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Friskie's Dental Diet?
A friend told me that Friskie's Dental Diet made his cats sick. I've been
feeding a limited amount to my two cats for at least a year - maybe ten pellets a day. Neither seems to be bothered and their teeth seem to be clean. The few cases of throwing up seem to be hairball related. What has been your experience? TIA -- Untie the two knots to email me A closed mouth gathers no foot. |
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Friskie's Dental Diet?
"Ken Knecht" wrote in message ... A friend told me that Friskie's Dental Diet made his cats sick. I've been feeding a limited amount to my two cats for at least a year - maybe ten pellets a day. Neither seems to be bothered and their teeth seem to be clean. The few cases of throwing up seem to be hairball related. What has been your experience? My cat loved these things and she died at age 20 with all her teeth and healthy gums--but of course heredity probably played a huge role in that I have seen people more knowledgable than I say that this particular "dental" food has a better chance of working because the pieces are so large the cats actually HAVE to chew them. (Cats do not generally chew their food they just rip it into manageable hunks and swallow.) I used to hear my cat crunching those big round pieces up. She ate it for probably her last five years of life and never had any health problems. But then, she was the Bulletproof cat. The really mean, dumb ones that don't like people usually are. (I did love her very much, though.) |
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Friskie's Dental Diet?
Ken Knecht wrote: A friend told me that Friskie's Dental Diet made his cats sick. I've been feeding a limited amount to my two cats for at least a year - maybe ten pellets a day. Neither seems to be bothered and their teeth seem to be clean. The few cases of throwing up seem to be hairball related. What has been your experience? Well, this is my experience with FDD. I'm not a Friskie's fan, but I received a sample pack of Friskie's Dental Diet in the mail several years ago. The cats, Cherokee in particular, just went nuts for the stuff. So I continued to buy the smallest size box and just dole them out like treats, just a few pellets occasionally. It never seemed to upset their tummies. I imagine it probably was at least somewhat effective in cleaning their teeth, the way they had to crunch it. Sherry |
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Friskie's Dental Diet?
I keep a bowl of Dental Diet out along with 4 other kinds of dry cat
food. Also I open 2 or 3 cans of cat food a day. They eat little of the Dental Diet, guess they know when they need it. This sounds like a lot but there are 7 grown cats. |
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Friskie's Dental Diet?
Ken Knecht wrote: A friend told me that Friskie's Dental Diet made his cats sick. I've been feeding a limited amount to my two cats for at least a year - maybe ten pellets a day. Neither seems to be bothered and their teeth seem to be clean. The few cases of throwing up seem to be hairball related. The Veterinary Oral Health Care council maintains a website of VOHC approved products. You can review the methodology required to gain approval and find out if the food is approved for tartar, or plaque or both. VOHC does not currently grant approval for gingivitis claims, so manufacturers making this claim will need to support that claim with other methods. http://www.vohc.org/ |
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Friskie's Dental Diet?
-L. wrote: wrote: Well, this is my experience with FDD. I'm not a Friskie's fan, but I received a sample pack of Friskie's Dental Diet in the mail several years ago. The cats, Cherokee in particular, just went nuts for the stuff. So I continued to buy the smallest size box and just dole them out like treats, just a few pellets occasionally. It never seemed to upset their tummies. I imagine it probably was at least somewhat effective in cleaning their teeth, the way they had to crunch it. Sherry Same here. The problem I had was Peewee choked on it a couple of time - after that I got rid of it. -L. Ooo. Bet you about panicked. What's the proper way to help a choking cat, anyway? Sherry |
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What to do with a choking cat? (was Friskie's Dental Diet?)
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What to do with a choking cat? (was Friskie's Dental Diet?)
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What to do with a choking cat? (was Friskie's Dental Diet?)
No More Retail wrote: Phil has information on his site http://www.maxshouse.com/choking.htm Thanks for posting that. -L. |
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