Vitamin for senior cat

[SanFranBear]

My lovely DCat needs to move onto senior food following a vet consult (he's 11 and I feel very guilty I haven't done it sooner, especially as it looks like he may have developed arthritis - hence the vet consult).

I got some senior food from the vets whilst we get him stabilised on his pain meds. However, as is always the case, I've not long done a big bulk buy of food from Zooplus and can't really afford to just scrap it and start again (especially as it's looking like hes going to need the pain meds full time) and wondered if anyone could recommend a vitamin powder or similar I could add to his current wet food to make it 'senior' until it runs out? Its better quality meat wise than the vets stuff as well...

Of course, if this is a dreadful idea, I will of course replace as he means the world to our little family but wouldn't mind saving a few pennies!!

Amazon sell salmon oil, I bet there’s an online pharmacy selling vitamins for cats.

I mean, the quality of the meat is the main thing isn’t it?.

The salmon oil is an excellent idea - I will have a look. I've looked online and there are all sorts of vitamin powders and pastes you can buy but I don't know which I need. Presume senior food is designed to increase the good stuff that helps kidneys and eyes and joints..

On the plus side, his meds seem to have worked wonders on him today and he's been jumping and shouting at me like he used to. He must have been in pain for such a long time (the muscles on his rear legs have wasted away a bit). I feel dreadfully guilty so really want to help him..

Mine are both 16ish, and I don't feed them senior food. They get a glucosamine and fish oil tablet ground up in their food twice a day. Not being fed senior food hasn't affected them, one seems convinced he's still invincible and indestructible.

Thanks for that... he is loving the food I got at the vets but its Royal Canin so it's not just expensive, its also not great quality! I will get some fish type oil/tabs to bung in his current food (Animonda Carny). I can see they do a senior version which I might try?

And the pain meds are definitely helping him hugely - he was like his old self when I got in from work and was actually running around.. such a change from the last few weeks where he's hardly moved off the sofa!

I’d try the senior version, god knows what goes rc. He must be feeling so much better.