VETIQ Nutri-Vit Plus Immune Booster Nutritional Supplement Paste for Cats & Kittens 12+ Weeks Recovering from Illness, Helps to Provide Extra Energy & Nutrition, 70 g (Pack of 1)

It's quite a pricey vitamin supplement in a tube similar to a toothpaste - it's gooey, stinky, and sticky. The cat hates it, but I am telling you, it works! Background: I have 2 Maine Coons and one of them had a nasty cold in Jan/Feb this year - runny nose, watery eyes, sore throat, sneezing - just like humans. He did not want to eat almost anything and lost a lot of weight. He literally survived on those licky yoghurty things for cats - he was able to eat few of these per day, but they don't have a lot of nutritional value. My cat is now 12 years old, so I was VERY worried he wanted to finish his earthly existence. The cold was gone, but the appetite did not return - he became awfully fragile and skinny. Not interested in cat food at all, just few morsels per day - way too little. I started giving this vitamin cream straight away, 9 days ago - smeared on his front paws twice per day. He absolutely hated this, but was unable to resist and had to clean it off - the first noticeable difference was on day 3 - my senior Maine Coon ate 1/3 of his meal for first time in 2 months. Today is day 9 of twice per day administration of this yuckiness - my cat has gained 150 g in weight! And ate 2/3 of his normal portion plus 1/2 of raw chicken breast cut in tiny pieces! My cat looks much better, is interested in what's going on and follows me around the house - he even jumps on the counters and tables again! Fur is a bit sticky, but I don't care at this stage. He still has about 1-1.5 kg to gain back, but I can already see it is working well. I am telling you, if you are in a similar situation and it is safe to do so - TRY IT. It might save your beloved pet.

Worked well for my cat, leaves coat shiny, instant relieve, easy to digest

This paste is useful to help cat regain it's appetite. I would only use for cats who need bringing back to health or off their food for a period. If your cat is off their food it may be the food itself which doesn't agree with them. If you feed any mammal sugars it will increase insulin in their body and make them hungrier.. If you have a sugary/ high carbohydrate breakfast you will probably be hungrier than you would if you had a high protein diet. So in that way this will stimulate appetite and is very helpful for cats in dire health situations who will not eat at all. It does have some useful added vitamins but I would not use this as a daily supplement for regular healthy cats.. just in times when cats are either ill or off their food. Cats need meat and that means meat. I recommend speaking to a holistic cat nutritionist who can advise on a whole food balanced natural diet. But for very poorly felines and stressed cats off their food this is useful for short periods.

My very poorly cat wouldn’t eat this, it smells like marmite and I tried disguising a little in a lick treat and putting it on her paws and chin. Sadly I can’t rate its efficacy.

Take note that a lot of the negative reviews and thus the overall product rating is from the dog stool product and not the Cat vitamin paste. This is particularly unhelpful to both the product (which is excellent) and the buyer . The Vitamin paste for cats is an excellent product . However it is also rated down by those who have no clue on administration. Wiping it on a cats paw , only to have the cat flick or wipe it off on something does NOT constitute rating down a good product that could help a sick cat !!!! Only some cats will lick food off their paws . If you are syringe feeding a sick cat this can be blended (takes a while ) till it disappears with cooked chicken breast and water . I would not mix it with actual cat food as it may be a bit overpowering taste and mouth feel wise . If you are syringe feeding make sure you read tutorials on how to avoid issues, starting with small sized syringes .

Good product, works well over a period of time like any vitamin. Some of our cats really loved this & took to the smell & taste quickly rather than the liquid & you don’t have to put this in the fridge. The negative side is the stickiness if you have a cat that values his coat , then you have to try to coax him/ her to have some on a treat as it doesn’t mix in food well at all. With our poorly rag doll we ended up switching to liquid & kept this “toffee “ one for others that preferred the texture. Price is reasonable for this type of product & size.

Cat hates the taste, won't touch the product, if mixed with food will leave all of it

This is moomin, she's 15 years old and has always been a skinny small girl but within the last year or so her appetite has really decreased and I noticed her losing weight. All blood tests were done about 3 months ago and were all normal but vet agreed she was rather skinny. Moomin is also the fussiest eater EVER! The only thing I can get her to eat is applaws wet cat food in broth the tuna one and royal canine dry biscuits but even those are a miss occasionally. I came across this 5 days ago and so glad I did! Not going to lie, moomin hates the taste she won't have it on her food or even lick it off her paws I have to smear it on her gums and have her wrapped in a towel, it's very thick like marmite so hard to administer but I'll continue to do it if it means she gets all the vitamins she needs. We are on day 5 and the last two days she has come down for her breakfast in the morning ate nearly a quarter and I've seen her eating her dry food during the day. The biggest noticeable improvement I've seen is the fact she will now eat dreamies as a treat! Before she would always turn her nose up even at the tuna ones but today she took x5 from me very happily! I've definitely seen a improvement with her appetite and long may it continue. As long as my old girl continues to want and eat food that's all I can ask for from this product and I'm very happy I found it!