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Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: Mark on March 25, 2010, 19:38:28 PM

Title: Senilife - anyone tried it?
Post by: Mark on March 25, 2010, 19:38:28 PM
Is this snake oil or a possibilty that it really might help?. I ordered some for Alice from VetUK. It was the bit about night yowling that interested me. Also she is spending far too much time in her bed  :Luv2:
http://www.senilife.com/
Title: Re: Senilife - anyone tried it?
Post by: JackSpratt on March 25, 2010, 21:19:24 PM
Not tried it, but my sister actually gave me a leaflet on it because she thought it might help Mog. :Luv: (My sister is more of a "dog person" so I was quite touched she'd thought of her. She fusses the cats when she's round but has never chosen to take one on herself.)
Title: Re: Senilife - anyone tried it?
Post by: Gillian Harvey on March 25, 2010, 22:27:29 PM
Interesting  :) - it has pyridoxine which is vitamina B4,or is it B6? think its 6,  found it lots ofmeats esepcailly chicken, liver and kidneys. Vitamin B's are very important.
Title: Re: Senilife - anyone tried it?
Post by: Mark on March 25, 2010, 22:58:06 PM
The nutritionist recommends B vits (amongst other things) for stomach issues as well so hopefully it will help her tum as well.

I bought 30 pack for £10 - it is worth 30p a day to not have to listen to her bellowing for me - it is blood curdling  :evillaugh:

I had a quick look but will have a look tomorrow. It mentions brain synapses etc - we were doing that today  :sick: - Liz, my lecturer said we won't be doing dissections as brains are the only thing that make even her want to hurl  :sick: :evillaugh:
Title: Re: Senilife - anyone tried it?
Post by: Gillian Harvey on March 25, 2010, 23:01:44 PM
Has she had her BP checked? when Sasha came to me she was yowling lots , real blood curdling, and thats whenI found out she had high BP. Yowling's less now she's on BP tabs.
Title: Re: Senilife - anyone tried it?
Post by: Mark on March 25, 2010, 23:10:37 PM
I don't think so. I will have a word with the vet - thanks Gillian.
Title: Re: Senilife - anyone tried it?
Post by: JackSpratt on March 26, 2010, 09:16:34 AM
How much is it to have a BP test roughly?
Title: Re: Senilife - anyone tried it?
Post by: Desley (booktigger) on March 26, 2010, 10:01:33 AM
IT cost me £12 to have Ginger's tested, but that is about 4 years ago, so assume it has gone up.
Title: Re: Senilife - anyone tried it?
Post by: JackSpratt on March 26, 2010, 10:38:47 AM
I've just called my vets. It would cost around £25 apparently - I'm thinking maybe Mog would benefit; I've not had her done before because (And I know this is terribly archaic of my vets) they didn't have a machine last year! :shy: I asked my favourite vet before she emigrated if she would talk to the man who owns the practice; she obviously did. Hurrah for her! (I miss that vet....)

Mark, if you try the Senilife let me know how Alice goes with it. :hug:
Title: Re: Senilife - anyone tried it?
Post by: Millys Mum on March 26, 2010, 10:51:55 AM
Pyridoxine is b6 gillian, used to make it into a cream  ;D

Hope it works mark
Title: Re: Senilife - anyone tried it?
Post by: Mark on March 27, 2010, 00:08:25 AM
I hope so too - she was howling at 2am. I had 3 hours sleep the night before at 4 last night  :Crazy:
Title: Re: Senilife - anyone tried it?
Post by: Desley (booktigger) on March 27, 2010, 09:08:31 AM
I'd definitely get her bp checked Mark, and poss her thyroid levels.
Title: Re: Senilife - anyone tried it?
Post by: JackSpratt on March 27, 2010, 09:09:37 AM
I hope so too - she was howling at 2am. I had 3 hours sleep the night before at 4 last night  :Crazy:

I hear ya. :care: Mog is currently sat on my knee sniffing my hands while I try and type....she was my "furry" alarm clock yet again this morning. :tired:
Title: Re: Senilife - anyone tried it?
Post by: Mark on March 27, 2010, 12:28:42 PM
Part of the lack of sleep was assignment deadlines but I feel guilty going to bed at times. She also seems to sense college days and becomes very agitated. I suppose it is because I am bustling around feeding and doing trays while the coffee is brewing. One the days I am home, she happily settles down for a nap after breakfast. ANyway, I am off for 3 weeks so she can have some attention  :Luv2:
Title: Re: Senilife - anyone tried it?
Post by: Mark on March 30, 2010, 23:53:33 PM
It arrived today. You snip the end off a capsule and squeeze it onto the food. I put it on her Salmon but she won't touvh it. In the en, I had to give her more Salmon. She is fine with the glucosamine but not the other stuff. I will have to try some other things.