Re: Natren Probiotics Products

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From: " Barb " <barb1283@...>

book, " Listening to your Gut " and others.

> They mention pets and my cat does eat plain

> organic yogurt! I was shocked he would eat it

> but is used to it. I gave it to him when he had

> diahrea from antibiotic.

Barb: Is plain organic yogurt good for kittens and cats

on a now and then basis - or only to replace bacteria

lost from antibiotics?

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I don't know but my 'kitten' responded well to it and he seemed to

like it. I figured we must have lactobacillus so natural for us

because of milk and kittens are mammals also fed on milk at birth so

figured it would be a natural substance for them. My kitten had

diahrea very badly and I didn't give it to him then because I didn't

want to fool around on my own as he was only about 8 weeks old. I

took him to animal emergency clinic. Luckily for him and I he had

some diahrea there and they were able to test it there and diagnosed

him with a particular parasite/bug and we came home with an

antibiotic. He was dehydrated too so put some water with a syringe

right under his skin, like a camel with a hump of water. They said

that is only way to get water in without him throwing it up. That

made him feel better right away. Vet said that he may have the runs

for a couple more days after I start the antibiotic but he should

start to feel better. I gave it to him before we went to bed that

night and in the morning first thing I gave him some organic yogurt I

keep around for myself and added one lactobacillus tablet to it to

make it a bit stronger. I offered it to him and he ate it. This

first day and onward he seemed to feel fine. We didn't even go

through a day or two more of feeling ill like vet said we might. He

started bouncing around and no diahrea anymore. I gave him the

antibiotic every night and the lactobacillus every morning until the

a/b was all used up and few more days, so??? OH, I've to amend this

without rewriting it, I put the crushed up lactobacillus into some

baby food meat, not yogurt I'm now remembering. Baby food meat is

very bland and vet recommended offering him that instead of cat food

but I added the lactobacillus tablet to it.

He loves baby food meat. He would rush me in getting it to him as

soon as he smelled the open container. My crushing the lactobaccilus

tablet up and adding it added extra time that he had to wait. Funny

thing was one morning, I took lacto tablet out of frig and placed on

counter preparing to crush it and kitty swooped up the tablet and

chewed it on it's own! I wasn't sure if that meant he liked it or he

was hurrying me along - animals may be smarter than we know. Anyway,

I realized I had to be careful handling medicine around him that

isn't for him.

I eat yogurt a lot of course and he wanted some so offered him the

plain stuff I eat thinking he would walk away from that but he ate it

so when I have it I put a dab on a dish for him if he wants some.

The kind I get is full fat, not low fat, so a bit tastier than the

low fat I think.

I notice on the Natren site it has a dog version, a cat version and a

horse version with a little different bacteria but I noticed the cat

version had the lactobacillus in it. I didn't check the dog, etc.

since I don't have a dog.

Cats are such finicky eaters that if I think it wasn't good for him,

he wouldn't be attracted to it, has no sugar or anything, just

yogurt. I give him a dab if he wants it. I only am concerned about

his teeth when I give him anything other than dry cat food because I

don't want to have to brush his teeth. I don't like to even brush my

own!

He may develope problem with digesting the lactose but I would

imagine he would stay away from it on his own if he gets

indigestion. I don't know that. I only give him a small dab anyway.

I'm sure giving him a lacto tablet when he is ill would be okay.

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> ----- Original Message -----

> From: " Barb " <barb1283@y...>

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> Barb: Is plain organic yogurt good for kittens and cats

> on a now and then basis - or only to replace bacteria

> lost from antibiotics?

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If you have pet cats, you can go to About.com cat forum and ask

question concerning care,etc. Here is link. They have dog forums

also.

http://cats.about.com/mpboards.htm

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> Barb: Is plain organic yogurt good for kittens and cats

> on a now and then basis - or only to replace bacteria

> lost from antibiotics?

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He may respond differently to yogurt when he's full grown cat than

now as a kitten though.

> I don't know but my 'kitten' responded well to it and he seemed to

> like it. I figured we must have lactobacillus so natural for us

> because of milk and kittens are mammals also fed on milk at birth

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Penny,

I found various forms of lactobacilus labeled as in the cat food I

give my kitty, Wellness Formula. I get it at pet store.

Again though, I don't know if at some point the lactose in yogurt

will begin to bother him but I think I read here that much of the

lactose in yogurt is used up by the lactobacillus culture, but??

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> ----- Original Message -----

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> Barb: Is plain organic yogurt good for kittens and cats

> on a now and then basis - or only to replace bacteria

> lost from antibiotics?