Deb and Tiger
Very Active Member
Hello everyone. Hope everyone is doing well.
Tiger is still up and down with his numbers but we will be increasing later this week. I have been more worried about his lack of activity and sleepiness more than his numbers lately. I was to the point I thought we would loose him sooner than later. We started him on Cosequin about a month ago when he started coming out of the box wet about half the time. The vet had done tests and all were good. She thought it might be arthritis and that Cosequin might help.
I started with a low dose for a few weeks. And then upped it a couple weeks ago. All this time he grew more lethargic to the point one day he hadn’t gone to the box for 12 hours. I picked him up and took him and put him in the box. He did his pee and poop and went right back to sleep. I racked my brain and the only thing different was we had added Cosequin.
I discontinued the Cosequin 5 days ago and everyday he has gotten better. Visiting his box 3-4 times a day, visiting “Mr sunshine” in the window, begging for food etc. I read everything about the side effects and only 1 place said anything about these side effects. So it’s something to keep in mind before giving it. I know lots of folks use it with no problem but we could not.
just putting this out there for anyone who might be thinking about trying it, so you can watch for unlisted side effects.
Have a good night everyone!
Tiger is still up and down with his numbers but we will be increasing later this week. I have been more worried about his lack of activity and sleepiness more than his numbers lately. I was to the point I thought we would loose him sooner than later. We started him on Cosequin about a month ago when he started coming out of the box wet about half the time. The vet had done tests and all were good. She thought it might be arthritis and that Cosequin might help.
I started with a low dose for a few weeks. And then upped it a couple weeks ago. All this time he grew more lethargic to the point one day he hadn’t gone to the box for 12 hours. I picked him up and took him and put him in the box. He did his pee and poop and went right back to sleep. I racked my brain and the only thing different was we had added Cosequin.
I discontinued the Cosequin 5 days ago and everyday he has gotten better. Visiting his box 3-4 times a day, visiting “Mr sunshine” in the window, begging for food etc. I read everything about the side effects and only 1 place said anything about these side effects. So it’s something to keep in mind before giving it. I know lots of folks use it with no problem but we could not.
just putting this out there for anyone who might be thinking about trying it, so you can watch for unlisted side effects.
Have a good night everyone!
An increase is a good idea.
. Glad you figured out what was impacting Tiger.
