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Pet dental care - Catherine - 09-03-2025
Yes, if you have a cat or dog you should be caring for their teeth. Poor dental health effects your pets over all health. It can make it hard for them to eat properly.
You can brush their teeth. There are many good products to help with that.
https://www.wired.com/story/do-you-really-need-to-brush-your-pets-teeth/
If brushing their teeth is a problem, there are alternatives.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alternatives-clean-pet-teeth-without-brushing-ud_l_68a8b169e4b0371e6a9ae17a
We know that human health is effected by dental health. It makes sense that our pet's health would be effected too.
A good over all diet would help, but actual dental care is needed too. Like us, our pets are eating more processed foods.
We need to compensate for that by caring for their teeth. I can understand why brushing the teeth could be hard, but their are good alternatives.
At least giving your pets something healthy to chew would be a start at dental health. It would be sad to have a pet lose their teeth when there are ways of preventing it.
RE: Pet dental care - Aussienan - 09-03-2025
I've had Edwards teeth done at the vets cost a few hundred dollars I have pet insurance but it's not included he's due again.
RE: Pet dental care - Catherine - 09-04-2025
Vet bills are expensive. Something regular like dental care should be covered, but it isn't.
I wish vets would do a dental special, so you could look after your cat without it costing so much.
I don't suppose Edward would let you brush his teeth.
RE: Pet dental care - Aussienan - 09-05-2025
I buy the dental chews for him he had tartar on his teeth when I adopted him if I would have had him since he was a kitten I might have trained him for teeth cleaning but he was a full grown cat and a tom before that no hope of touching his teeth.
RE: Pet dental care - Catherine - 09-06-2025
That's right, Edward was full grown when you got him. You would have to start with a kitten to get a cat to accept dental care.
Do the dental chews really help? A lot of people have cats with dental issues and no way to brush their teeth.