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Zero Carb Crunchy Treats?

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HereKittyKittyKitty

HereKittyKittyKitty

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Is there such a thing as a zero carb crunchy treat? Preferably no fish.

I'm actually considering getting an uncooked bone (marketed for dogs) from the pet store and see if he'll chew on it. I gave him one of my dog's cow hooves and he sniffed it for a few minutes and then lost interest.

The vet says he has tartar and may need extractions. All this since having great teeth last year. I have been feeding 9 Lives Chicken, 9 Lives Turkey, and 9 Lives Liver/Bacon pates with Orijen Beef/Orijen Rejional Red freeze dried dog treats, so obviously nothing to clean the teeth, and he bites me every time I try to clean his teeth :eek: No matter how he is restrained/held, and even with someone helping. He lets me open his mouth and pill him, so maybe something about the cleaning, itself :frown

BTW, the vet is not happy with me controlling the cat's diabetes with diet (obvious from attitude toward cat and remarks in record) :mad:
 
HereKittyKittyKitty said:
Is there such a thing as a zero carb crunchy treat? Preferably no fish.

I'm actually considering getting an uncooked bone (marketed for dogs) from the pet store and see if he'll chew on it. I gave him one of my dog's cow hooves and he sniffed it for a few minutes and then lost interest.

The vet says he has tartar and may need extractions. All this since having great teeth last year. I have been feeding 9 Lives Chicken, 9 Lives Turkey, and 9 Lives Liver/Bacon pates with Orijen Beef/Orijen Rejional Red freeze dried dog treats, so obviously nothing to clean the teeth, and he bites me every time I try to clean his teeth :eek: No matter how he is restrained/held, and even with someone helping. He lets me open his mouth and pill him, so maybe something about the cleaning, itself :frown

BTW, the vet is not happy with me controlling the cat's diabetes with diet (obvious from attitude toward cat and remarks in record) :mad:
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You could get a small bag of young again zero carb food... I give some as a treat for tests. You could also get freeze dried chicken.
 
Find a new Vet. It infuriates me to hear how some of these docs treat the Customer and their pet. Feed garbage, don't check glucose at home, come in weekly so we can charge big bucks. What is with these people?? :banghead::banghead::banghead::arghh::arghh::arghh::arghh: Need to vent when I hear these terrible stories.

BTW: no ideas for treats. My little bugger is restricted to his food for now.:cat:
 
What in the world is your vet's problem!!! He should be praising you for the diet change that resulted in remission. I cannot stand stupidity. Anyway, on to your question...

I know you said your cat will not let you 'clean' his teeth, but if you mean you have been trying to actually brush them, maybe you should try this instead: https://petsmileusa.com/ This was recommended to me by a wonderful dental specialist. You just have to get it in there on the teeth, no brushing required. It works with enzymes. It supposedly has a 'yummy London broil' flavor, so maybe he will even like it. The same specialist also highly recommends this supplement that is good for periodontal and joint health: https://www.amazon.com/1-TDC-Dual-Action-Natural-Support/dp/B00USLDY8Q

Nothing replaces the need for professional dental care though. So, if he already needs a cleaning and extractions, those need to be done. Dental issues can cause so many other health issue if left untreated. It will start to impact his glucose levels when it gets bad enough.
 
Switching to all wet food has me worried about my boys teeth. His teeth are all good for now (or at least when the doctor looked in his mouth he said everything looked good) and when I check them they look good. Anyways with our dog we were told wet food is actually bad for their teeth and rots them so I figured that would be the same with our cat. Other people have told me differently, they say the hard is bad for his teeth and wet food would help?
 
Thank you, everyone.

The Orijen dog treats are actually freeze-dried (whole prey) meat. Cat was crying all over the house, so I figured he was hungry. Yup... so he gets a few before each meal so he'll eat the pates (he gets 1 chicken, 1 turkey, and 1 liver/bacon each day). He never finishes any of them, but he gets tired of the same ole thing... with the daily variety he actually does eat :)

I was hoping for something that would actually clean his teeth. Besides the bones and tails in the mice he's caught and eaten (YAY!)

All the dental treats have carbs and I don't want to break what's working... haven't posted numbers for a (long) while, but he ranges between 60 and 89. Occasionally in the 50s or low 90s.

I'm actually in the middle of moving, so will find a new vet in the new state :)
 
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