My 11 year old cat Baby (He hates his name too...) is healthy but the vet said that his teeth were in need of cleaning. The problem with that is that he would have had to use general anesthesia on Baby and we nearly lost him once because of a terrible reaction to anesthesia. I would never optionally allow it again. But I did need to deal with my cat's teeth. The vet said to try Greenies because he knew my cat, as mellow as he usually is, wouldn't sit still and let me brush his teeth.
I have been buying them for about two years and his teeth look good. I bought them this time in the catnip flavor which is new to him. I am happy to see that my cat really enjoys these although he doesn't get crazy like he does when he has plain catnip. I give him a few a day. He has a sensitive stomach so I have to be very careful what I feed him and how much. Three or four of these little treats satisfy him and don't cause him to throw up, something that he does often and always has.
His teeth look great for his age and he's happy with all of the varieties of Greenies that I have given him. I really have nothing bad to say about these treats. They do work to help keep my cat's teeth clean and to scrub off tarter and he enjoys them. They also freshen his breath. They're safe for him and don't upset his stomach. I will feed him Greenies for as log as he is able to chew them up which I hope will be a long time. They're a bit pricey but worth it to avoid his teeth rotting or risking anesthesia again to have his teeth cleaned.
Note: My canister DOES have the flip open side on the lid. It is kind of flimsy and big though and sometimes the whole lid comes off. But the flip opening is there.
Chicken meal, wheat, brown rice, corn gluten meal, poultry fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), oat fiber, natural poultry flavor, ground flaxseed, brewers dried yeast, minerals (potassium chloride, calcium carbonate, salt, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, calcium iodate, cobalt carbonate), dried catnip, choline chloride, citric acid (a preservative), fruit juice color, taurine, dl-methionine, mixed tocopherols (a preservative), vitamins (dl-alpha tocopherol acetate, niacin, d-calcium pantothenate, vitamin A supplement, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid), turmeric color, rosemary extract.
