food...

It's the Veterinary Oral Health Council. I personally don't feed SD, I'm
just the messenger here...

Jeremy Lowe wrote:

Who has approved SD for dental care? Since neither the FDA or AAFCO has
specific approved definitions for this verabge, almost anyone can use this
claim.

If a product has a certain additive such as microdent which is a trademarked
product that has proven efficacy in dental care then great, otherwise buyer
beware, more slick advertising.....


"Karen M." wrote in message
...

Joe Canuck wrote:


Anyone who has been following my food saga for at least a year in here
may be interested to hear about this...

I have had my cat on primarily California Natural with about 25% Science
Diet Nature's Best and a small amount of Innova and even lesser amount
of Iams (very small amount) mixed in with it.

Finally came to the end of that food about 2 weeks ago... well an
imposed end as I still had one container but decided I had it hanging
around long enough and was perhaps getting long on the tooth even though
it may still be good.

I decided to make the gradual switch over to 100% Science Diet Nature's
Best. The food is available locally and switching to this made sense
since the old blend already had some of this in it. After a couple of
bouts of somewhat loose stools everything has settled down nicely. There
has been no throwing up at all. The cat is happily chowing down on the
SDNB with the most noticably change being the decrease in the volume of
stool.

I have a bag of the Science Diet Adult Chicken & Rice formula that I am
gradually mixing in with the SDNB. I will continue this until I have a
50/50 mix and then feed that.

I am strongly considering putting her on the SD Chicken & Rice 100% once
the SDNB is all gone. However, and I'm not convinced this is a valid
consideration or not, the SDNB has different sized & shaped bits which
I'm thinking may help somewhat with dental health. I've noticed the SD
Chicken & Rice are all of the same small size and shape.

Comments anyone? Phil? Steve?


Don't a couple of the SD's have a sticker that they have been approved
as a dental health diet? I know it was talked about in one of the
threads, so maybe mix one of those in? Or, since kitty is doing well
with the SDNB, why not stick with that and start brushing kitty's teeth?
Or does kitty not like this??

K

It's the Veterinary Oral Health Council. I personally don't feed SD, I'm
just the messenger here...

Jeremy Lowe wrote:

Who has approved SD for dental care? Since neither the FDA or AAFCO has
specific approved definitions for this verabge, almost anyone can use this
claim.

If a product has a certain additive such as microdent which is a trademarked
product that has proven efficacy in dental care then great, otherwise buyer
beware, more slick advertising.....


"Karen M." wrote in message
...

Joe Canuck wrote:


Anyone who has been following my food saga for at least a year in here
may be interested to hear about this...

I have had my cat on primarily California Natural with about 25% Science
Diet Nature's Best and a small amount of Innova and even lesser amount
of Iams (very small amount) mixed in with it.

Finally came to the end of that food about 2 weeks ago... well an
imposed end as I still had one container but decided I had it hanging
around long enough and was perhaps getting long on the tooth even though
it may still be good.

I decided to make the gradual switch over to 100% Science Diet Nature's
Best. The food is available locally and switching to this made sense
since the old blend already had some of this in it. After a couple of
bouts of somewhat loose stools everything has settled down nicely. There
has been no throwing up at all. The cat is happily chowing down on the
SDNB with the most noticably change being the decrease in the volume of
stool.

I have a bag of the Science Diet Adult Chicken & Rice formula that I am
gradually mixing in with the SDNB. I will continue this until I have a
50/50 mix and then feed that.

I am strongly considering putting her on the SD Chicken & Rice 100% once
the SDNB is all gone. However, and I'm not convinced this is a valid
consideration or not, the SDNB has different sized & shaped bits which
I'm thinking may help somewhat with dental health. I've noticed the SD
Chicken & Rice are all of the same small size and shape.

Comments anyone? Phil? Steve?


Don't a couple of the SD's have a sticker that they have been approved
as a dental health diet? I know it was talked about in one of the
threads, so maybe mix one of those in? Or, since kitty is doing well
with the SDNB, why not stick with that and start brushing kitty's teeth?
Or does kitty not like this??

K

From: "Jeremy Lowe"

Who has approved SD for dental care? Since neither the FDA or AAFCO has
specific approved definitions for this verabge, almost anyone can use this
claim.

I don't know what's in their product but evidently has the VOHC approval, for
what it's worth. The problem with these kibble dental diets is the way cats
chew. Their teeth are meant for ripping and tearing and from my understanding
cats don't always chew kibble in a beneficial way for a dental diet. Also, SD
dental is a dry food and it's been proven that canned cat food is much
healthier for cats.

http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/bpo_ch4.php

http://www.avma.org/convention/recap/news/tuesday16.asp

http://home.earthlink.net/~jacm2/id1.html

Lauren
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

From: "Jeremy Lowe"

Who has approved SD for dental care? Since neither the FDA or AAFCO has
specific approved definitions for this verabge, almost anyone can use this
claim.

I don't know what's in their product but evidently has the VOHC approval, for
what it's worth. The problem with these kibble dental diets is the way cats
chew. Their teeth are meant for ripping and tearing and from my understanding
cats don't always chew kibble in a beneficial way for a dental diet. Also, SD
dental is a dry food and it's been proven that canned cat food is much
healthier for cats.

http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/bpo_ch4.php

http://www.avma.org/convention/recap/news/tuesday16.asp

http://home.earthlink.net/~jacm2/id1.html

Lauren
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

From: "Jeremy Lowe"

Who has approved SD for dental care? Since neither the FDA or AAFCO has
specific approved definitions for this verabge, almost anyone can use this
claim.

I don't know what's in their product but evidently has the VOHC approval, for
what it's worth. The problem with these kibble dental diets is the way cats
chew. Their teeth are meant for ripping and tearing and from my understanding
cats don't always chew kibble in a beneficial way for a dental diet. Also, SD
dental is a dry food and it's been proven that canned cat food is much
healthier for cats.

http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/bpo_ch4.php

http://www.avma.org/convention/recap/news/tuesday16.asp

http://home.earthlink.net/~jacm2/id1.html

Lauren
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

"Karen M." wrote in message
...
It's the Veterinary Oral Health Council. I personally don't feed SD,
I'm
just the messenger here...

Also, I must say, my 20-year-old stray, fed SD dry exclusively from
age 4 on, had ALL
of her teeth when she died. Her daughter who died at 19 and was fed
mostly wet Friskies type food had lost most of her teeth.

I do not currently feed my babies SD dry but am thinking about
returning to it (as a supplement to quality wet food) since reading
about cats producing lest poop while on it. I had forgotten about
that, but do recall that my old girl's box was much easier to keep
nice after SD. Now all we need is a totally poopless cat and we have
the perfect animal!

"Karen M." wrote in message
...
It's the Veterinary Oral Health Council. I personally don't feed SD,
I'm
just the messenger here...

Also, I must say, my 20-year-old stray, fed SD dry exclusively from
age 4 on, had ALL
of her teeth when she died. Her daughter who died at 19 and was fed
mostly wet Friskies type food had lost most of her teeth.

I do not currently feed my babies SD dry but am thinking about
returning to it (as a supplement to quality wet food) since reading
about cats producing lest poop while on it. I had forgotten about
that, but do recall that my old girl's box was much easier to keep
nice after SD. Now all we need is a totally poopless cat and we have
the perfect animal!

"Karen M." wrote in message
...
It's the Veterinary Oral Health Council. I personally don't feed SD,
I'm
just the messenger here...

Also, I must say, my 20-year-old stray, fed SD dry exclusively from
age 4 on, had ALL
of her teeth when she died. Her daughter who died at 19 and was fed
mostly wet Friskies type food had lost most of her teeth.

I do not currently feed my babies SD dry but am thinking about
returning to it (as a supplement to quality wet food) since reading
about cats producing lest poop while on it. I had forgotten about
that, but do recall that my old girl's box was much easier to keep
nice after SD. Now all we need is a totally poopless cat and we have
the perfect animal!

Mary wrote:

"Karen M." wrote in message
...

It's the Veterinary Oral Health Council. I personally don't feed SD,

I'm

just the messenger here...


Also, I must say, my 20-year-old stray, fed SD dry exclusively from
age 4 on, had ALL
of her teeth when she died. Her daughter who died at 19 and was fed
mostly wet Friskies type food had lost most of her teeth.

I do not currently feed my babies SD dry but am thinking about
returning to it (as a supplement to quality wet food) since reading
about cats producing lest poop while on it. I had forgotten about
that, but do recall that my old girl's box was much easier to keep
nice after SD. Now all we need is a totally poopless cat and we have
the perfect animal!



Apply that concept to some men, too.. running away and ducking

Mary wrote:

"Karen M." wrote in message
...

It's the Veterinary Oral Health Council. I personally don't feed SD,

I'm

just the messenger here...


Also, I must say, my 20-year-old stray, fed SD dry exclusively from
age 4 on, had ALL
of her teeth when she died. Her daughter who died at 19 and was fed
mostly wet Friskies type food had lost most of her teeth.

I do not currently feed my babies SD dry but am thinking about
returning to it (as a supplement to quality wet food) since reading
about cats producing lest poop while on it. I had forgotten about
that, but do recall that my old girl's box was much easier to keep
nice after SD. Now all we need is a totally poopless cat and we have
the perfect animal!



Apply that concept to some men, too.. running away and ducking