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Hello All,
I'm new and have been learning a lot from this platform!
I wondered if anybody knows whether Glycerol is safe for cats as a thickener? Purina uses them in their wet food and their hydra care drinks. I looked into this as my 2 year old has a sudden increased SDMA and the only change is that I have introduced Purina Hydracare. I learned from this forum that some cats tummy are sensitive to thickener (carrageenan/tapioca, etc) so I got in touch with Purina to see if their Hydracare Drinks contain any, their response was that they do not use thickener but Glycerol. When asked how much they use they said it's a commercial secret. It seems to me that it's safety margin lies in how much is used?
A quick search online shows that Glycerol can induce AKI in rats, and it has been re-evaluated in 2017 as a human food addictive:
https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4720
Protective effect of quinacrine against glycerol-induced acute kidney injury in rats - BMC Nephrology.
As there is no study that evaluates its safety margin for cats, I'm a bit worried about feeding this to my boy. I wondered if any of you pet guardians know more about glycerol as an addictive, am I worried too much?
I'm new and have been learning a lot from this platform!
I wondered if anybody knows whether Glycerol is safe for cats as a thickener? Purina uses them in their wet food and their hydra care drinks. I looked into this as my 2 year old has a sudden increased SDMA and the only change is that I have introduced Purina Hydracare. I learned from this forum that some cats tummy are sensitive to thickener (carrageenan/tapioca, etc) so I got in touch with Purina to see if their Hydracare Drinks contain any, their response was that they do not use thickener but Glycerol. When asked how much they use they said it's a commercial secret. It seems to me that it's safety margin lies in how much is used?
A quick search online shows that Glycerol can induce AKI in rats, and it has been re-evaluated in 2017 as a human food addictive:
https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4720
Protective effect of quinacrine against glycerol-induced acute kidney injury in rats - BMC Nephrology.
As there is no study that evaluates its safety margin for cats, I'm a bit worried about feeding this to my boy. I wondered if any of you pet guardians know more about glycerol as an addictive, am I worried too much?