Oral Potassium Supplementation in Cats

RE: Oral Potassium Supplementation in Cats

Martin Atkinson — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 09:37:17 GMT

First question would be how low is the potassium? I tend to advise supplementing with anything below normal but you're not going to know the correct dose unless you serially measure serum K. However cats are unlikely to be symptomatic just a few points below normal and I wouldn't bust a gut unless they were showing signs of inappetance or weakness attributable to hypokalaemia which IME is not until it is <3mmol/l. I do think to some extent K levels are labile and hypo K can be idiopathic, and apply this logic to my own cat with CKD.

Finally and rather patronisingly, if an owner cannot afford a bottle of Kaminox I do wonder how they can afford to pay for any treatment and question why they would keep a pet!

RE: Oral Potassium Supplementation in Cats

Richard Carter — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 09:17:56 GMT

we advise pilchards in tomato sauce, owner to check no onion added

RE: Oral Potassium Supplementation in Cats

Sammy82 — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 18:30:59 GMT

To pick up an old thread as some of you might face the same problem- We have a (prevoiusly) hypokalaemic cat that has been stable on Tumil-K for a quite a while now. Now we can't source Tumil-K anymore. I found an alternative (the only powdered Potassium-Gluconate I could find) which might be of interest. It is called NOW Potassium Gluconate, it is available from several health shops online directly from the US and also on Amazon UK. It contains 160mg/g K+, the same as Tumil-K at 78.13 mg K+ per 0.5g. Standard dosing is a quarter level teaspoon (=0.5g) twice daily, but adjust as required by individual cat.

RE: Oral Potassium Supplementation in Cats

Hannah Wynne Richards — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 09:16:37 GMT

Tomato juice or lo-salt

Wynne

RE: Oral Potassium Supplementation in Cats

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 19:03:15 GMT

I used to use, not Lo-Salt but "salt substitute" which was potassium chloride and a bit of starch and stuff, with no sodium at all.

The does was very scientific, a pinch in each meal.

Palatability is the problem.

Most cats do seem to love tomato flavour.

RE: Oral Potassium Supplementation in Cats

Catriona MacIntyre — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 18:55:44 GMT

Thought about it but wasn't sure if the sodium would still be too much! Tomato juice? Don't think I could persuade a cat to eat bananas!

RE: Oral Potassium Supplementation in Cats

Michael Woodhouse — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 18:01:14 GMT

Has anyone tried a pinch of lo-salt on the catfood?