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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / August 2004hairball treatment medication
I read an article in Cat Fancy magazine that the hairball treatment stuff that you can buy blocks some vitamins from being asorbed (SP?) by a cats system. Was just wondering if anyone knew if this was true or not. http://members.aol.com/larrystark/ >I read an article in Cat Fancy magazine that the hairball treatment >stuff that you can buy blocks some vitamins from being asorbed (SP?) >by a cats system. > >Was just wondering if anyone knew if this was true or not. Any petrolatum (Vaseline etc.) product can, potentially, dissolve the "fat soluble" vitamins (A,D,K ) and keep them from being absorbed. This is why most hairball meds contain added vitamins and/or fish liver oil. The notion is that they are so loaded with these that they won't absorb them from the food or even provide some. Other products that work by providing more fiber might prevent vitamin absorption by speeding the gut contents along before the vitamins can be absorbed. Clinically I have not seen these as a problem, but who knows what evil luuuurks in the gut of cats? Stephen Dubin VMD |
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