Special treat for greedy fatso hog-all-the-food cats

[columbine]

This is so cool - it's affordable, easy, and totally harmless!

Get some vitamin E capsules. Puncture one end, squeeze some onto your finger, and offer it to the overweight cat. Apparently it tastes really good to at least some cats. If Garfield likes it, let him have AS MUCH AS HE WANTS - cats CAN'T overdose on vitamin E, and in sufficient quantity, it controls appetite!

I learned this totally coincidentally, from trying to smear it on some ouchies on my cat's face. He was much more interested in licking it off my hands before it got to his face. So I looked it up, and while it may or may not have been any help to him, it's apparently a safe, reliable appetite suppressant in cats.

I also learned that catnip is an appetite STIMULANT! Yep - it gives them the munchies!

Love, Columbine

[jenluckenbach]

Fascinating!

[jennielynn1970]

I also learned that catnip is an appetite STIMULANT! Yep - it gives them the munchies!

Love, Columbine

Which is why we call it Kitty Pot... same effects as pot on humans, lol.

[AvaJoy]

Sounds like just what I would like to try on my Cochise. The picture of him in my avatar is back when I first rescued him, and he was not overweight. He is a rotund whale of a guy now! :eek:

I have a lot of E capsules since I stopped taking them after some study came out stating E wasn't all it was cracked up to be for humans. If I could put them to good use that would be great!

Thanks for sharing, and I will run it by my vet to be sure it is safe for kitties before I start to dispense to Cochise.