how do you make l-lysine at home?

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does anyone else notice how every pet site has L-lysine chews at unaffordable prices? And the pet naturals l-lysine, I can almost not find any 120 count. And then there are the irrelevant products that show up with the search.

How can l-lysine be made at home?
 
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Lysine is an amino acid; commercially, it's biosynthesised using a clone of a particular bacterium.  Not an home project, unfortunately.

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well thank you. its just weird that a vet 2 - 3 years ago suggested l-lysine and now it is some complicated quiz to even find it for a decent price. any way, thank you
 
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well thank you. its just weird that a vet 2 - 3 years ago suggested l-lysine and now it is some complicated quiz to even find it for a decent price. any way, thank you
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You're certainly welcome; sorry I couldn't have been of more help.

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paigeallyn said:
 
well thank you. its just weird that a vet 2 - 3 years ago suggested l-lysine and now it is some complicated quiz to even find it for a decent price. any way, thank you
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I bought a huge jar, like a 500 year supply for 500 cats at GNC for not much money.  Here you can get a pound of powdered for $13.  
 
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You can buy l-lysine at much cheaper prices in capsule or powder forms from vitamin and supplement stores. I know amazon also has some options. I think I bought a pound of lysine powder on there a few years ago for a very good price. People often take it to help with cold sores and a few other issues, and it's the same as the cat stuff. Most cats will eat it sprinkled on their food.
 
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Gosh wow you guys, thanks a bunch. Its so weird, my boyfriend said to just buy people l-lysine and I bought the same one from amazon StephenQ mentioned just about an hour ago.

Does anyone know about probiotics or digestive enzymes for cats? What is the difference between the two, or is there not a difference. Have yall heard of the brand Dr Goodpet? Specifically the one I bought was Dr Goodpet Feline Digestive Enzymes from amazon. Mostly for price. It was $13.70. I couldn't pay minimum $25 for most the others.  
 
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Here's info about probiotics:

http://www.rawfeedingforibdcats.org/probiotics-for-cats---why-and-which-ones.html

http://www.thecatsite.com/t/262587/probiotics-search-human-grade-and-cfus

http://www.thecatsite.com/t/327724/human-vs-cat-probiotics-please-help

You can use a probiotic for Humans instead of a pet specific one.

Probiotics add "good" bacteria to the gut. Digestive enzymes help break down food in the gut.

Prozyme is a popular digestive enzyme.

http://www.thecatsite.com/t/251359/questions-about-digestive-enzymes

http://www.thecatsite.com/t/239749/digestive-enzyme-supplement
 
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I give probiotics and enzymes to my cat. I use PB 8 Nutrition Now acidophilus, and it works wonderfully for my cat's constipation an at a great price on Amazon. I also add a little of the Mercola pet digestive enzymes to her food each day, but I may or may not keep that up after I finish the tub. I'm not sure I notice a huge difference with and without the enzymes.

Digestive enzymes and probiotics both occur naturally in the digestive system and they help animals digest the food by breaking it down. Enzymes are non-living proteins that break apart molecules. Probiotics are bacteria that live symbiotically within the host. The colon provides for their needs, and in return they perform digestive processes that the host animal's cells cannot. Some strains of bacteria are more helpful than others, and some can even be dangerous if they have high levels. These are not probiotic bacteria, but infectious bacteria. When the balance of good bacteria and bad bacteria is thrown off for whatever reason, health problems can result.

A theory is that cats in the wild would eat an entire fresh carcass, intestines and all, and consume a daily dose of bacteria and enzymes from their prey this way, and in processed pet food they do not have this benefit, so adding probiotics and enzymes to their diet replicates that.
 
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That is so awesome how you described the difference. Our cats sometimes seem to not feel well. They also fight with other cats unfortunately every now and then. That makes them sick. One of our cats throws up after he eats...  after a fight and he has some kind of abcess.  And so now I hope this can settle stomachs and be healthy for them. Thanks for the website information. That's awesome too.
 
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I give probiotics and enzymes to my cat. I use PB 8 Nutrition Now acidophilus, and it works wonderfully for my cat's constipation an at a great price on Amazon. I also add a little of the Mercola pet digestive enzymes to her food each day, but I may or may not keep that up after I finish the tub. I'm not sure I notice a huge difference with and without the enzymes.

Digestive enzymes and probiotics both occur naturally in the digestive system and they help animals digest the food by breaking it down. Enzymes are non-living proteins that break apart molecules. Probiotics are bacteria that live symbiotically within the host. The colon provides for their needs, and in return they perform digestive processes that the host animal's cells cannot. Some strains of bacteria are more helpful than others, and some can even be dangerous if they have high levels. These are not probiotic bacteria, but infectious bacteria. When the balance of good bacteria and bad bacteria is thrown off for whatever reason, health problems can result.

A theory is that cats in the wild would eat an entire fresh carcass, intestines and all, and consume a daily dose of bacteria and enzymes from their prey this way, and in processed pet food they do not have this benefit, so adding probiotics and enzymes to their diet replicates that.
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