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(vanity) Cat teethbrushing experiences: DO TELL
9/28/08 | marty_f

Posted on 09/28/2008 7:42:05 PM PDT by martin_fierro

So earlier today we had a most illuminating thread on the travails of bathing one's cat.

Now I'd like to hear from cat owners' experiences with brushing their cats' teeth:

We have a cute little kitteh or two here whose breath is beginning to represent The Crypt. And I've heard that remedial dental work on cats can be $pendy as all get-out.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cat; toothbrush
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To: Slings and Arrows; SquirrelKing

ROTFLOL! Nice!


41 posted on 09/28/2008 10:12:55 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: Slings and Arrows
I'm reasonably certain that that's not a cat.

Cracking up laughing. You're posting from your abacus again, aren't you?

42 posted on 09/28/2008 10:16:17 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: Nipfan

Never, ever give a cat or a dog bones. Vets will tell you that they can too easily get pieces lodged in their intestines and die from infections.


43 posted on 09/28/2008 10:19:37 PM PDT by kitkat (EX DEO LIBERTAS (From God, liberty))
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To: Slings and Arrows; nw_arizona_granny; Fred Nerks; yefragetuwrabrumuy; rockinqsranch
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44 posted on 09/28/2008 10:23:43 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: martin_fierro

Same as giving a bath!

Drop in toilet, slam lid, flush, wait 5 minutes, open lid, run and slam door behind you!


45 posted on 09/28/2008 10:24:01 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: kitkat

Cooked bones are dangerous; raw bones of the right size are not. When cooked they become very hard and brittle, shatter into sharp shards and don’t digest easily. Raw bones are softer, get gnawed into flakes rather than shards, are very digestible and provide marrow and tons of calcium.

That’s why coyotes, wolves and bob cats don’t drop dead all over the country with impacted intenstines from consuming bones- and they consume a lot of raw bones.


46 posted on 09/28/2008 10:33:00 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
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To: kitkat

I’d always understood never to give them fowl bones which are fractious, and splinter easily, thus catching in their throats and as you stated intestines etc.

I say this having had 30 dogs over the past 30 years without a one having difficulties with the beef shank bones we’ve given them many times.

Don’t know why, but stray/dumped dogs seem to just know where we are. We are down to three right now.

Same with cats. Currently 16 (all fixed I might add) we claim plus a couple more (I suppose not fixed) that come and go from somewhere.

Ahhhhhhhhh country living! At least the Skunks don’t come around anymore.


47 posted on 09/28/2008 10:41:29 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, Call 'em what you will, they ALL have Fairies livin' in their Trees.)
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To: LucyT
You're posting from your abacus again, aren't you?

Nah, I borrowed a Compy 386 from Strong Bad.

48 posted on 09/28/2008 10:54:03 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~ [Shipping and handling charges may apply.])
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To: null and void
There is a difference, the little tree rat wants to eat, Squeak wants to escape with all possible haste :-)
49 posted on 09/28/2008 10:54:07 PM PDT by SeaWolf (Orwell must have foreseen the 21st Century US Congress when he wrote 1984)
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To: Jet Jaguar

For some reason caroling baby possums just crack me up.


50 posted on 09/28/2008 10:57:21 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~ [Shipping and handling charges may apply.])
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To: SeaWolf

Does he ever!

You’d think he hasn’t been fed in weeks. Every time.


51 posted on 09/28/2008 11:01:29 PM PDT by null and void (Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.-F. de La Rochefoucauld)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Compy 386


52 posted on 09/28/2008 11:07:34 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: LucyT

That’s the one.


53 posted on 09/28/2008 11:10:30 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~ [Shipping and handling charges may apply.])
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To: martin_fierro

In nearly 40 years of cat ownership, I have never brushed my cats’ teeth. They never had any serious dental problems and I still have all my fingers.

Overall, One cat made it to 20, two to 18, two died young of illnesses unrelated to dental hygiene. All the cats had their teeth.

Stick to dry food and put a little Vick’s Vapor Rub under your nose when the cat breathes on you. The dry food will keep their teeth clean and the Vicks will keep you from noticing the cats’ breath.


54 posted on 09/28/2008 11:12:57 PM PDT by MediaMole (If Plan A is to take multiple .338 shots to the back, you really need to come up with a Plan B.)
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To: ghostcat

ping to #38.


55 posted on 09/28/2008 11:15:02 PM PDT by fella (.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
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To: null and void

Thank you! I had trouble falling asleep last night after seeing the picture.


56 posted on 09/29/2008 4:45:55 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: piasa

I had a cat with both missing teeth and bad gums. Turns out it was a symptom of Chronic Renal Failure. Pay attention to your cat’s teeth—it can be an important sign of their overall health! My vet and I do an oral exam of my new kitty every six months now.


57 posted on 09/29/2008 5:29:46 AM PDT by rhetorica
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To: piasa
Cats both inside and out have problems. An outside cat that was recently trapped was found to have a large abcess and had to have 2 extracted....and my one cat inside ..10 years old had one extraction last year. I had a cat who died from an infection from a cavity. Ever since then, I get my cats teeth cleaned every 2 years.
It is very important to get the teeth checked ...and cleaned. It's a common problem...why do you think it woudl not be? What would happen if you don't brush your teeth for even a year!? Do you think cats teeth are made of something different?
58 posted on 09/29/2008 5:46:12 AM PDT by Fawn (http://diabellalovescats.com)
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To: martin_fierro

There will be blood, yours.

Pay the vet, it’s not worth the suffering.


59 posted on 09/29/2008 6:17:38 AM PDT by alarm rider (Peace! through superior fire power....)
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To: martin_fierro

My cats don’t like it, but one of them gets an inflamed gum from time to time and a few days of attention are required. (Then she’s good to go again.)

What I find works best is to use a dampened q-tip with a little cat toothpaste on it. No need to go crazy with it, best to catch them when they’re curled up, give them plenty of petting and get a few tooth-scrubs in—gently and discreetly enough for them not to actually get up and run off. Then give them some treats and leave them to their napping.


60 posted on 09/29/2008 6:24:39 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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