Lysine Treats For Cats – Our Top 5 Picks

If your cat has a runny nose or discharge coming from the eyes, Lysine might help.

Experts are divided on whether it really helps with herpes or not, but fortunately it has other health benefits too.

Lysine is often prescribed by vets for the treatment of feline herpes, but it can be tough getting your cat to ingest it. That’s why Lysine treats are popular – a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down!

Here are the top products on the market, ranked in reverse order to build the suspense…

The Top 5 Lysine Treats for Cats

#5 – [amazon link=”B0100WHOG0″ title=”Petnology Cat L-Lysine Soft Chews” /]

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This comes with a chicken liver and cheese flavor. They’re quite large, soft, and don’t dry out. The only downside is that about 1 in 4 cats will refuse to eat them!

#4 – [amazon link=”B006OCG4JY” title=”Pet Naturals of Vermont L-Lysine Fun-Shaped Chews” /]

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Chicken liver flavor and contains 250 mg of lysine in each treat. It’s a bit tastier than the one from Petnology – this time it’s only 20% of cats who refuse it.

#3 – [amazon link=”B004U4P1RY” title=”VETOQUINOL Enisyl-F Lysine Treats” /]

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This used to be an outstanding product but a change to the recipe seems to have been a misstep. It’s still fine, but when you’re used to a certain level of quality it’s tough to accept anything less. The taste is better than the other two we’ve looked at.

#2 – [amazon link=”B00IPILZEO” title=”Spry Feline Lysine Respiratory and Ocular Health Soft Chews” /]

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This was only a bonus option when we made this list a few years ago. Now that we’ve had more time to see it action we’ve promoted it to number 2.

In Clover was founded by a biochemist and it shows – their products are bursting with nutritional goodness.

#1 – [amazon link=”B002ALE9RM” title=”Vetri-Lysine Plus Bite-Sized Chews” /]

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No surprises here! 2 tasty chicken liver-flavored chew treats give 250mg of Lysine. You might want to break the chews in half, though – first to let your cat swallow them better, and second to give the Lysine more chance to get to work.

Only about 5% of cats refuse to eat them. It’s an almost perfect product!

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