Does the ointment have any effect on the health of cats?
| Main ingredient | category | Worry |
| Grease: Lubricates and softens the hairballs | mineral oil | Because the intestine can not be absorbed, it is easy to hinder the absorption of water and fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and calcium and phosphorus, and a large amount of intake will cause soft stools and diarrhea |
| vegetable oil | It will irritate the stomach and intestines, easy to diarrhea, thinning, resulting in the intestine can not smoothly absorb nutrients; Some are hydrogenated vegetable oils, and long-term consumption can easily cause gastrointestinal lesions or cancer | |
| fish oil | Contains many vitamins A and D, and large intake can lead to soft stools, diarrhea and vitamin A poisoning | |
| animal oil | Easy to nourish the intestinal flora, easy to soften the stool and lead to a strong fecal odor, a large amount of intake will cause soft stool, diarrhea, resulting in the intestine can not smoothly absorb nutrients | |
| Sweetening Additive: Increases the mouth-sucking nature of cats | Malt syrup, corn syrup, | Sugars can easily cause obesity in cats, trigger diabetes, and allow plaque to acidate teeth and form tooth decay |
| Lactose powder | ||
| cane sugar | ||
| Emulsifier: Transforms the texture into a paste | lecithin | Usually the emulsification is limited, or additional artificial emulsifiers are added |
| Artificial emulsifier | It is a legal food additive for animal food species, but it is still a chemical, and most of it does not meet the human consumption indicators | |
| Preservatives: Make the product non-perishable and easy to preserve | Chemical preservatives | Chemical additives are not easily metabolized and discharged, and the accumulation of poisons can cause lesions and illness in cat organs |
Because the main ingredient of the hair cream is oil, so the cat in the intake, is to pay special attention to the cat’s excretion and lack of nutrients, if the cat every day thin or soft stool, it means that the gastrointestinal health has been lit up red light! Ingestion of excessive hair cream is not recommended, easy to cause cat obesity, tooth decay, too much chemical additives, long-term on the cat kidneys and body is also a great burden.
Some people will use nutritional ointment as a substitute because of doubts about hair cream, but the nutritional ointment is specially used for kittens, pregnant female cats and postoperative cats, which is not suitable as a substitute for general cats, and the calories and nutrients of the nutritional ointment are high, and how easy it is for cats to eat can easily lead to obesity.
Fresh natural ingredients, such as pumpkin and sweet potato, is also widely known to have the effect of helping cats and cats to drain their hair, occasionally feeding a little, is to help cats digest defecation, increase the diversity of diet, but this kind of fiber food is not recommended to eat more, because the main starch-based food, you must eat a lot to have enough dietary fiber, to effectively exclude hairballs, when excessive intake, or easy to make cats obese, flatulence and diarrhea.