If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#21
|
|||
|
|||
A dental diet will do nothing to help your cat's gingivitis, and a wet
diet is much healthier. With all due respect, you don't know what you're talking about. For example, Hill's t/d is effacious for treating gingivitis and periodonal disease. It's been clinically proven. Expecting a food to do the job is ridiculous and it irks me that companies promote these products and lead consumers to believe that that is enough and that taking an active role in ensuring the cat's dental health is unnecessary. That is actually one of the ways a client can take an active role in their cat's teeth--feeding a diet like t/d. It's certainly not "ridiculous". I would call it responsible. |
#22
|
|||
|
|||
"GAUBSTER2" wrote in message ... I just want to give cat food which is nutritious (not too high in salt as she has a slight asymptomatic heart murmur) and which doesn't do anything too drastic to her teeth!!! Is this too much to ask? Go w/ what your vet recommends. Who do you trust more? The person who has the education behind them, the person you took your beloved pet to in the first place? OR some stranger (and I'm being kind here) in a pet store that claims to know more than vets (who deal w/ real life problems on a daily basis). Since your cat needs something that isn't high in salt you could go w/ a diet like Hill's t/d. It has a senior nutrient profile and will attack the periodontal problems as well. (there are differences in senior diets, regardless of what the pet store employee told you--he certainly isn't a feline nutritionist if he doesn't know that basic fact) What reason would a vet have to know more about feline nutrition? |
#23
|
|||
|
|||
"GAUBSTER2" wrote in message ... I just want to give cat food which is nutritious (not too high in salt as she has a slight asymptomatic heart murmur) and which doesn't do anything too drastic to her teeth!!! Is this too much to ask? Go w/ what your vet recommends. Who do you trust more? The person who has the education behind them, the person you took your beloved pet to in the first place? OR some stranger (and I'm being kind here) in a pet store that claims to know more than vets (who deal w/ real life problems on a daily basis). Since your cat needs something that isn't high in salt you could go w/ a diet like Hill's t/d. It has a senior nutrient profile and will attack the periodontal problems as well. (there are differences in senior diets, regardless of what the pet store employee told you--he certainly isn't a feline nutritionist if he doesn't know that basic fact) What reason would a vet have to know more about feline nutrition? |
#24
|
|||
|
|||
snip
thanks for all the sensible answers. I have decided to get the dental plan along with the senior. She has regular dental checks/cleans at the vet and will be booked in next month (when it isn't so hot and she'll feel more comfortable - she was very very stressed last week at the vet in the heat and the visit too). The vet gave me a sample of a dental product which I will mix with her food (she won't let me clean her teeth her get into her mouth without a lot of fuss and several scratch marks) and try also. Hopefully a combination of all this will help her stay healthy longer. Thanks again. Jules There are two respites from the miseries of life - music and cats. |
#25
|
|||
|
|||
snip
thanks for all the sensible answers. I have decided to get the dental plan along with the senior. She has regular dental checks/cleans at the vet and will be booked in next month (when it isn't so hot and she'll feel more comfortable - she was very very stressed last week at the vet in the heat and the visit too). The vet gave me a sample of a dental product which I will mix with her food (she won't let me clean her teeth her get into her mouth without a lot of fuss and several scratch marks) and try also. Hopefully a combination of all this will help her stay healthy longer. Thanks again. Jules There are two respites from the miseries of life - music and cats. |
#26
|
|||
|
|||
Once I noticed a canned diet for cats had carrots in it. Just out of
curiosity, I decided to write to the manufacturer to ask why they added carrots. The vet from the company (specialized in small animal nutrition) wrote back and said that carrots were a source of vitamin A. The problem is that nobody told that vet that cats are unable to convert beta-carotene into vitamin A (carrots have beta-carotene, not vitamin A). Now if you get that kind of thing from someone who *should* know about feline nutrition, imagine what you'd get from the regular vet. |
#27
|
|||
|
|||
Once I noticed a canned diet for cats had carrots in it. Just out of
curiosity, I decided to write to the manufacturer to ask why they added carrots. The vet from the company (specialized in small animal nutrition) wrote back and said that carrots were a source of vitamin A. The problem is that nobody told that vet that cats are unable to convert beta-carotene into vitamin A (carrots have beta-carotene, not vitamin A). Now if you get that kind of thing from someone who *should* know about feline nutrition, imagine what you'd get from the regular vet. |
#28
|
|||
|
|||
What reason would a vet have to know more about feline nutrition?
WTF? Why don't you ask yourself that question? |
#29
|
|||
|
|||
What reason would a vet have to know more about feline nutrition?
WTF? Why don't you ask yourself that question? |
#30
|
|||
|
|||
What reason would a vet have to know more about feline nutrition?
WTF? Why don't you ask yourself that question? Have you been through veterinary school? How much do you think they really learn about *feline nutrition*? I like how you answer a question w/ another question. Most vets know quite a bit about "feline nutrition". What's your agenda? Why are you insinuating that vets don't know about nutrition? Don't they see hundreds (or thousands) of cats a year? Don't you think education is an ongoing process? Aren't you still learning--or do you know it all? You didn't answer your own question, btw. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Follow-up question about canned cat food | Jerold Pearson | Cat health & behaviour | 34 | August 8th 03 01:52 AM |
Hill's T/D carbs? | Janet Peerson | Cat health & behaviour | 1 | July 1st 03 09:35 PM |