Greenies 的潔齿骨有沒有木糖shoon?

greenies唔好架，美國果邊仲有人要告greenies果間公司添，因為有狗仔食greenies出現問題死左，所以你會發覺越來越少寵物店有greenies賣，就算有都唔會有好多存貨，因為驚賣唔哂過哂食用日期。我問過獸醫既意見，佢話狗仔消化系統唔好就一定唔可以俾greenies狗仔食，因為呢隻野好難消化，另外如果狗仔食野猴禽都唔好俾狗仔食，因為狗仔好容易會哽死。所以後尾我都冇再買greenies俾狗狗食，轉過買第二d容易消化既潔齒條條俾狗狗。

已經係前年已經知道greenies對狗仔唔好，後尾仲係CNN既電子報度睇到關於greenies既一d負面報導，當時好彩得番一包greenies，食完最後果包就冇再買呢款潔齒骨，改買易於消化既麥纖條俾狗狗食，一樣有潔齒功效。以下是關於greenies既一些報導:

Can digestive enzymes solve the problems with Greenies?

"I stopped giving my dog Greenies after I read your article about dangerous chewies. But after reading about enzymes last month, I wonder if they could help digest the Greenies? I wouldn't mind giving one to Tinker every once in a while if I knew it was safe." Helen M., Hartford, CT

Thanks Helen, this is a great question. In the August 2004 issue of the Bakery News, we talked about the dangers of some popular chews. In this article, we shared some reports from people who have experienced problems with Greenies causing esophageal and bowel obstructions in their dogs. In some cases, with lethal consequences. We had run our own simple experiment, and discovered that after 24 hours in an acidic solution, there was absolutely no change in the appearance, consistency or texture of a Greenie.

Since we wrote that article, several people have sent in feedback that they too have had similar experiences with Greenies. Including one person who wrote in to tell us a tragic story about her German Shepherd who had continual digestive problems for eight months. Her vet could not solve the riddle, and her dog eventually passed on. The vet performed an autopsy and found a large green mass in the dog's upper GI. This dog had not recieved any Greenies the whole time he was having problems. That's eight months in an active digestive system.

The primary volume of a Greenie is cellulose, and cellulose is not directly digestible by most mammals. Cellulose can however be digested with the aid of a digestive enzyme called (surprisingly enough) cellulase. Prozyme is one of the leading canine digestive enzyme supplements on the market, and we checked the label... sure enough Prozyme contains cellulase.

With high hopes, we shredded (particle size very similar to shredded cheese) a Greenie and placed it in a solution of water and Prozyme (the recommended dosage for a complete meal). After four hours of intermittent agitation, nothing. The Greenie particles still retained their shape, size, and plastic-like consistency. But, we weren't about to give up. We acidified the solution, raised the temperature to 100°F, and increased the rate of agitation. Four more hours went by... still nothing. We put the experiment aside, and forgot about it until the next day. Twenty-four hours in an acidic solution loaded with digestive enzymes, and there was absolutely no change in the Greenie particles whatsoever.

Sorry Helen. Our advice to you is still avoid Greenies generally, and especially so if your dog is a gulper"

I saw this in other website. Please careful if you let your 99 have such chewing stuff.

可瀏覽以下的網頁找到優質既麥纖條代替greenies:
http://www.pet28.com/profile.asp?id=15761

我的狗狗晚餐後就吃一支Greenies骨,每日如是,一直到現在都好多年了衹是營養高d,稍胖!但沒有什事啊!

2007-05-27 14:07:22 補充：
....~~~~~~我吾俾Greenies狗狗食啦!再查真d先`~~~~~~