On 8 Aug 2006 22:45:59 -0700, "Mike S."
wrote:

Is baking soda toxic to cats? The dental product I'm using in my cat's
water contains baking soda. I tried researching it and I could only
find one website that claims that it's toxic. It said it could cause
heart failure along with a few other things I don't remember. I would
like to know if it's true or not.

Enough of anything is toxic. Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate. Too
much baking soda would aggravate heart failure just as too much salt
would. I think baking soda dissolved in water probably would do
nothing to benefit a cat's dental health. When you brush your teeth
with baking soda the benefit comes from the slightly abrasive effect
helping to clean plaque from your teeth.

Bud
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