We have briefly addressed the issue of avoiding plastic in cat trees in previous articles. This point was barely addressed and we feel it is very important to your cat's health to address this.
We control all the items that our cats come in contact with. Just like they cannot choose what food to eat they cannot choose what they eat out of. Plastic is everywhere and while it is not environmentally friendly, it is toxic in many cases.
We take plastic for granted and do not pay attention to how much of it we come in contact with. Take a quick look around you count how many items have plastic on them. A lot, right? Of course it would be next to impossible to not use any plastic, but perhaps we should be aware of what we can change.
Plastics can cause on the simple medical side of things a dry, flakey coat, hot spots, itchy skin, allergies, feline acne, and urinary tract infections. A continual use causes liver and kidney failure.
I know about the dangers of plastic by learning the hard way. I had plastic blind in my windows and my cat loved to chew on them. I thought nothing of this habit until at the age of 1.5 years she came down with liver failure and died. Then I heard on the news that there was a issue linking feline liver failure to the blinds had purchased. Because I was agonizing about the cause of this issue I had kept in contact with the vet. She agreed that this was probably the cause of her death.
Here are the plastics that you can take out of your cat's environment. * Plastic bowls for food and water * Cat toys primarily made of plastic * Cat trees that have large plastic areas
What happens is that when your cat licks the plastic her saliva is alkaline. This starts breaking the plastic down and she ingests petroleum and melamine which plastic is made from.
If melamine sounds familiar you are remembering the 2007 recall of so many pet foods. The USDA examined the pet food that had caused so many illnesses and deaths and determine that they were contaminated with melamine. Melamine was also added to pet food to boost the amount of protein. At first the products where passed off as being the fault of China, however producers of pet food in the US also leter admitted to adding this plastic to your cats food.
We control all the items that our cats come in contact with. Just like they cannot choose what food to eat they cannot choose what they eat out of. Plastic is everywhere and while it is not environmentally friendly, it is toxic in many cases.
We take plastic for granted and do not pay attention to how much of it we come in contact with. Take a quick look around you count how many items have plastic on them. A lot, right? Of course it would be next to impossible to not use any plastic, but perhaps we should be aware of what we can change.
Plastics can cause on the simple medical side of things a dry, flakey coat, hot spots, itchy skin, allergies, feline acne, and urinary tract infections. A continual use causes liver and kidney failure.
I know about the dangers of plastic by learning the hard way. I had plastic blind in my windows and my cat loved to chew on them. I thought nothing of this habit until at the age of 1.5 years she came down with liver failure and died. Then I heard on the news that there was a issue linking feline liver failure to the blinds had purchased. Because I was agonizing about the cause of this issue I had kept in contact with the vet. She agreed that this was probably the cause of her death.
Here are the plastics that you can take out of your cat's environment. * Plastic bowls for food and water * Cat toys primarily made of plastic * Cat trees that have large plastic areas
What happens is that when your cat licks the plastic her saliva is alkaline. This starts breaking the plastic down and she ingests petroleum and melamine which plastic is made from.
If melamine sounds familiar you are remembering the 2007 recall of so many pet foods. The USDA examined the pet food that had caused so many illnesses and deaths and determine that they were contaminated with melamine. Melamine was also added to pet food to boost the amount of protein. At first the products where passed off as being the fault of China, however producers of pet food in the US also leter admitted to adding this plastic to your cats food.
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