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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / April 2007Potassium supplementation
I have been supplementing Alex, my CRF kitty, with a prescription malt-flavored potassium supplement gel from the veterinarian. The price for one tube of the gel is $27. My sister, who has also had a CRF kitty in the past, told me that her veterinarian advised her to just sprinkle some LoSalt on her cat's food. For anyone who doesn't know, LoSalt is a potassium-based salt substitute for people who are supposed to be limiting their intake of sodium, usually because of high blood pressure. It is very inexpensive and readily available on the supermarket shelf. I have in the back of my head that I once read (on this forum) that using products like LoSalt is not a good idea for potassium supplementation for cats, but I don't remember for sure, and if so, I can't remember what was the reason. Anyone? Thanks in advance. Best regards, ---Cindy S. >I have been supplementing Alex, my CRF kitty, with a prescription >malt-flavored potassium supplement gel from the veterinarian. The price for [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Best regards, > ---Cindy S. I don't know about the effect on cats, but I have a salt-substitute handy and can give you the ingredients: Contains: Potassium chloride, fumaric acid, tricalcium phosphate and monocalcium phosphate. Off the top of my head, I would say that maybe that much phosphate wouldn't be good for a cat (I know Phil is always telling us that we need to look for cat food with a low phosphate content. Hugs, CatNipped > "cindys" <cstein1@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message snip >> I have in the back of my head that I once read (on this forum) that using >> products like LoSalt is not a good idea for potassium supplementation for [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > wouldn't be good for a cat (I know Phil is always telling us that we need > to look for cat food with a low phosphate content. -------- And phosphorous is especially bad for a kitty with CRF (some CRF kitties even need to take medicine to *bind* phosphorous to assist in eliminating it). That answers my question. Thank you. Best regards, ---Cindy S. >I have been supplementing Alex, my CRF kitty, with a prescription >malt-flavored potassium supplement gel from the veterinarian. The price for [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Best regards, > ---Cindy S. This article advises giving cats a salt substitute as a supplement when feeding a home-made diet: http://www.api4animals.org/articles?p=360&more=1 - in fact if you google "cats salt substitute" you'll see pages of links to recipes using it, so I'm guessing it's OK. Hugs, CatNipped I used powder potassium supplement from medi-vet.com, they also have gel. Very reasonable prices and fast shipping. Nancy > I have been supplementing Alex, my CRF kitty, with a prescription > malt-flavored potassium supplement gel from the veterinarian. The price for [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Best regards, > ---Cindy S. |
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