Naturvet's Tender Foot - Foot Pad and Elbow Cream :: Review
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Mollie has dry foot pads. Like threatening to split open kind of dry. So I purchased this bottle of cream after comparing and reading reviews.
(Mollie has the grumpiest face whenever she's made to pose next to something she doesn't like >.<)
I like this cream. It is moisturizing without being overly greasy. I noticed an improvement in her pad elasticity and softness, after 2 applications. It has a very mild pleasant fragrance which Mollie doesn't seem to mind.
For each pad, I squeeze out about a third of an inch onto my finger, and massage it well into her pads. After about 30 seconds of massage, the cream is completely absorbed into the pad without any mess. However, it will leave a mark on glossy tiled floors.
Product description:
Tenderfoot Pad & Elbow Cream is a specially compounded multi-vitamin cream. Use to protect, repair and restore lost resiliency to foot pads. Use to soften and moisturize elbows calloused by lying on cement or other rough surfaces. Tenderfoot is stabilized at the pH of normal animal skin.
Ingredients:
Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Riboflavin (Vit. B2), Panthenol (Vit. B5), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vit. B6), d-Biotin (Vit. H), Niacinamide (Vit. B3), in a protective non-greasy moisturizing cream base.
This cream is formulated for cats, dogs and puppies. It retails for about USD 9.50 for a 5oz bottle.
Mollie grudgingly tolerates this; she hates having her paws touched. However, it helps that this doesn't have a strong scent.
Recently I found that the skin around her elbows are getting hard and bumpy; early signs of calluses. She spends 99% of her time on tiled flooring, as the weather here is too warm for bedding. It is only a matter of time before calluses develop on her elbows, and I have recently started applying this cream on her elbows with the hopes it will delay development of calluses.
All in all, I find this to be a very decent cream which is not too greasy but yet moisturizing enough to see and feel a difference after several applications.
