Hills Science Diet Dental

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.

"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?

"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?

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

What reason would a vet have to know more about feline nutrition?


WTF? Why don't you ask yourself that question?

What reason would a vet have to know more about feline nutrition?


WTF? Why don't you ask yourself that question?

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.