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LAPSIDE JOINT TREATS · FOR CATS OF ANY AGE

It's Not Old Age. It's a Quietly Starving Joint. And You Can Feed It.

Jumping less, thinking twice at the stairs, sleeping more, playing less: it usually starts in the joint. Four joint actives in one crunchy treat a day.

Joint comfort Easier jumping Cartilage support Everyday mobility Four actives, not one No pills, no powder
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She takes them out of my hand. I'd given up on getting anything into her.
Erin H.· Tabby, 12✓ Verified purchase
Week three the hesitation went. Week seven she was back on the bed.
Monica O.· Domestic shorthair, 14✓ Verified purchase
Two other joint chews are still sitting in my cupboard. This is the one she eats.
Priya N.· Calico, 10✓ Verified purchase

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Too old to start? Too young?

Neither. Older cats have the most to get back and often show it the most. Younger, large-breed and indoor cats are where owners start early. Dosing goes by weight, not age. 90 days to watch, covered either way.

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Will my cat actually eat it?

Chicken flavor, a crunchy shell with a creamy core, not a pill or a powder. Day one, offer two or three from your open hand. If your cat is the rare one who won't, email us within 90 days and we refund your order.

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What if it doesn't work?

If you don't see the change you hoped for by day 90, write to our team within your 90 days and we'll take care of your refund.

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How to give it

One piece per pound of body weight, once a day, from your hand or in the bowl. A 10-lb cat gets about 10 pieces; one bag lasts about 30 days.

Day one, two or three pieces. Day two, the full amount. Then every day.

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What's inside

Four joint actives: New Zealand green-lipped mussel, glucosamine HCl, calcium fructoborate, manganese. Every ingredient is printed on the bag, nothing proprietary.

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Why it takes about two weeks

US addresses: 10 to 16 days from the day you order. You get a date, not a range, and an email the day it leaves.

Here is the honest reason it is not two days. We hold the marine oils in these with rosemary and mixed tocopherols instead of synthetic preservatives. Natural antioxidants buy a shorter shelf life, not a longer one. So we make Joint Treats in small runs and ship as soon as a run is finished, rather than printing a year of stock and letting it sit in a warehouse. The bag that reaches you was made close to the week you ordered it.

The green-lipped mussel does not help either. It grows in one country on earth, each one sits on a rope in the sea for 12 to 18 months, and fewer than one in a hundred makes it to harvest. That is the world supply, for everyone. There is no version of this that ships overnight.

Shipping is $9.95, flat, and three bags ship free. Three bags bought one at a time means paying it three times and waiting three times, for the same three bags. Three bags arrive in one box, at your door once.

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90-Day Money Back Guarantee

We are confident enough in what a fed joint does over ninety days that Joint Treats come with a 90-Day Money Back Guarantee. If you are not seeing the change you hoped for, or your cat will not touch them, simply email our team within 90 days of your order and we will refund your order. And if anything else is not right, write to us and we will sort it out at no extra charge.

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Every ingredient printed on the bag

Four joint actives, not one

Dosed by weight, one piece per pound

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One-time purchase, no subscription

Every ingredient printed on the bag

Four joint actives, not one

Dosed by weight, one piece per pound

90-Day Money Back Guarantee

One-time purchase, no subscription

Every ingredient printed on the bag

Four joint actives, not one

Dosed by weight, one piece per pound

90-Day Money Back Guarantee

One-time purchase, no subscription

Every ingredient printed on the bag

Four joint actives, not one

Dosed by weight, one piece per pound

90-Day Money Back Guarantee

One-time purchase, no subscription

Every ingredient printed on the bag

Four joint actives, not one

Dosed by weight, one piece per pound

90-Day Money Back Guarantee

One-time purchase, no subscription

Every ingredient printed on the bag

Four joint actives, not one

Dosed by weight, one piece per pound

90-Day Money Back Guarantee

One-time purchase, no subscription

Every ingredient printed on the bag

Four joint actives, not one

Dosed by weight, one piece per pound

90-Day Money Back Guarantee

One-time purchase, no subscription

Every ingredient printed on the bag

Four joint actives, not one

Dosed by weight, one piece per pound

90-Day Money Back Guarantee

One-time purchase, no subscription

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The cushion in a joint has no blood supply.

Cartilage is fed by movement: every landing presses the joint together and the cushion soaks up the fluid. No jump, no meal.

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So the circle starts.

Skip a jump, the joint misses a meal. The next jump feels worse, so that one gets skipped too. Around it goes, for years, without a sound.

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Steps and heated beds make it easier not to jump.

None of them feed the joint. Joint Treats do, from the bowl, every day: the four things a joint is built from and kept alive by.

The real reason cats slow down

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It's not age. It's a starving joint. Cats hide it: a cat that hurts does not limp, it avoids. Jumping less, thinking twice at the stairs, sleeping more, grooming less. All of it gets filed under "getting older".

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    1. New Zealand green-lipped mussel

    It grows in one country on earth and nowhere else. Four out of five baby mussels in the whole industry come off a single beach in the far north, and each one then sits on a rope in the sea for 12 to 18 months before anyone touches it. Fewer than one in a hundred makes it to harvest. That is the world supply, for everyone.

    This is not fish oil. Fish oil carries two marine fats. The mussel carries those, plus ETA, an omega-3 found almost only in this shell, plus the natural building blocks of cartilage.

    • Supports joint comfort
    • Supports the cushion inside the joint
    • 12 to 18 months on a rope, no way to hurry it
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    2. Glucosamine HCl

    Made from the shells of shrimp and crab. It is the brick cartilage is built from, and in most cat joint treats it is the only active in the bag: a 2022 review of 72 dog and cat trials found it showed no effect on pain on its own.

    Here it arrives with the three things a body needs to actually use it.

    • Supports cartilage
    • Supports the fluid inside the joint
    • Never sent in on its own
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    3. Calcium fructoborate

    Boron as it exists in fruit, bound to sugar the way it is in figs, prunes and raisins, not a mineral salt shovelled in. It looks after the bone the cushion sits on.

    It is the rarest thing on this label: of the five cat joint brands we compared side by side, one other carried it.

    • Supports the bone under the cushion
    • Plant-sourced, not a mineral salt
    • On one other cat label out of five
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    4. Manganese

    The cheapest thing in the bag, and the one that decides whether the rest is worth anything. It is the mineral the body uses to turn building blocks into cartilage.

    Get the glucosamine dose right and leave this out, and most of what you paid for passes straight through.

    • Supports cartilage building
    • Supports the bone
    • Without it, the rest passes through

    Four actives from four places: the sea, the shell, the fruit and the earth. Not one ingredient with three fillers behind it, and not fish oil in a new bottle. Every ingredient is printed on the bag, in order, nothing proprietary. Turn it over.

    Kiwi, twelve, on the floor at the foot of the bed

    Why we made it

    I lost a cat to his joints. Kiwi was twelve. It did not happen in a week. It happened over about two years of small things I did not read: the jump he stopped making, the chair he took instead, the spot on the bed he gave up. By the time I understood what was going on, the window had closed.

    What stayed with me was not the loss. It was knowing I had not done everything. I bought the steps. I bought the bed. I bought a bag of joint treats he would not touch, and I told myself that was doing something.

    So I went looking for the thing I could not find then: a joint formula a cat will actually eat. That turned out to be the hard part. The green-lipped mussel grows in one country on earth, New Zealand, and nowhere else. The other three had to be dosed for a cat rather than scaled down from a dog, and all four had to end up inside something he would have asked for.

    Kiwi left a son. Same breed, same house, same bowl, born from him. He is twelve now, the age Kiwi was when I finally understood what had been happening. He has eaten these every morning since the first run came in, and at twelve he is not the cat his father was at twelve. He still gets up on the bed on his own.

    That is what is in this bag. It is late for Kiwi. It is not late for yours.

    One household, two cats, told the way it happened. Every cat is different.

    The joint treat at the pet store vs Lapside

    Pet-store joint treats

    Powders and pills

    Lapside Joint Treats

    Four joint actives, not one

    Every ingredient listed in order, nothing proprietary

    A crunchy shell with a creamy core, not a pill

    Made for a cat, dosed by weight

    Covered if your cat won't touch them

    90-day guarantee, not 30 or none

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    Weeks 1 and 2: the treat, not the change.

    Your cat eats it every morning. That is all you will see. A starving joint does not fill up in a week.

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    Week 3: where to start watching.

    Not the jump, the moment before it. The pause gets shorter. First steps after a nap, a little smoother.

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    Weeks 4 to 6: the first real change.

    A jump with the back legs together. Stairs taken, not climbed. A toy chased again.

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    Weeks 6 to 8: the places they had given up on.

    The bed, the couch, the counter, the windowsill, the top of the cat tree.

    What to expect, week by week

    Weeks, not days. The course is 60 days and the guarantee 90 because that is the window a starving joint needs.

    Week by week: what to expect

    Three studies, linked so you can read them

    1. Nine cats in ten. In 2002, veterinarians X-rayed 100 cats over 12. Ninety percent showed joint changes. Most owners had noticed nothing. Hardie et al., JAVMA 2002

    2. 82 against 38. In 2010, dogs with sore joints fed fish-oil omega-3s for 90 days put more weight on the bad leg in 82 percent of cases, against 38 percent on a regular diet. Roush et al., JAVMA 2010

    3. One ingredient is not a meal. A 2022 review of 72 dog and cat trials found glucosamine and chondroitin alone showed no effect on pain in any study. Omega-3s had the strongest results. Read the review

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    The 90-Day Money Back Guarantee

    We are confident enough in what a fed joint does over ninety days that Joint Treats come with a 90-Day Money Back Guarantee. If you are not seeing the change you hoped for, or your cat will not touch them, simply email our team within 90 days of your order and we will refund your order. And if anything else is not right, write to us and we will sort it out at no extra charge.

    What cat parents say

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    89 verified reviews
    5 ★ 71%
    4 ★ 19%
    3 ★ 6%
    2 ★ 3%
    1 ★ 1%
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    I'd already decided this was the last one I'd try

    Two different joint chews in two years, both of them still sitting in the cupboard. I ordered this one out of stubbornness more than hope. Nothing at all for the first couple of weeks. Week three I noticed she had stopped doing that little rock back she does before she jumps. She just goes now. I keep catching myself watching her do it.

    Danielle R.Grey shorthair, 13
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    She's back on the bed

    She hadn't been up there in over a year. I woke up at six and she was asleep on my husband's side. I didn't put her there.

    Susan M.Domestic shorthair, 14
    Verified purchase 3 Bags (90-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    The pickiest cat I've ever owned

    She walks away from chicken. She finds the pill in the pill pocket every single time. She takes these out of my hand like they're a treat, which I guess they are.

    Karen B.Siamese mix, 11
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    Nothing at all for two weeks. Then one morning she went up on the chair without that pause she always does first. I wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't been told to watch for it.

    Michelle T.Tuxedo, 12
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    Slower than I wanted

    Nothing for the first two weeks and I was ready to write the whole thing off. It was closer to six weeks than three for her. It did happen, but if you're expecting day ten you'll be disappointed.

    Rebecca S.Orange tabby, 12
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    He eats a few, not the whole amount

    He was all over them the first week and now he leaves a few in the bowl every day. He's still getting up on the couch more than he was, so I'm not stopping. I split them between morning and night and that helps.

    Holly F.Calico, 9
    Verified purchase 1 Bag (30-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    Sixteen, and I almost didn't bother

    I figured at her age the damage was done and I'd be throwing money at something nobody could fix. She's not a kitten. But she goes up the two steps to the window seat now instead of standing there looking at it.

    Barbara L.Domestic longhair, 16
    Verified purchase 3 Bags (90-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    She has four teeth left

    I was worried about the crunchy part. She crushes them with her gums, and on a bad day I press one between my fingers and she licks the middle out of my hand.

    Linda P.Domestic shorthair, 15
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    No more accidents next to the box

    She was missing the box and I was cleaning the floor every morning thinking it was her kidneys. It was the step over the side. She climbs in properly now, and I feel bad about the six months I spent blaming her.

    Angela D.Tabby, 13
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    One of them was obviously stiff and the other one I wasn't sure about. Three bags lasts us about six weeks and both of them line up for it in the morning. The one I wasn't sure about is the one that changed the most.

    Patricia K.Two cats, both 12
    Verified purchase 3 Bags (90-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    He's four and I'm not waiting

    He's a big indoor boy and he already lands heavy coming off the counter. I'd rather spend it now than find out the hard way in five years. He treats them like a snack, which was the plan.

    Jessica R.Maine Coon, 4
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    My vet never mentioned her joints

    Every checkup came back fine. Turns out fine means hands down the back. She hides it on the table the same way she hides it at home.

    Christine A.Ragdoll, 12
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    One of my two won't touch them

    The older one comes running when she hears the bag. The younger one sniffed one and walked off, and she's done that with everything I've ever tried. Four stars because the one who eats them is doing great.

    Nancy W.Two cats, 10 and 14
    Verified purchase 3 Bags (90-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    The fur above her tail had gone matted and I thought she was just being lazy about it. It's grown back soft, because she can turn around and reach it again.

    Deborah H.Longhair tabby, 14
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    He comes running when he hears the bag

    Fifteen years old and he runs to the kitchen for these. That part alone was worth it.

    Marie C.Tuxedo, 15
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    She eats them right out of my hand. No fight, no hiding anything in food.

    Ellen G.Domestic shorthair, 11
    Verified purchase 1 Bag (30-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    Good treats. I can't say I've seen a big change yet, but we're only three weeks in.

    Dana P.Tabby, 9
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    He's using the cat tree again. First time since the spring.

    Rhonda K.Persian, 13
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    Easy. One piece per pound, once a day, done.

    Cathy B.Calico, 12
    Verified purchase 1 Bag (30-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    She's up on the counter again, which I'm not thrilled about, but I'll take it.

    Janet M.Russian Blue, 14
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    They get a bit crumbly at the bottom of the bag. She licks that up too.

    Sharon T.Domestic shorthair, 10
    Verified purchase 1 Bag (30-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    Seventeen and still going. I break them in half for her.

    Gloria S.Tabby, 17
    Verified purchase 3 Bags (90-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    Third bag. I don't plan on stopping.

    Denise W.Tuxedo, 12
    Verified purchase 3 Bags (90-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    He gets to the top of the stairs without stopping halfway now.

    Pam R.Orange tabby, 11
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    Takes a while before you see anything. Stick with it.

    Terri L.Siamese, 13
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    She jumped onto the bed on her own last night. That's the whole review.

    Lynn A.Domestic shorthair, 15
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    Big cat, big appetite. He'd eat the whole bag if I let him.

    Karen S.Maine Coon, 9
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    Every ingredient is printed on the bag. That's why I tried it in the first place.

    Judy F.Calico, 14
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    Fine so far. I wish the bag resealed better.

    Bonnie H.Domestic shorthair, 12
    Verified purchase 1 Bag (30-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    She's playing with the string toy again in the evenings.

    Vicki N.Tabby, 10
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    My wife noticed before I did. He's back up on the couch.

    Robert M.Tuxedo, 13
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    Sixteen years old and she's grooming herself properly again.

    Diane E.Domestic shorthair, 16
    Verified purchase 3 Bags (90-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    He likes them. Too early for me to say anything else.

    Marcia P.Ragdoll, 8
    Verified purchase 1 Bag (30-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    No pills, no powder, no fight. That's the whole reason I keep buying them.

    Nadine V.Tabby, 11
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    He waits by the cupboard now around dinner time.

    Colleen B.Orange tabby, 14
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    She took the stairs two at a time this morning. She hasn't done that in a long while.

    Sheila D.Domestic shorthair, 12
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    He eats them without a problem. I honestly can't tell yet whether they're doing anything, so three stars for now.

    Yvonne R.Persian, 10
    Verified purchase 1 Bag (30-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    Second bag. Worth it for the mornings alone.

    Gail W.Tabby, 15
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    Simple, and he loves them.

    Anita J.Tuxedo, 9
    Verified purchase 1 Bag (30-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    They're smaller than I pictured. She gets ten a day and doesn't mind at all.

    Paula K.Domestic shorthair, 13
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    Twenty years old. I break them up and she devours them.

    Theresa O.Calico, 20
    Verified purchase 3 Bags (90-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    He liked them for a week and then stopped eating them. I have no idea why, he does this with everything eventually. I wrote to the company and they took care of me, which is the only reason this isn't one star.

    Roger T.Domestic shorthair, 11
    Verified purchase 1 Bag (30-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    She hears the bag from the other end of the house.

    Sandra Y.Tabby, 12
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    Good product. It took about five weeks before I noticed anything.

    Kim H.Domestic shorthair, 14
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
    ★★★★★ ★★★★★

    She's sleeping on the bed again instead of on the floor by the radiator.

    Louise F.Longhair, 13
    Verified purchase 2 Bags (60-day supply)
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    90 days to decide

    Not seeing the change, or they will not touch them? Email us within 90 days and we refund your order.

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    Every ingredient printed

    All four actives and every other ingredient are on the bag, in order. Nothing behind a proprietary blend.

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    No subscription

    You buy two bags, you get two bags. Nobody charges your card again unless you come back and ask.

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    Made in small runs

    We ship as soon as a run is finished, so the marine oils never sit in a warehouse. Shipping is $9.95 flat, free on three bags.

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    Frequently Asked Questions

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    My cat seems fine. Is there any point starting early?

    That is when it is easiest. Nine cats in ten over 12 had joint changes on X-ray, and most owners had seen nothing. Feeding the joint before the signs beats getting a jump back.

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    I already tried joint treats. Nothing happened.

    Turn that old bag over: after the flavouring, salt and sugar, there is usually one joint active, glucosamine, on its own. Joint Treats carry four, at cat doses, for the window the studies used.

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    What does it cost per day?

    Ninety-nine cents a day on three bags. Under a dollar, every morning, to feed a joint that has been quietly starving for years.

    The other route is the monthly injection: eighty-five to a hundred and fifteen dollars a dose, plus the visit, plus the carrier, plus the drive, and again the month after that, for the rest of his life.

    Ninety-nine cents is what it costs to stop calling it old age and do the one thing you can actually do for him. He will never know what it cost. He will know he got back up on the bed, and that you were the one who was there.

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    Is it safe with kidney disease, diabetes, or urinary crystals?

    It is a treat, not a drug. With any condition, show the bag to your vet first; every ingredient is printed on it. Joint Treats never replace anything your vet prescribed.

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    My vet never mentioned joints.

    A checkup is hands down the back. Joints do not show up on hands, and cats hide it on the table the way they hide it at home. Nine cats in ten over 12 have it on an X-ray; fewer than two in a hundred ever get told. Next visit, ask about the hips.

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    Does it replace Solensia or medication?

    No. Never stop anything your vet prescribed. Joint Treats feed the joint; a prescription manages pain. Many owners use both. Take the bag to your vet.

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    How long until I see something?

    Weeks, not days. Nothing for two weeks. Week three, the pause before a jump gets shorter. Weeks four to eight, the jumps, the stairs, the play. Hence 90 days, not 30.

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    Barely any teeth left. Can they manage a crunchy treat?

    The shell is thin and the core creamy; most older cats crush it with their gums. If not, press it between two fingers and they lick the middle. If that fails, we refund your order.

    Your cat is not getting younger. But they can get back up there.