Suzie's Tartar Control Liquid

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I saw this product at http://www.suziestartarliquid.com/ and want to give it a shot. My two cats have some tartar and the vet says the total cost for both will be $600.00!! I can't afford that. This product says it works and I can give it a try, but I just need to make sure its generally safe. It says vet approved and I see they are selling tons of it wholesale to some pretty bit web sites.

Does anyone have any advice or has anyone used this product?

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Talk with your vet about this prior to use ...

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Suzie's is safe for your pets! Ingredients: water, glycerine, sodium benzoate, allantoin, polysorbate 20, sodium salicylate, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium borate, green FD&C yellow No. 5.


The colored items are ingrediants I would be cautious of since a few of them MY VET said never give
 

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It's a scam. Their website says that dry food and biscuits will remove tartar. Nothing removes tartar short of a dental scraping with really sharp objects. While the product *may* help prevent tartar, it won't do anything for tartar already on the teeth. Like Sharky said, there are some questionable ingredients too. Sodium salicylate is related to aspirin, which is a big no-no for pets unless they are under a vet's care.
 
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Thanks for the input, but I did a little digging and most of the ingredients in this nobody balks at putting directly in their cats eyes as eye drops. Even my vet recommended visine for our cats eye irritations. He said put it in just as you would your own eyes. Visine contains benzalkonium chloride, boric acid, edetate disodium, purified water, sodium borate, and sodium chloride, Dextran 70 0.1%\tLubricant
Polyethylene glycol 400 1%\tLubricant
Povidone 1%\tLubricant
Tetrahydrozoline HCl 0.05%\tRedness reliever

From my own teenage chemistry experimenting I knew that Salicylic Acid is a natural substance (comes from willow tree bark for one) and is USED to make aspirin, but is NOT aspirin. Aspirin is far from being a natural substance and some say it would be prescription if it were introduced now and because of its danger level.

Even Polysorbate 20 is an emulsifying agent used in pharmeceuticals = pills for humans and pets.

I also read several forums where people are giving to their cats with no problems whatsoever. I haven't read one place where anyone experienced a problem with it but most swore by it.
 

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Again, tartar is hardened plaque that cannot be removed by anything other than super sharp objects. I can see that the stuff may have a preventative effect, but I can't imagine it could do anything about existing tartar.
 
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That makes sense (tartar hard to remove). But people keep buying it. Maybe it is mostly for preventive. Thanks, I just can't help but try to find something other than $600.00 for simple teeth cleaning. I don't spend that on myself for dental work. I had a tooth pulled (rear tooth) because I just can't sink $800 - $1200 on it. What are people doing that can't afford this? Just let their cat's teeth fall out? Or does daily brushing help?

Interesting thing though. I bought some tartar mouth wash for myself a while back but was skeptical. I used it before brushing for a few weeks. Then one day large chunks of tartar behind my bottom front teeth fell off. Well, huge in that it felt huge in my mouth as it fell out. Another few weeks later, no tartar. And that was simply rinsing once a day. What if I had drank it in my water all day for weeks? Just some thoughts.

Thanks for all the input guys/gals.
 

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Daily brushing definitely helps keep their mouths in shape, along with genetics. I will admit to being too lazy to do it myself. Willow, who is 8 years old, has wonderful teeth and always has. Odo, who is about 14 years old, came to me with terrible teeth. He had a dental a few weeks ago to the tune of $400 because he had to have two canine (fang) teeth removed--one was broken and one was developing a pocket in the gums. February will be pet dental month, so you might check with your vet to see if they'll have any special discounts. The problem with leaving their teeth uncleaned and untreated is that bacteria can enter the blood stream and damage other organs, like the heart.
 

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As a dental hygienist (for humans) I can also vouch and say that nothing is going to REMOVE tartar other than sharp dental instrumentation. Of course, you can help prevent sever build up- but you can never prevent it 100%. I wish it was not so expensive to get kitties teeth cleaned- its even more than for humans. I am trying to brush Rambos teeth- we will see how the implementation of this goes. lol
 

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Actually Petzlife will remove tartar with prolonged use.  I have used it on my Chihuahua for several years.  Brush twice daily at first then once daily.
 

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Interesting thing though. I bought some tartar mouth wash for myself a while back but was skeptical. I used it before brushing for a few weeks. Then one day large chunks of tartar behind my bottom front teeth fell off. Well, huge in that it felt huge in my mouth as it fell out. Another few weeks later, no tartar. And that was simply rinsing once a day. What if I had drank it in my water all day for weeks? Just some thoughts.

Thanks for all the input guys/gals.
This is the same kind of result that some pet owners have experienced in using Dentatabs (made by TartarShield) which are white tablets that contain malic acid. These tablets are dissolved in your pet's drinking water and days or weeks later the tartar dissolves and for really serious cases, large sections have come right off. This product has been tested on dogs with serious tartar with some amazing results. I have used this product and have seen these results for myself. Of course, this does not replace regular dental maintenance such as brushing with pet toothpaste that contains enzymes, and having your pet checked regularly to see how much of the tartar has in fact, been removed.
 
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