Pet Naturals Lysine for Cats, Chicken Flavor, 60 Chews - Immune and Respiratory Support for Cats - No Wheat or Corn - Vet Recommended

My cats are used to homemade food and treats, so use that to gauge whether or not your cats will eat these. These are high quality not only because of the ingredients; they are a good size, come in a cute tuna fish shape, you get a good quantity for the price, and you can smell the supplement smell when you open the package like you can when you open up human supplements (e.g., vitamin D, fish oil, gelatin, etc.). I was worried that this fact would ensure they would not eat these, but they come running for these like their other "junk food" treats. These are so good for my cats, thank you so much. Best wishes to all of the pets out there.

I have five cats and one mainly who has upper respiratory issues that come and go. I had never heard of lysine until a couple of years ago when a friend of mine had told me about it. Before that, it was trips to the vet for him. Once I learned about lysine, I first tried the small lysine bites, but he hated them. Then I tried the powder and would mix it with soft food when he needed it. Then that particular brand went out of stock and I had to order another which he did not like. I recently ordered a paste thinking he’d like it, but he didn’t. A few days ago I came across these treats and I’ve been giving one a day to all of my cats(not just the picky one)and to my surprise, every single one of them devour them. They stink to me, but they like them. They are big, but they are soft enough that I’m able to break them into a few pieces into their food at feeding time and they search them out and eat them before their regular food. As to their effectiveness, not sure yet, but I’ll update once they’ve been using it for a few weeks. So if you’ve got a cat as picky as mine(he won’t even eat hard cat treats🙄) this might be a win for you.

***Updated Review***The cats are about 2 years old and they can eat these now. As older kittens (9 months) they really couldn't eat them, the treats were too large and they had trouble chewing. They also seemed to really dislike the taste. Now they will eat them, they're still not super thrilled about them. Sometimes I need to break the treat in two and they seem to sniff it and be more interested then. They still struggle to chew it some but usually manage to eat it with minimal encouraging.The amount of lysine per treat is good, so only two to three per cat per day. Their eyes always seem to stay healthy when they get these once a day, if I go a few days to a week without, they both start to itch their eyes and they get runny. So I do think it keeps the herp at bay.The price is so much better here than PetSmart or PetCo. Those places sell this for about 10 to 15. The closest pet store to me sells only one type of lysine treat (not this kind) and it's 20$ for a bag of 60 treats! Crazy. Very glad to buy them here, for less money. Delivery was again prompt and packaging was fine.**Older 2 star review **The product shipped quickly and was as advertised. However, one cat really disliked the treats, the other wasn't thrilled but would eat them. I think they are too large, and the texture is chewy, my cats kept spitting them out trying to chew but giving up. To get the less picky one to eat it, I have to break it up into bits. For the picky one, I crushed the treat with a fork and mixed it into wet food. For a few days he wouldn't eat the wet food with the treat in it, but he's eating it a little now. Still, he's not thrilled by them.There is no way to test if a cat would like these before buying, but I would say if your cats don't typically eat larger chewy foods they may dislike this treat. The length is a little less than 1 inch long and about .5 inch wide, .25 inch depth. Fish shaped, chicken flavored. Larger than any other cat treat I've seen, I didn't think about the size of a treat before purchasing though.

These are hard, not chewy. Our cat refuses to eat them. I have tried various methods such as breaking into small pieces, grinding into powder in the food processor and mixing into wet cat food. She will not eat them in any form. We may have to return them.

This worked on my cat to stop the sneezing he gets with calici virus. But it’s little chews and after awhile he stopped wanting to eat them. They began to dry out, even with conscientious bag-closing, and as they dried out, he refused them. I wound up crushing them to mix in his food, but that was a pain. Now I buy a fine granule product that mixes into wet food and doesn’t loose quality over time.