Glucosamine supplements

I had a long chat on the phone with Pandoras TED this morning about the
use of Glucosamine supplements for her back legs. One brand that was

jmcquown...

(snippage)

Dad took L-Glucosamine when he was going through chemo. It came in a powder
form (strawberry or vanilla flavour) and he bought it at a health food
store. Mix with water. I'm not sure you can get a cat to drink it, but
maybe the powder could be mixed with some gooshy food?

mentioned in conversation was "Glyco-Flex", and he said that he'd not
had good results with it as the tablets were HUGE for a cat, stank of
really strong fish, and 90% of cats wouldn't tolerate them in that they
refused to eat them. He suggested we try a liquid form of something
similar, something called "Arthriaid" - although he'd never actually
used it himself in patients he'd heard it had reasonable results.

He's very forward thinking and is very open to holistic treatments to
try and help a chronic condition rather than push a more conventional
route. He's also unhappy about the long term effects of a NSAID such as
Metacam and has said he's not prepared to prescribe it for long term use
in a 6 1/2 year old cat, which is fair enough.

What do people here use for a glucosamine supplement in cats? Gordon, I
know you mentioned something, but I can't find the post. Do your cats
tolerate eating it, or food with it in?

Ta muchly

Helen M

Smokie Darling (Annie)...

Ummmm, I used to use K-9 Liquid Health (with Chondroitin and MSM) for
Nicodemus (my Siamese RB 5/2003). I used to put about 2cc in a syringe
and squirted it into her mouth. She didn't care for it, but she'd
drink it that way (she was approx 20 yrs when I started using it in
1999). Worked really well for her. Bought it from the vet, maybe your
vet has something similar?

Smokie Darling (Annie)