so good to see her jumping up in her favorite spots again and chasing her string and laser that I knew we'd made the right decision putting her on it.

He's only been on it for two days now, and I haven't noticed any changes yet, but I think it's a little early to expect to see him bouncing around just yet. I'll let you know if I see any difference in his behavior.

Depending on how much he's currently hurting and how much mobility he has now, it may take a tad longer. Honestly, I don't remember how long it took initially to notice a change with Callie, but I know that it did happen. You might want to give it to him twice a day for a few weeks, and then back down to once a day.

I have given cosequin and dasequin (spelling?) by mixing it with either tuna water or plain water.  It does not mix well, but good enough to pull up in a syringe.