Re: cat and their teeth

I suppose I should clarify what I mean by a cat's teeth-cleaning.  He
doesn't go over the whole mouth with floss and clean every tooth, nor does
he blast them with soda or massage the gums. He just takes a good look and
if there's a little tartar, he scrapes it off .  This way it doesn't build
up for 4 yrs to the point of needing an extensive cleaning.
Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT]cat and their teeth


> In a message dated 06/11/2004 11:33:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> dfranzma@pacbell.net writes:
> Last I saw cats don't eat jelly beans nor do they live to be 80 years old.
> My cats lived to be 20 years old...all three of them...and they all had
nice
> perfect teeth until the end.  Everything else quit working but the teeth
> worked.  In fact, they ate dry food to the end.
> Glad to hear you say that, David.  I've had many cats in my life,
including
> some that lived to be 17, 18 years old, and I've never had a cat's teeth
> cleaned.  My vets - several over the years - have never even recommended
it.  One
> cat did have an abcessed tooth, but the vet thought she had been bitten
and got
> an infection from the bite.  We do feed the dried bits that are supposed
to
> help prevent tartar, and they all have the dried food available, and
crunch on
> it from time to time, but they generally have fine teeth.
> Auralie
>
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