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Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: Rachel(Rachette) on July 26, 2011, 22:16:17 PM

Title: Teeth
Post by: Rachel(Rachette) on July 26, 2011, 22:16:17 PM

Can anyone shed light on the best way to keep my ickle fur babes teeth nice & clean..Snooch has been for her booster jabs today & has had her usual MOT, alls good apart from tartar build up, which the vet didn't recommened anything for. I have given her dental treats before but she seem to swallow them whole instead of chewing them....

Title: Re: Teeth
Post by: Rosella moggy on July 26, 2011, 22:19:45 PM

RAW chicken wings if she likes 'em.  Definitely do not give em cooked though

Title: Re: Teeth
Post by: Rachel(Rachette) on July 27, 2011, 09:00:38 AM

eeewww really!?! :sick:....i doubt she will eat them, shes a fish girl but i'll try it... thankyou Rosella  :thanks:

Title: Re: Teeth
Post by: Susanne (urbantigers) on July 27, 2011, 09:29:29 AM

yup - chicken wings are great!  Jaffa loves them.  You could try getting some Logic Gel cat toothpaste.  You don't have to actually brush with it (though you can if they will let you!) but can just add it to food or let them lick it from the tube.   Jaffa and Mosi both love licking it from the tube.  The enzymes are supposed to work on plaque without brushing.

Title: Re: Teeth
Post by: clarenmax on July 27, 2011, 09:45:33 AM

Plaque Off in wet food is also worth a try.  Its sea kelp or something, but helps to break down the enzymes in the saliva I think, much like Logic Gel.

Title: Re: Teeth
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on July 27, 2011, 11:42:33 AM

A second vote for plaque off and logic gel from me. The Plaque off is just sprinkled on the normal food, it doesn't seem to put my two off eating it. The logic gel is ideally squirted onto the gum area but there's no way either of my two would tolerate that so I used to put a squirt on their food.

I really need to start using them both again as have become a bit lax.