- Vetnique Glandex Feline Anal Gland or Daily Probiotic Fiber Supplement Powder for Cats with Digestive Enzyme, Probiotics and Pumpkin, Vet Recommended for Healthy Bowels (4oz, Anal Gland Powder - Tuna)

I bought this because one of my cats would hop up on the couch for pets and then the next thing I knew, she would throw her legs over her shoulders and scooch her but on the couch. Sometimes it would leave a stinky substance which upon further research I learned was her secreting her anal glands. Turns out cats need more fiber so that their poop is firm so that it pushes on their glands when they poop and naturally secretes them. So I bought this stuff and have been giving it to both of my cats at feeding every night. Now her poops are hard and firm and really easy to scoop instead of loose and runny. Best of all, no more anal gland scooting! Whew! Also, I give her half the recommended amount and it seems to work fine. They both seem fine with the taste of it. I mix it into their wet food.

My cat has not had anal abcess since I have been using this for about 6 months. Before then he had them about every 3 months! Vet recommended I have anal glands removed he had abcesses so often. I didn’t want to go that route for many reasons so I read about Glandex and thought I would give it a try. It works for my cat and I will continue to use it. If you have a cat with this problem, try it. It is cheaper than going to the vet every few months and my cat loves the tuna flavor.

This product has been a game changer for our cat. A few years ago, he stopped using the litter box for poop. Would poop anywhere carpeted beside the box. To make matters worse, it was runny and had blood in it. We fully investigated medical concerns with the vet, costing us thousands of dollars, and a potential diagnosis of IBS. Our cat doesn’t tolerate meds - he’ll turn completely feral and hide, so anything the vet tried recommending was essentially useless. He won’t touch a treat or food that I may have a pill hidden inside. One thing I did notice was that he would scoot his butt on the carpet a lot. So I decided to search for something that would at least help with that, and I found this product. I can’t tell you how much of a difference it has made. His poop is no longer diarrhea and it looks perfectly healthy. He’s using the litter box 100% of the time and he is even covering his poo with litter. I am able to sprinkle this on his dry food and he has no problem eating it. He is extremely picky so this is quite a miracle. Initially, I was giving him a probiotic recommended by his vet, but it only worked part of the time and was very expensive. Most pet owners would have given up and given him away or put him down. We have to replace our carpet because of all the messes he made. We were encouraged to have him become an outside cat but he is terrified of the outdoors and we have way too many coyote predators. Basically, this product saved my cat life. Thank you.!

It helps but not good for cats with sensitive bellies

I am writing this long review to hopefully help another cat owner that is going out of their mind, dealing with their cat suddenly defecating outside of the box with unexplained UTI’s. Two years ago, our sweet little 8 yr old Turkish Angora, an otherwise perfect cat, began going outside of the box. She would usually poop right outside or near the box, sometimes on a rug, a few times on THE BED! She ruined two Persian silk rugs and an antique arm chair with the accompanying UTI. It created a daily nightmare for us, where were we going to find it. Anyone else surely would have given her away. It created shame and disappointment for her as well. We could tell she wasn’t happy about what was happening. She’d run away and often hide. For two solid years we searched for answers, websites, trainers, sprays, calming collars, calming supplements, um-teen different litters, litter boxes, crating, mats, scat mats, prescription food- all advised by Vets- all recommendations came up blank. We spend THOUSANDS trying to find the answer. Vets varying Diagnosis- Depression Stress Trauma Spite Anger Behavior LETS PUT HER ON XANAX (NO THANKS) LETS PUT HER ON ANTI DEPRESSANTS (NO THANKS) Our other cat Our dog Something in the house she must be scared of The litter The type of litter box Buy an auto box Location of the box Add a box to every room Crate her Train her Diet Her gut microbiome Prescription diet! Allergy Fleas Intestinal parasites. Crystals maybe in her urine LETS DO $250 blood work! IT WAS NONE OF THOSE THINGS! During our very first Vet visit for this she had a UTI and they extracted a full anal gland. The pooping stopped for a few weeks but then came back and a new UTI followed. This was usually the order of things. I kept insisting with every vet that there’s a pattern but was dismissed every time. They all said impacted anal glands and or an issue with anal glands and cats is very rare. It likely behavioral. Our second to last visit 10 weeks ago, with a newer vet believed it was her gut microbiome. I disagreed as she’d already been on prescription food for this for a year with no change. I had to insist on extraction. She too said anal gland disorders are rare. She had us run labs again, urine-analysis and culture. All negative as we suspected. She kept insisting it’s her gut microbiome, keep her on the costly prescription food. Sure enough a UtI popped up a week later. I brought her back in and this time was seen only by the vet tech. I told her what we’d been experiencing. I said I think it’s an issue with her anal glands and she’s giving her self a UTI by licking, trying to relieve the discomfort. She quietly agreed with me and asked if I’d tried GLANDEX. Pulled it up on Amazon for me and sent me the link. I ordered it immediately and sprinkled it over Reveal canned wet food. Within one day the defecating stopped and it’s been this way for almost 6 solid weeks! I’m now only giving it to her every other day as a treat with the Reveal wet as it’s pricy, however, I recommend this combo because it’s what worked for us. Our little Demi is very proud of herself now, we praise her every-time we catch her coming out of the box and she trots away with confidence. Happy ending to a long, costly nightmare. Thank you Vetnique and of course the vet tech. I hope this helps whomever out there is experiencing what we went through!

I was really hoping this product would work for my cat. Before I ordered that I was using by the same maker the one for both dog and cat(cats get 1/2 the dose dogs receive), it was a beef liver flavor and she tolerated it well. Unfortunately, this tuna flavored for cats she refuses. From 4 feet away, she caught a whiff of it, and she would have nothing to do with it, no matter what I put it in. I cant use it. She eats other treats and cat food with tuna and does well. It would be helpful if for the cat only product they made one of beef liver. On the positive side, the same product for cats & dogs (beef liver) is effective for anal gland issues.

My vet recommended this for one of my cats who has issues with constipation and anal glands. This product has really helped her, but I personally cannot give her a full dose. I give her HALF A DOSE and it works for her. I tried slowly upping the dose after she had used it for a while, and it gave her horrible diarrhea and cost us a trip to the vet. I would be careful with how you introduce this to your cat, but overall I think it's a good product.

Vet suggest to buy this, but unfortunately my cat that needs it doesn't like the flavor of it. My other cat that doesn't need it actually don't mind it. So how should I rate this? 3 stars I guess?