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Phentex

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7. I did some more research...
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 11:30 AM
Mar 2013

spent a lot of time the other night talking with a friend and extreme pet lover. She explained how she's had to push back at the vet a few times when they start wanting to go down some roads or try to push expensive meds. She buys online and said she isn't a Costco member but found it much, much cheaper than the vet prices. It really is about quality of life, age of your pets, what you can afford, etc. She gives one of her cats denamarin but said the cat was in liver failure when she started.

"They are eating, exercising, bodily functions are fine and nothing seems wrong. Why test?? Do the vets have some magic pills to make my ten year old dogs blood work "normal"? "

That's how I feel. I don't think he'll ever have normal blood work again because of his history. I really think giving him anything more than he truly needs might harm him.

Thanks for the info about the paws, too. I'll check it out.

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