Old cat - any recommendations for supplements?

I give my 14 year old very stiff Cat glucosamine, he was diagnosed with spinal arthritis but I found out yesterday that the poor boy has hip dysplasia.

When we moved house I found a neat pile of cat pills hidden behind a sofa. We'd always been proud of our skills in getting old Tam to take his pills. Cats eh!!

My moggie can smell a pill a mile off and she seems to have been born with an encyclopedia of knowledge of how to avoid swallowing them. Dogs seem to be simple - you just say 'take this pill, I'll give you a treat'. With cats, it can be seen as a declaration of war.

I never even thought about getting a pill into a car but now I have then maybe the pills I mentioned will not be good . My dog takes them with grated cheese.

My 18 year old cat is very sprightly - I give her one of the 'for joints' pouches each evening (Hills and Royal Canin do them) and I think it's made a noticeable difference. Trying to give her a tablet would be quite stressful, but the food seems to do the trick.

Thanks for your replies, much appreciated x

Switching to dogs if I may [to save starting a new thread] Hattie has always ate dried food but, with her having health problems I started to add tasty things to it; mince,chicken, tuna etc. She's now refusing to eat the dried food [even when it's mixed with something nice]. Having had spaniels in the past that eat anything and everything I'm not sure if it's typical of older whippets. I can't really afford to feed her totally on the sort of stuff he wants now, and I can't do a 'that's all you're getting so eat it' thing as she is looking a bit thin [even though she's a whippet]. Going back to cats, I mix golden paste into Hatties food, both for her joints and to hopefully help with a tumour that she has [spindle cell; slow growing; low grade]. A lot of people swear by it for older pets.

I don't know about supplements but our elderly cat seems to have decided for herself that her diet now needs to be rich in tuna even though she would never touch it until three months ago.

She still likes biscuits first thing in the morning but after that I get reminded at regular intervals that her bowl needs re-filling.

It must be doing her good because she has regained a lot of her perkiness whereas back in the summer we thought we were going to lose her.

Maybe the vet will be able to advise you. Fifteen is a good age for a cat.

I give my little dog a pill called yumove. Not sure if they do them for cats but I know they do them for horses so maybe cats too . Made by a company called lintbells.
Just read the box they do some for cats too . I get mind from a horse supplies store
Look at lintbells.com