08.31.06

Kitty oral-care kibble

Posted in Cats at 2:16 pm by LeisureGuy

I blogged earlier about feeding the kitties Hill’s Science Diet t/d. Then I came across this note today:

For healthy pets, Science Diet® Oral Care® is available through veterinarians and pet specialty retailers carrying the Science Diet product line. It is an appropriate choice to maintain a clean, healthy mouth in adult pets with no current health issues. If a pet suffers from gingivitis or is at risk of more serious dental disease, Prescription Diet® t/d®, which is available only through your veterinarian, may be a better choice.

So we’ll talk to our vet about the best choice for our cats. (The same foods are also available in canine formulas. And, BTW, I didn’t know that garlic was a deadly poison for dogs. Did you?)

1 Comment »

  1. LeisureGuy said,

    4 September 2006 at 7:17 am

    I emailed a “natural” canine health care columnist who had recommended a bit of garlic for dogs, as a flea repellant. Her column did include the statement that onions were very bad for dogs. She replied:

    It is true that onions can cause haemolytic anaemia which can prove fatal to a dog, and garlic is from the same family as onions. However, in my many years involvment in the world of dogs I have never ever heard of a dog showing any ill effects from eating a clove of garlic a day. Indeed, I have never heard of a dog dying from haemolytic anaemia from eating onions, although I have met someone who claimed that her family’s greyhounds used to steal raw onions and eat them frequently with zero ill effects.

    I believe the risk from onions is like the risk from chocolate, which can also prove fatal to some dogs, even a tiny amount, because of the presence of theobromine. Over the years I have fed my own dogs small amounts of chocolate, have come across dogs who have stolen and eaten whole boxes of chocolates and lived to tell the tale. IOW the risk is very tiny.

    OTOH the benefits from garlic are real for very many dogs.

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