VetriScience Laboratories Vetri Lysine Plus Chews for Cats 120 Chews

I have a cat family that includes a mom and 3 kittens I fostered and then adopted. They have feline herpies and my vet recommended ongoing lysine supplementation to reduce flare ups that result in conjunctivitis. So having 6 cats, each with different food preferences I figured this could be an easy way to be sure each got the appropriate dose. BUT NOT ONE CAT WILL EAT THEM. They even pick out the pieces when I tried to chop them up and mush into canned food. Same for dicing them up and adding to dry food. So beware. Convenient if they will eat them but that is a big IF! I went back to the powder.

I used to give these to my cat Leah who has feline herpes twice a day as directed (recommended by her vet). She’s a super picky eater and USED to love these. They helped so much with her flare ups. I even have them on auto-ship. Never had a problem with her eating them before. This new bag I just got though she won’t even touch them. Which is very strange of her. She’s still eating her normal food, drinking water, and acting the same, so I know it’s not health related. They do smell a little different compared to the other bags. Like I said she’s a super picky eater (she hates wet food and most meats) so I can’t give her a powdered form of lysine. Im thinking they either tweaked the formula or this is a bad batch. Im kinda of at a stand still right now due to my ... MoreI used to give these to my cat Leah who has feline herpes twice a day as directed (recommended by her vet). She’s a super picky eater and USED to love these. They helped so much with her flare ups. I even have them on auto-ship. Never had a problem with her eating them before. This new bag I just got though she won’t even touch them. Which is very strange of her. She’s still eating her normal food, drinking water, and acting the same, so I know it’s not health related. They do smell a little different compared to the other bags. Like I said she’s a super picky eater (she hates wet food and most meats) so I can’t give her a powdered form of lysine. Im thinking they either tweaked the formula or this is a bad batch. Im kinda of at a stand still right now due to my local pet store not carrying lysine at all. Very disappointed.

My cat has used the Vetri Science lysine chews since I picked her up at an area shelter when she was 12 weeks old. I didn't realize at the time that she had that awful shelter cough/sneezing/eye gunk. I observed her for 30 minutes before making a decision to adopt her-- she was the energy and personality winner over two dozen other kittens and cats that day! The shelter did not disclose any health problem, and I had not noticed it. That's okay because I was smitten with her already when I realized the next day that she had running eyes, gooey tear ducts, and a hacking cough with sneezing. She wasn't going anywhere. Online research turned up lysine as an aid, and I settled on this well-reviewed product. It changed my kitten's health for the better within 12 hours of ... MoreMy cat has used the Vetri Science lysine chews since I picked her up at an area shelter when she was 12 weeks old. I didn't realize at the time that she had that awful shelter cough/sneezing/eye gunk. I observed her for 30 minutes before making a decision to adopt her-- she was the energy and personality winner over two dozen other kittens and cats that day! The shelter did not disclose any health problem, and I had not noticed it. That's okay because I was smitten with her already when I realized the next day that she had running eyes, gooey tear ducts, and a hacking cough with sneezing. She wasn't going anywhere. Online research turned up lysine as an aid, and I settled on this well-reviewed product. It changed my kitten's health for the better within 12 hours of eating the first chew, I kid you not. She will be six years old in August, and she still happily eats one a day. If she skips a few days like when I'm out of town and the family forgets to feed them to her, she's only a little eye-teary and sneezy by the time I get home. The consistent addition of them to her daily routine is what appears to be important, even if a few days are skipped from time to time.I did notice with dismay when I received my last order of chews a few months ago that they were very hard, an unexpected change. The bag was well sealed and the product had not expired. I've also noticed that customers who have bought chews from other companies have similar complaints about their lysine chew products that were once chewy but now hard. I wonder what has caused the change? A new manufacturing idea to prolong shelf life? I need to write Vetri Science to inquire. That said, there is a very easy way to remedy the hardness problem. I take two-weeks' worth of chews at a time and place them in a small, ziploc storage bag. Then I take a tiny piece of a fresh lettuce leaf and put that in the bag with the chews. Seal the bag. By the next day, the chews are nice and, er, chewy :) Take the piece of leaf out or the chews will get too soft. The moisture from the leaf bit is just right to moisten a small bag of hardened chews. My cat never lets a crumb of these things go to waste. She loves them, and she only likes to eat wet seafood for her meals, never any other kind of meat. I don't understand why she likes the taste of chicken liver, being a seafood gal and all. It doesn't matter.Plus, these are made in the USA, which is a huge plus when I make nutritional decisions for my pets.