Brushing cats teeth

mymo

Just saw Pete the vet on TV3 advocating brushing your cats teeth (and dogs but he had a cat on TV).

If I tried that I think I'd loose a finger, I do check my cats teeth very carefully now and then, and get a good view when worming time comes around, but how many cats will let you stick a tooth brush in their mouth?

Is it just mine that would disembowel anyone that tried?

Just to add, I do brush dogs teeth although not as much as I should.

blondie7

We tried this and it didnt end good! The vet told us we could let them lick the toothpaste off a stick if the brush didnt work. They love the toothpaste as its fish flavoured LOL:D

Adventure Pout

I would love to be able to brush my cat teeth too but I think he will kill me!! If anybody has a great idea how to, i am all ears.
Where do you buy the small toothbrush and fish toothpaste? I dont seem to find it anywhere..

blondie7

Adventure Pout wrote: »

I would love to be able to brush my cat teeth too but I think he will kill me!! If anybody has a great idea how to, i am all ears.
Where do you buy the small toothbrush and fish toothpaste? I dont seem to find it anywhere..

We got it from our vets wasnt expensive i think it was €12 for 4 brushes and one tube of toothpaste. With four cats the tube lasted us about 4 months.

Adventure Pout

blondie7 wrote: »

We got it from our vets wasnt expensive i think it was €12 for 4 brushes and one tube of toothpaste. With four cats the tube lasted us about 4 months.

Thanks..can you tell me which vet you get them because mine do not sell them. I am based in Dublin

paddyandy

PhoebeCarter wrote: »

my vet thought it was a good idea as well, and recommended some toothpaste for cats. it's not fish flavoured but my cat doesn't hate it either.

Sound's like clever marketing.Animals always have very good teeth.

Blueprint

I was told to brush my cats teeth at the last booster two weeks ago and it's progressing quite well. They don't like it, but they get nice snackies as a reward for putting up with it, so they hang around for it and no one has tried to bite me yet. Amazingly, the female who I got as a one year old pregnant stray and who's not the most tactile of cats actually puts up less of a fight than her son who I've had since birth. I was giving them plaque off for ages and their teeth looked great until this year, when I got out of the habit as my late third cat needed all sorts of medication in her food for a heart condition - have started again now.

Paddyandy, my cat before I had theses three died at the age of 12 due to kidney failure after having an operation to have her upper molars extracted as they were causing mouth infections due to plaque build up.

Zapperzy

paddyandy wrote: »

Sound's like clever marketing.Animals always have very good teeth.

Not necessarily, Iv seen dogs and cats with their teeth literally rotting out of their head, you can smell them before you see them. Can cause a whole bucket load of problems.

I do my best at brushing my cat's teeth, she doesn't really like it too much but I persevere. Just a plain brush, she hates all the toothpastes.
Have tried it with the dog but he seems to get lockjaw as soon as he sees the brush. :rolleyes: His teeth aren't so bad anyways.

Going to get plaque off for the pair of them anyways and see if it will make any difference.

blondie7

Adventure Pout wrote: »

Thanks..can you tell me which vet you get them because mine do not sell them. I am based in Dublin

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