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Best Supplements for Cats: What to Buy, and What to Skip Here is the unpopular version, and it will save most people money. A healthy adult cat eating a complete commercial cat food does not need a supplement. That food is already formulated to cover every nutrient a cat requires, and adding more on top does not make it better. So the honest short list of things worth buying is small, and each answers a specific situation. A cat probiotic for loose stools or after a course of antibiotics, from ₹170. Omega 3 for cats with a dull or flaky coat, from ₹450. An oral rehydration powder to keep in the cupboard, from ₹38. A kitten milk replacer, urgently, if you are hand rearing. And a renal supplement only if a vet has diagnosed kidney disease. Everything else on this page is for a cat with a problem, not a cat in general. Three things to know before you add a cat multivitamin to the basket. Calcium is our biggest supplement shelf and the one a healthy cat least needs. Cats develop calcium problems on all meat and homemade diets, not on complete food. Merck Veterinary Manual: "Animals fed all-meat diets are commonly affected," and "many homemade diets for cats are deficient in minerals and fail to achieve a proper calcium-to-phosphorus ratio." The fix Merck names is "a high-quality commercial food, or a diet designed by a credentialed veterinary nutritionist." That is a diet change, not a syrup poured over a diet that was already balanced. If your cat eats a complete food, ask your vet before you buy a cat calcium supplement, especially for a growing kitten. Liver is not a supplement, and too much of it is permanent. This matters in Indian kitchens where liver is a common treat. Merck: "Cats fed excess vitamin A, usually from diets consisting largely of liver" develop "extensive exostoses, most prominent in the cervical and thoracic spine," with "neck pain and rigidity and forelimb lameness." And the part that should stop you: "Reduction of dietary vitamin A prevents furth

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