Easy way to get the Enisyl-F L-lysine paste into the cat

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This is my first post, and I do tend to be verbose, so bear with me. 
  My 16 yo cat, Snicky has FHV-1 and has been on Enisyl-F L-lysine paste for about three years.  He is not particularly fond of the "fish-candy" taste and won't lick it up on his own, so I found a relatively easy way to get the paste into him.  I bought one of those long-handled baby spoons with the rubber coating (the human baby spoons) (ours is blue) and reasoned that the back of the spoon is about the same shape as the roof of Snicky's mouth!  So I set him on the desk chair telling him to "sit pretty" (or "assume the position"!) and I stand next to him and pump the paste onto the BACK of the spoon.  Using my right hand, I grab his head from the top and tilt it up slightly, then with the loaded spoon in my left hand, I use the tip of the spoon to gently press against the side of his lips, causing him to open his mouth.  I quickly scrape off the paste onto the roof of his mouth and gently stroke his throat with the "spoon hand" while still holding his head with the other... all the while telling him what a good boy he is!  Tah-dah!  Dose of "Blue-spoon Candy" has just been administered!  Piece o' cake!  Hope this helps someone struggling to successfully get the paste into the catsuit.  
    
 

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An even better idea would be to get some pure L-lysine powder from a health food store and mix about 250mg in with some wet food each day. The ingredients in Enisyl-F aren't great, with stuff like added colouring and potentially toxic preservatives like sodium benzoate. 

INGREDIENTS: Purified water, L-Lysine HCI, sorbitol, cod liver oil, xanthan gum, tuna flavor, soya lecithin, silica aerogel, caramel color, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate.
 

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An even better idea would be to get some pure L-lysine powder from a health food store and mix about 250mg in with some wet food each day. The ingredients in Enisyl-F aren't great, with stuff like added colouring and potentially toxic preservatives like sodium benzoate. 

INGREDIENTS: Purified water, L-Lysine HCI, sorbitol, cod liver oil, xanthan gum, tuna flavor, soya lecithin, silica aerogel, caramel color, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate.
I buy the L-Lysine powder and mix in into both wet AND dry food and the cats have no idea. It has no taste, and it gets it into them. No fights, no stressed kitties, etc.
 

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I either use the paw method like Rosiemac or I will squish it into a feline Greenies Pill Pocket.  Usually mine will eat the pill pocket and the paste or liquid I stick in the middle of them. Just stick the paste it, squish the end closed and watch 'em eat it
 

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i just got it today Enisyl-f but i am curious to see if there are other ways i did squit them on the paws one licked the others havent is there a diffenrt way there all picky and they dont like there mouth to be touched ...
 

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I just buy the tablets for humans in the drug store, crush them up, and sprinkle on food. Viola!
 
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