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Abymummy
Joined: 31 Jan 2006
Posts: 74
Location: Kuala Lumpur
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| Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:49 am Post subject: Vitamin C for cats? |
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Hi Docs,
I've heard that giving your sick cat extra buffered or slow release Vit C is good for them...true? If so, how much should you give? Is there a specific formula of Vit C to weight?
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kraniumz
Joined: 20 Sep 2006
Posts: 25
Location: KL
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| Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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| From what ive learnt vitamin C mostly help with preventing stones in the kidney as it makes the urine more acidy. Cats however are able to synthesize their own source of vitamin C. Since Vitamin C is water soluble, it is relatively save to administrator supplements. Less than 100mg per day is advisable. |
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Dr Nat
Joined: 07 Dec 2005
Posts: 1834
Location: Klang Valley
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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As far as I know, vit C is a good anti-oxidant. People has claimed that vit C is good for their pets, but I personally have not used them, so I cant really make any comments on it. But I don't see any harm in giving them the vit C. If you do try it out, do share with us the results! :)
Some people have used up to 1500mg per dog. But I'm not sure what is the dosage for cats.
p.s. sorry for the delay in this reply, I missed it initially. |
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