Under the Weather Pet Electrolytes Ready Cal Plus Gel for Cats | Vet-Formulated High-Calorie Supplement for Cats & Kittens | Promotes Weight Gain & Boosts Energy for Sick Felines | 3.5 Oz Tube Pack

This literally saved my cats LIFE. He's 17 and all of the sudden just stopped eating and drinking. Where normally he is always at my feet wanting food. He went from that to not eating for 5 days. I was trying to squirt water in his mouth because I could see and feel how dehydrated he was. At his age I wasn't about to take him to a vet because the stress of that alone would have killed him. I somehow found this googling what I could do for help. I ordered it. Got it the next day. Administered it immediately, and within 3 hours he started to eat again. It was just a little the first day but by the second and third day he was eating more than he has in over 2 years. I literally have no idea how this worked but I was seriously preparing myself for the worst and it was making me sick. I only gave him half the recommended dose the first day for fear he would have a bad reaction. He had zero side effects. Yesterday I bought him a piece of fish and chicken from long johns and he ate both other then the breading I took off in it's entirety. I also got him a vanilla frosty from Wendy's and he drank a 4th of that. It is amazing and I thank whoever made this. It literally saved my cats life. And whoever it was that said in another review they wish the tube was bigger ? It's HUGE!

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Mr. Kain was unfortunately surrendered some time before his 7th birthday. He lost a lot of weight and was very boney when I adopted him. He didn't have much of an appetite unfortunately either. I purchased this after finding out there is an animal version of calorie gel. He is a picky eater and refused it outright so I mixed it in with wet food. He obligated and ate *some* but some is better than none. After about a week, his appetite started to return but he mainly wanted kibble and not wet food. With a bit of argument and a truce, I agreed to give kibble mixed with treats ONLY after he has a serving of wet food and eats it all. I believe we are going on three weeks now and his spine doesn't feel as prominent. I will say that I did forgo the gel the week prior to cycle the gel. I want him to gain weight but not overload him. Hopefully in about a month, he will develop a nice, soft layer of fat to thicken him up. He thinks he's he's getting spoiled with treats when the plan is to get some chub all along. Silly man. ❤️

My 16 year old kitty had been throwing up hard food for weeks, so we stopped giving to her. The only thing she would eat and not throw up was tuna water. So tuna fish with extra water in it. She was good for several months and they she started to get sick again. She was below 8lbs. We took her to a vet several times and they wanted to do an ultrasound that was going to cost over $3k. We can’t afford that so they just said to make her comfy. Well when she spent two days throwing up and refusing to eat anything including her treats I was like well maybe this is it. Maybe it’s her time. I scheduled the appt to put her down. They had an opening in two weeks. I was on amazon looking for stuff to help her and I came across this. She won’t lick it from my fingers so I put it on her favorite vitamin treats. I make a little sandwich out of the treats and give her 4. It’s so crazy. She is actually eating again. She hasn’t thrown up at all. I am hoping that she will gain more weight. But I am beyond thrilled she is a little fighter. I cancelled her appointment

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.

I rarely leave reviews unless a product is so bad nobody should ever buy it or so good everyone should buy it. This is a so good everyone should buy it. If you have a pet, you need this in your arsenal of home remedies. I'm pretty sure it saved my Yorkie's life until I could get her to the vet. She had vomiting and diarrhea so bad she couldn't walk. She is only 5 lbs and dehydrates very quickly. I gave her 1/8 of a tsp 4 x a day (to keep her blood sugar level) until she could eat again. I will never be without it.