Need liquid B. How do you get away?

First, I wanted to thank Kris and Teasel for so much help and guidance. It's taken about three weeks, but now I feel like I have a little bit of a handle on dealing with the timing, the doses, etc. Each blood test does not send my adrenaline flowing, which is such a relief. I'm so grateful to have a mentor, and really appreciate this site and Kris.

An continuing problem is hind leg weakness, neuropathy. Java's getting weekly B12 shots, and I was sprinkling Jarrow's B-Right on his food. I stopped for a while because he was finding it unpalatable, and now realize it has 50 mg of inositol, which probably makes it not good? Can anyone recommend another source of B complex, preferably liquid that I can squirt into his mouth? I'm hoping that will help with his legs, which are looking more and more skinny and painful.

Relatedly, how would I know if it's partly, say, arthritis, and if I should get painkillers? If it's diabetic neuropathy, can painkillers ever help? What painkillers or analgesics are there for diabetic cats?

I also was wondering how people deal with going away. I've changed theater subscriptions so that I am home for the PMPT, and made other changes so that I'm around to be here for Java. He's very old, so I'm aware this is essentially hospice care. But I'd really like to go away for 2 days when an old friend comes to visit. If you don't have a significant other to stay home and take care of the cat, what solutions have people come up with to take time away from your cat? Thanks.

 

My vets office has a large staff, some of whom have constant-care cats and no kids at home. Since they do not have staff on overnight duty all I can do is plead/bribe/beg for a little assistance. There's always some legal or moral issue involved and they really have to believe you when you say you won't hold anyone responsible. I don't really trust, with all my heart, the local kennel which boards up to 500 dogs and cats at a time. Your cat is just a number. There are always live-in sitters but be ready to open your wallet.

 

This summer we went overnight twice. Once for two nights and once for one night. When we went away two nights we boarded her at the vet.
When we rare gone one night we shot her in the morning then just skipped the evening shot and got her when we got him mud morning the next day. She wasn't much higher than normal.


Now she's in remission we thought GREAT! WE CAN go away longer this summer and just have the in laws feed.... But a few weeks later my ckd boy wound up on meds twice a day. Can't win. Lol

 

I don't know another B12 source but I am sure others may know--have you considered adequan for the arthritis? My guys are 17 and 18 and run 4 flights of stairs .... I love adequan!
@Kris & Teasel are awesome!

 

Thank you!

 

That's weird, I was sure there were other replies here. Where'd they go? There were some about B vitamins.

 

I don't get this. When I click.on last alerts, I see other messages, starting with from Squallie's mom. But when I click on the thread, they're gone. How can it be both?
I've never heard of adequan; I'll look it up.

I talked to my vet today about cyano- and methyl- cobalamin. He said methyl- metabolizes as cyanocobalamin, that you can get methyl if you really want it but only compounding pharmacies will have it ($$$), and the online vet message board he's part of, said cyanocobalamin works for human diabetic neuropathy, so it's presumed it works for cats. No one's done a test of methyl- vs. cyanocobalamin in cats.

My question at that was, it sounds like absorbic acid vs. Ester C...? Answer was yes, kind of similar. Meaning, the body processes absorbic acid and Ester C the same, but one costs cents.