Supplements alongside Growlrr: what to stop, and what not to stop
Over the counter — stop them. Vet-prescribed — do not stop, talk to your vet. The split is who prescribed it, not what is in it. We do not adjudicate individual products.
1 · Why over-the-counter supplements come off
Our sachet is a correction, not an addition. It is sized to fill the gap a home-cooked bowl leaves, which means the nutrients it carries are already accounted for. A multivitamin, a calcium tablet, a joint powder or a fish-oil capsule on top is not extra insurance — it is a second dose of things already dosed.
Several of those nutrients have upper limits, not just requirements: vitamin A, vitamin D, copper, selenium and iodine all do. Stacking is the mechanism by which an owner acting carefully ends up above a ceiling.
2 · Why a prescribed supplement does not come off
A prescribed supplement exists for a clinical reason we do not know, and we are in no position to tell you to stop it. Nothing on this page is an instruction to discontinue anything a veterinarian started.
3 · The useful part — tell your vet the diet changed
Your vet prescribed against the diet your pet was on. Moving to a corrected fresh bowl changes the baseline. The prescription might have been covering a gap the bowl now fills, or it might be entirely unaffected — but that is a judgement to make with the new information rather than without it.
Tell your vet what you are now feeding, and let them decide whether the dose still stands.
4 · And tell us
If you are already giving something, say so rather than layering. An owner who feeds fresh is very often an owner who has already bought two or three powders, and we would rather know than assume. Write to us.