Vetoquinol Zylkene Behavior Support Capsules Small Dog & Cat Supplement, 75 mg

This isn't a miracle one dose pill for anxiety- if it doesn't help your dog you probably didn't dose correctly. We use it for thunderstorms and fireworks season, but start by giving it daily and then adding more when the triggers occur. It keeps our dog calm not zonked out. Ask your vet about best practice for your pet- if you're looking for a non antihistamine non sedative medication to help calm your pet this is a great choice.

Zylkene was recommended by my vet for my dog's anxious behavior. When he gets anxious, he licks the floor. Also, storms cause anxiety. I have used this product for 2 weeks now. I started giving it in the morning after breakfast. After the first week, I saw no improvement in his anxiety. So I switched to giving it to him in the afternoon for the 2nd week. Again, I have seen no improvement in his anxious behavior. We have had 3 storms during this period of time and, again, it did not calm his anxiety. I can not recommend this product.

I have a 16 yr old maine coon mix with early dementia. She was hiding under the bed, urinating on the bed, attacking me out of nowhere when we slept in the same bed. One minute she was fine then wham I got bit and scratched. Our vet recommended this and she is back to her normal self and chill. Glad to have a few more years with her. She has been in my family for 3 generations and I still want her around.

I’m not sure if this takes longer than two hours or what but this did not help my cat calm down. We have it to him in the morning with his breakfast and we waited to simply see how he would react to it before we left for our trip. He was still all over the place! The other reviews say it works for them so maybe give it try before warding it off. I however won’t be trying it again.

My cat injured his tail somehow, no visible signs of injury but some swelling at the base of the tail. He is an inside/outside cat. He started biting and clawing his own tail hurting himself. He was on pain meds for 6 days that helped but they are expensive and the vet recommended this supplement for behavior and have been giving it to him for 2 weeks now. It has helped quite a bit, but still have to give him it 2 times a day. It is a capsule in which my husband put butter on the end of his finger and the capsule sticks to it and has been able to get it down his throat. I mix it in a bit of cream and syringe it down his throat. It makes him tired and he sleeps more which is good until My cat injured his tail somehow, no visible signs of injury but some swelling at the base of the tail. He is an inside/outside cat. He started biting and clawing his own tail hurting himself. He was on pain meds for 6 days that helped but they are expensive and the vet recommended this supplement for behavior and have been giving it to him for 2 weeks now. It has helped quite a bit, but still have to give him it 2 times a day. It is a capsule in which my husband put butter on the end of his finger and the capsule sticks to it and has been able to get it down his throat. I mix it in a bit of cream and syringe it down his throat. It makes him tired and he sleeps more which is good until it can get healed up. I really don't know how he or us could get through this without having this med to help. … more

Vet prescribed this for our cat chewing on herself, causing sores on her belly. It took a long time and a couple of bottles to see any change but finally she did let up. But not completely. After stopping the Med because we couldn’t see the best results we were looking for, she only intermittently chewed on herself. Recently she started resuming the behavior in an aggressive way. We gave her the caps again but it doesn’t completely curtail the behavior. Now that the bottle is empty, we won’t resume. We had to open the capsule and sprinkle on her food and she wasn’t happy about the taste. These are very expensive for not much benefit—for our purposes. Perhaps on an as-needed, short term Vet prescribed this for our cat chewing on herself, causing sores on her belly. It took a long time and a couple of bottles to see any change but finally she did let up. But not completely. After stopping the Med because we couldn’t see the best results we were looking for, she only intermittently chewed on herself. Recently she started resuming the behavior in an aggressive way. We gave her the caps again but it doesn’t completely curtail the behavior. Now that the bottle is empty, we won’t resume. We had to open the capsule and sprinkle on her food and she wasn’t happy about the taste. These are very expensive for not much benefit—for our purposes. Perhaps on an as-needed, short term basis it might help but the cost is a consideration. … more

I had to give this a try as one of my rescue cats has recently became extremely anxious. She may have been abused before she showed up in our back yard years ago and I worked hard to build a trusting relationship and she seemed like she got better in trust over time and was good till recently, now she is always alert of everything around her and was hiding under my bed all day and it concerned me. I also have an elderly cat that has recently become very vocal which could just be that old cats do this so I give the zylkene to her and the first mentioned cat. The first cat seems to be mildly better when she is on this, she will become sleepy while on it and she seems to be happy to be able to sleep I had to give this a try as one of my rescue cats has recently became extremely anxious. She may have been abused before she showed up in our back yard years ago and I worked hard to build a trusting relationship and she seemed like she got better in trust over time and was good till recently, now she is always alert of everything around her and was hiding under my bed all day and it concerned me. I also have an elderly cat that has recently become very vocal which could just be that old cats do this so I give the zylkene to her and the first mentioned cat. The first cat seems to be mildly better when she is on this, she will become sleepy while on it and she seems to be happy to be able to sleep without fear and anxiety, she will sleep with her belly up which is a sign of trust and she appears happy and purrs when she is on this, if I forget to give her a dose, her purring stops and she gets tense again. The older cat also sleeps when she ingests it and her constant vocalization seems to stop too. So as far as treating the anxiety, I cannot 100% say, but I do believe it makes them relaxed and sleepy. And cats need sleep just like people. I wish it wasn’t as expensive as it is because with two cats getting it I end up spending $60 a month on this. 75mg capsules, two per day equals 60 pills per month. I just wish I knew the cause of the cats newly acquired fear that had disappeared and has come back. She only trusts me and is terrified of my wife, but I spent many many hours building her trust. I say try this product for your pets anxiety, because anxiety is a terrible affliction and if it does help them a little bit I say that is better than nothing. I will continue to purchase this product but may only give it when I feel they really need it, I don’t like to keep pets on medication permanently. … more

This stuff truly works. Our vet recommended this for our cat, who is territorial and jumpy. With this, she is much more calm and relaxed, even slightly less territorial. Sometimes I think she's been behaving so well, and maybe she doesn't need this very pricey medicine anymore! Then I take her off it, and suddenly she's back to peeing in doorways and bullying her sister. We also feed this to the sister for a week before we know we'll be going out of town or if people come to stay, as she's very confident around us, but is terrified of new people. I think it takes some days to build up in their systems, but then we have much happier kitties. Obviously I'm not stoked about the price... but this This stuff truly works. Our vet recommended this for our cat, who is territorial and jumpy. With this, she is much more calm and relaxed, even slightly less territorial. Sometimes I think she's been behaving so well, and maybe she doesn't need this very pricey medicine anymore! Then I take her off it, and suddenly she's back to peeing in doorways and bullying her sister. We also feed this to the sister for a week before we know we'll be going out of town or if people come to stay, as she's very confident around us, but is terrified of new people. I think it takes some days to build up in their systems, but then we have much happier kitties. Obviously I'm not stoked about the price... but this has been what has worked best in our home for the last two years. … more

This product was absolutely perfect for calming the kitten that we rescued! She was over grooming due to stress of being brought indoors after we found her, then taken for vaccinations, then taken to be spayed and then we moved! We opened the capsule and mixed the powder into wet food, she then began to be a little less scared and a little more social and has stopped over grooming.

I was advised by my vet it would take a month to see if this works for a little anxiety. It did take that long before I noticed a subtle difference. My main complaint about this medicine is the cost. I think it is outrageous at about $1.00 a day. I have looked a Calmkene which is much less but there is a slight difference in the main ingredient. Any suggestions???