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whayface - 27 Aug 2004 17:31 GMT

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.

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Nan - 27 Aug 2004 17:50 GMT

>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.
>
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Some hairball treatment stuff contains mineral oil which will deplete
Vitamin A if used in excess. Pumpkin (not the pie mix) or 1/2
teaspoon butter 2 or 3 times a week works just as well as commercial
hairball treatment stuff. Some people use a little petroleum jelly to
prevent hairballs.
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Nan and the furkids

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a fool talks because he has to say something.

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Sherry - 28 Aug 2004 04:29 GMT

>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.

I'd take anything in Cat Fancy with a grain of salt. It's a nice, glossy
storybook with great photos, but I've seen some really questionable articles in
there. They also are notorious for prostituting themselves to their
advertisers...if the hairball treatment was mentioned by name, that article
would have never appeared in there. Just curious, did they mention an
alternative product (by name)?
Also, if you like reading stuff about cat health & behavior, Cornell University
has a great newsletter with no slants toward advertisers.

Sherry

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Sherry - 28 Aug 2004 04:51 GMT

>hey also are notorious for prostituting themselves to their
>advertisers...if the hairball treatment was mentioned by name, that article
>would have never appeared in there.

Duh. I screwed this sentence up. What I meant was, if the hairball remedy
product advertised in Cat Fancy, they'd have never dissed it in an article.

Sherry

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