Heather B
Junior Guinea Pig
Quick question- how do you feed this and at what dosage? Thanks 
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Cystease
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Quick question- how do you feed this and at what dosage? Thanks
Hi
We recommend Feliway cystease capsules for cats (UK brand). You can find it widely online or even in a pet shop.
Empty the contents of one capsule into 2 ml of water, shake until mixed and shake before use. Keep in the fridge between use. I keep little vets or human medicine bottles this purpose.
You can either syringe 1 ml of the mix twice daily or give 2 ml once daily. During a flare you can give one capsule twice daily for 2-3 days to cap it more quickly, provided it makes a difference for your piggy. You can also give a double dosage for the first week to help getting on top of symptoms more quickly although it may take longer for the glucosamine to be absorbed and processed. It is a slow and gradual process but it is worth it.
Most piggies are fine with the taste. Alternatively you can try it on their favourite veg but I have had piggies who would nibble around it and leave the powder. That's why I prefer to syringe to make sure that everything has gone in.
Heather B
Junior Guinea Pig
Thanks very much! I hugely appreciate the thorough advice 
I tried to mix it with water last night and it was a proper water and oil situation- it just sat in globs 
I’m a ‘syringer’ too by preference 
I tried to mix it with water last night and it was a proper water and oil situation- it just sat in globs I’m a ‘syringer’ too by preference
Thanks very much! I hugely appreciate the thorough advice
The powder takes a while to be absorbed and more water if needed. That why I usually preferred to do a two day batch in one go.
The positive side about it is that it tastes best and therefore much easier to give to your piggies - no big battles.
Heather B
Junior Guinea Pig
Thank you very much again. I’ll track down one of those wee medicine tube
Thank you very much again. I’ll track down one of those wee medicine tube
Pharmacies also have them for patient orders.
Heather B
Junior Guinea Pig
Is it possible that this can increase bladder sludge? There is definitely more than before 
is it possible there’s more as it’s helping to clear the bladder?
is it possible there’s more as it’s helping to clear the bladder?
Is it possible that this can increase bladder sludge? There is definitely more than before
Sorry, that is not a question I am able to answer.
Heather B
Junior Guinea Pig
Hiya,
Just checking it’s 1 capsule per 2mls of water? I saw a thread from 2020 that you’d said to use 12mls of water so just checking that’s not a typo x
That's a typo, unfortunately; it should have been 1-2 ml.
1 ml makes it rather thick due to the carrier powder that is used in my own experience. I found it much easier to give and dose with 2 ml.
It doesn't matter whether you want to thin it out even further, as long as you give the same proportion of your mixture each time (all of it; half or a quarter) so the same amount of active ingredients (i.e. the cystease powder) reach your piggy each time.