Under the Weather Pet | Ready Cal for Dogs 100cc | High Calorie Supplement | Weight Gainer and High Calorie Booster | 10 Vitamins, 7 Minerals & Omega Fatty Acids

I wasn’t sure on whether or not to purchase this product due to the few comments saying their pet passed away even after trying it out. I am so glad that we decided to try it. My three year old pug got sick about a month ago with diarrhea and was not able to eat. We took her to the Vet and she got better with meds, but was still very low energy, and would barely eat. We have been concerned that she might not make it because she has been basically slowly starving herself. I have tried all sorts of different foods and nothing has worked. I gave her one dose of this product earlier today when it arrived, and she is already eating more, and her energy level is already going back up. She isn’t completely back to normal and I will probably continue to give it to her until she is back to her regular appetite but I think it’s safe to say it has saved her life and I couldn’t be more grateful to have more time with my for baby!

This is Great for sick kittens/cats! The added electrolytes is a big bonus! It helped save my rescue kitten!

I don't have a great story to tell about the outcome of using this unfortunately, but it does seem to be a good product. My 7 year old cat became sick with what we thought was a respiratory illness and had the sniffles for almost a month before she stopped eating and drinking completely. She was in and out of the vet and given antibiotics, an appetite stimulator, and subcutaneous fluids once she stopped eating on her own, but still was weak and staggering around the house. She went from over 12 pounds to just 7 during the last week and I was concerned she was getting to the point of organ failure so I ordered this to help. I had been syringe feeding her cat milk and chicken baby food but I was not able to get enough food and liquid in her to make a difference. By the time this gel arrived (it came rather quickly but her illness escalated to dire within just a couple days), we had rushed her to the pet ER and she was diagnosed with a nasal tumor that entered her brain and she started seizing every 15 minutes or so despite steroids and anti seizure meds. The vet neurologist & oncologist gave me the heart breaking news that we didn't have any more options at this point to treat her and the only meds they could offer were palliative. We brought her home for a day to say goodbye and I did feed her a bit of this supplement to hopefully keep her more comfortable until her final appointment when she humanely crossed the rainbow bridge.Sadly, my cat had an aggressive terminal cancer that the vets were not able to diagnose in time to save her life, but this gel is good to have around the house if you have pets. Now that I have found out this exists, I am going to keep a tube of it around the house at all times just in case. I have 5 other cats and a dog, all of whom could benefit from this if anything comes out that makes eating difficult. I have a cat with stomatitis whose gums get inflamed so she stops eating until the steroids and antibiotics help the inflammation. Lysine helps to prevent it so she gets that every day with her food, but having this in the cupboard is an insurance policy that I can help right away if it's off hours and the vet isn't open. I also have a 10 year old cat with a large sarcoma tumor that cannot be fully extracted on his jaw who is healthy as a horse at this point (and has outlived his 6 month prognosis by a year and half now), but that could change quickly. I ordered this in September of 2020 and the expiration date on the tube is June 2022 so it is well worth the money to stock it. Hopefully I don't have to use it and all my furry family members stay healthy for a long time to come.

Yeah, forget the directions to dab a little on a paw and let the cat lick it off. My cat was horrified at being smudged. She wouldn’t lick it off a plate either. I didn’t like taking a glob and shoving it into her mouth, and you should’ve seen her incredibly unhappy and disgusted face the one time I did.I got this to increase the calories my cat took in during a time she was too sick to eat well or enough. On that count, it’s fine and does offer calories and some nutrients. The issue is getting it into your cat.This stuff is thick- you can’t syringe it in, and it doesn’t mix into food easily. What I ended up doing was putting a teaspoon of this and a teaspoon and a half of baby food in a tiny container and microwaving it 8 seconds. Then I could stir it all together, let it cool and syringe feed it.All the high calorie gels have questionable ingredients that you probably wouldn’t want to give your cat long term but this stuff *did* help keep weight on my cat til she recovered sufficiently to eat more on her own. At the same time I used this, I also tried the Tomlyn brand. I prefer that one - it’s far easier to get out of the tube and (after heating with some baby food) it mixed better. It’s also less expensive and not in a big inconvenient container like Under the Weather.I also tried Richard’s Organics which was thicker than the Tomlyn or Under the Weather. It was the hardest to squeeze out of the tube and more difficult to mix in.I’m definitely not a veterinarian but as a consumer I’d suggest that any high calorie gel is probably not enough to keep your cat going, even if you follow the directions. It certainly won’t fill an empty belly (which must be uncomfortable) or keep them eliminating regularly. Not eating can become habitual so stop it fast.What we did for our 8 pound cat: Got some of the Gerber (meat only) “2nd foods” for “sitters” (on the label).They have:TurkeyChickenHamBeefRead labels. In most other brands, the calories are lower per jar.You can also easily heat, mix and syringe with Hill’s A/D diet as it’s liquidy and nutritious. You need a prescription for this food from your vet.Even mixing a teaspoon of the gel with 1 1/2 teaspoons of food, you end up with a bunch of syringes of food. You look at it all and wonder how you can possibly get it into your pet, so many little syringes.Hey, it’s your pet’s life. Get someone to help if you can. Wrap that baby up in a towel or blanket like a burrito. Put the burrito on a towel or sheet you don’t care about to catch any droppings. Gently lift the side of the lip and get the food in there 1 ml at a time. Chase with some water syringes at the end.It’s not fun but it may keep your pet alive. We’ve done this twice a day now for 10 weeks. Our girl is just now starting to get back to more regular eating and moving around again. Worth it? Definitely.This is NOT intended as veterinary advice. If you have a vet who’ll give you feeding guidelines, follow that advice. Our cat had 2 different vets (regular vet and internal medicine specialist) and neither one had any ideas. I’m just saying what we came up with and apparently worked. Best wishes to you with your pet.