| You would never think of giving poison to cats, but | | | | vitamin D. |
| you may be doing it by accident. In fact, overloading | | | | If you indulged your cats with this type of hairball |
| your cats' diet with some hairball remedies can | | | | remedy, but now know better, don't be tempted to |
| prevent absorption of a vital vitamin. | | | | add vitamin D back into their diet. Just continue to |
| Many of us rely on vitamin supplements to provide a | | | | feed a high quality cat food which is full of vitamins |
| nutritional boost to our human diets. Perhaps you | | | | cats need. Once your cats are off the petroleum |
| even thought about supplementing your cat's diet | | | | based product, their digestive system will be able to |
| with vitamins. After all, didn't you read somewhere | | | | absorb the vitamin D again. |
| that kittens with diets low in vitamin D develop | | | | Now let's consider completely removing this |
| rickets? Or what about older cats with low levels of | | | | 'petroleum based' product from your cats diets. After |
| vitamin D in their diet suffering from brittle bones? | | | | all, would you ingest something made of petroleum? |
| Both of these conditions are possible, but such | | | | Here, have a pint of crude to slick up your innards. |
| deficiencies are rare in today's cat diet world. That | | | | Its really not a far stretch to consider this as |
| said, it is possible that you may cause your cat to | | | | something close to giving poison to cats. |
| have a vitamin D deficiency simply by treating him for | | | | Consider switching over to an herbal hairball |
| hairballs. You could be literally giving poison to cats | | | | treatment. There are herbal compounds that provide |
| when you treat them with hairball remedies that | | | | a gentle yet effective solution to cat hairballs. Psyllium |
| have a mineral oil or petroleum jelly base. | | | | nigrum is a very high source of dietary fiber while |
| If your cat 'just loves' his petroleum based hairball | | | | Aloe ferox (a well known medicinal herb) is known |
| remedy and you 'just love' giving it to him, you both | | | | for its beneficial effect on digestive functioning. Nux |
| may need to back off the program a bit. Excessive | | | | vom is a proven homeopathic remedy often |
| use of this type of hair ball remedy can interfere | | | | prescribed for indigestion, diarrhea, constipation, |
| with the absorption of fat soluble vitamins, including | | | | vomiting, violent retching and abdominal cramps. |