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09-11-2013, 01:29 PM | #1 |
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| CET AquaDent Warning I had Faith to the vet today and she needs a dental done on her teeth, but because of her condition, it would be too high risk to try it. The vet suggested CET AquaDent which is a drinking water additive and gave me a free sample. I found it on the internet so I could be sure of how much of the stuff to use, and was shocked to see, listed as the 3rd ingredient was Xylitol! Huh? Why would they put something so very toxic to dogs in a dental care for dogs? I certainly will not be using this on any of my dogs. How ridiculous! I'm so thankful I noticed that before adding it to the water bowl! I am going to email the vet and let her know, as I'm sure she has no idea there is xylitol in it. I found this info on it, if you'd like to see it: AquaDent Pet Oral Health Product Contains Deadly Xylitol
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09-11-2013, 01:44 PM | #2 |
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| This has been discussed on this forum previously and people fear it. All I can say is that I have used it without an issue...I no longer use it but not because it is not useful. At the time I did use it, the need for dentals in my pups did seem to extend a bit. I called the company and was send information regarding this product that made me feel it was safe to use. The amount of Xylitol in it is not toxic. I also know a man who has used it for his pup and he has seen good results with it. That's about all I can say. If a pup already has serious periodontal disease it probably won't do much good anyway. My high risk pup, George, is having a dental next Wednesday...while I am very concerned about it, I must do it or he is going to die from either cardiac or renal issues and I am not willing to let him go through that when I can prevent it. He is going to a specialist...my vet is not comfortable doing his dental and I am with her on that!
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09-11-2013, 02:01 PM | #3 |
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| Check out healthy mouth dog essential which is rec by boarded vet dentists and is xylitol free. It's expensive. As for dentals, my dog daisy is very high risk. I take her to the Angell animal medical center in Boston where they follow a specific protocol for her anesthesia. Before I found them, I took her for a dental done by her internist's office. The hospital wasn't a dental clinic, but they were used to caring for higher risk dogs and had appropriate equipment and personnel to stabilizer her if she needed it.
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09-11-2013, 06:39 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | I wouldn't give my dogs anything with Xylitol in it after seeing people lose their dogs to this. I would err on the side of being safe. Given the medicine Faith is on could increase her water consumption I would be really afraid. I am glad you saw that before using it. I'm not surprised the company would say its safe their selling it. Did the company say what a safe amount of Xylitol is? Yorkies are so small I would still stay away from it for my girls.
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09-11-2013, 06:45 PM | #5 |
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| It's probably something I would stay away from, but then again, I use petzlife a few times a week which contains some alcohol, so meh. To each their own and whatever you're most comfortable with. I've never seen ill effects from Petzlife and it seems to work well for us. He is also a bigger boy at 17lbs.
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09-11-2013, 06:47 PM | #6 |
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| My coworkers grand dog, a Chocolate lab, 6 months old, got sick from this in the beginning of the summer. I think Xlitol is crap but I also think that each dog has a different "system" so I, especially because of Mini, would not use anything with Xlitol.
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09-11-2013, 06:54 PM | #7 |
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| The question is...WHY? I mean, it shouldn't even be up for discussion to figure out if it is good or bad. Why would it even be in there at all??? What is it's purpose according to the company? Seems to me there are ways to make dental care additives without xylitol so why even put "a non-toxic" amount?
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09-11-2013, 07:06 PM | #8 | |
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09-11-2013, 07:27 PM | #9 |
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| Well ... the bottom line is that Connie's vet recommended it. She holds him in high regard from what I understand from her previous posts. My vet, who I also have the utmost respect for, recommends it...and it is not just the company I listened to. I have all of the paperwork somewhere around here, but the bottom line is that I felt comfortable using it and nothing adverse happened. I don't use it now. We cannot come along and see one ingredient and make judgements about a product. I understand how people feel and if they don't choose to use it, that's fine. I am merely sharing what I did. I am going to ask the board certified dentist who is doing George's dental this week. Just want to say this: How many times have you eaten toxic things? How many of you smoke..or used to smoke? How many drink alcohol? How many smoke/smoked pot? Now, I realize we are larger than our pups, but toxic is toxic.
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09-11-2013, 07:32 PM | #10 | |
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09-11-2013, 07:34 PM | #11 | |
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As to your other comment, there are many products available so that people can choose what they want to use.
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09-11-2013, 07:34 PM | #12 |
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| I can only speculate that it is in there because it does have dental benefits (at least in humans). I don't believe there is a such thing as a safe dose, so we never have used it and never will. There are so many other products that don't have extreme toxins in them. I emailed the company and was not satisfied with their answer.
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09-11-2013, 07:57 PM | #13 |
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| Yes...I hold my vet in high regard, but unfortunately, he is now semi retired and not in the office very much. Believe me, I call him to get his opinion on what this new vet is doing or not doing and if there is something she has overlooked, he brings it to her attention. I sure do have the utmost respect for that man and so thankful he gave me his cell number and is always helpful when I call him. I don't believe there is any safe amount of xylitol and would never give it to my dogs. It still boggles my mind why they would put that in a product for dogs. Maybe nothing would happen at first, but what about long term effects. I wonder how many dogs have gotten very ill or died that were on this, but their owners never put two and two together.
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09-11-2013, 08:27 PM | #14 |
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| ETA I've done the nath and it is not considered toxic. However, it is my belief that any consumption is a sugar risk.
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