Pet's Fee
Feb 20th 2007, 12:01 pm
#16
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Re: Pet's Fee
Well I managed to get online last night some drops that go in the water which break down the tartar and also some mouth swabs with an ointment that lets you clean the cats teeth and kill and bacteria. $30 with shipping
My Mother when I called here said "don't be so bloody silly" lol guess Puss is going to have some DIY at home for now.
Oh Thank's for the unkind replys BASTARDS
they were amusing even if they were nasty.
My Mother when I called here said "don't be so bloody silly" lol guess Puss is going to have some DIY at home for now.
Oh Thank's for the unkind replys BASTARDS
they were amusing even if they were nasty.
Feb 20th 2007, 12:03 pm
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Re: Pet's Fee
Feb 20th 2007, 12:31 pm
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Re: Pet's Fee
Well I managed to get online last night some drops that go in the water which break down the tartar and also some mouth swabs with an ointment that lets you clean the cats teeth and kill and bacteria. $30 with shipping
My Mother when I called here said "don't be so bloody silly" lol guess Puss is going to have some DIY at home for now.
Oh Thank's for the unkind replys BASTARDS they were amusing even if they were nasty.
My Mother when I called here said "don't be so bloody silly" lol guess Puss is going to have some DIY at home for now.
Oh Thank's for the unkind replys BASTARDS
they were amusing even if they were nasty.
Feb 20th 2007, 1:31 pm
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Re: Pet's Fee
Same here. There's a "Dental Diet" cat food out there, too, where the food bits (do they call them "kibbles"?) are larger, so they have to crunch them more, and that helps their teeth get clean. I switched my cats on to that once, and their teeth got really clean very quickly.
Feb 20th 2007, 1:34 pm
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Feb 20th 2007, 6:02 pm
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Re: Pet's Fee
Can't abide cats myself and would happily drop kick it into the middle of next week, but I realise some are fond of them.
Poppy look here:
http://www.vetamerica.com/index.asp?...PROD&ProdID=17
Later,
(waitnig for anti cruelty comments)
Poppy look here:
http://www.vetamerica.com/index.asp?...PROD&ProdID=17
Later,
(waitnig for anti cruelty comments)
Feb 20th 2007, 6:09 pm
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Re: Pet's Fee
I wasn't kidding.. I hate cats.. they are evil things nothing good can be expected of them..
Poppy how are your puppies doing BTW? Do you still have them?
Poppy how are your puppies doing BTW? Do you still have them?
Feb 20th 2007, 6:16 pm
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Re: Pet's Fee
I love them all, but my hubby absolutely DETESTS cats. He thanks god every day that I'm very allergic to the creatures, or I'd have a dozen black ones roaming around *cackle cackle cackle* 
10 mins in a closed room with one and my throat closes up completely. Though I do adore them
10 mins in a closed room with one and my throat closes up completely. Though I do adore them
Feb 20th 2007, 6:19 pm
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Re: Pet's Fee
This is a a bone of contention between Mrs TD and I (excuse the pun).
Mrs TD (who will be a qualified vet in May) says it is important for a cats health, and quoted numerous studies to back her claim. She has all our cats teeth cleaned periodically. Apparently it is important, and even more so in aging cats.
At the vet school she has to check the animals in (no such thing as a 'free lunch' even if we do pay $15k a year in school fee's). Each time she takes a cat it costs a couple of hundred dollars.
So IMHO it must be important if after all her schooling she feels it is important to do. I disagree as none of my cats in the UK ever had their teeth cleaned, but then again I am sure she knows more than me about this and the British are renowned for bad teeth
Mrs TD (who will be a qualified vet in May) says it is important for a cats health, and quoted numerous studies to back her claim. She has all our cats teeth cleaned periodically. Apparently it is important, and even more so in aging cats.
At the vet school she has to check the animals in (no such thing as a 'free lunch' even if we do pay $15k a year in school fee's). Each time she takes a cat it costs a couple of hundred dollars.
So IMHO it must be important if after all her schooling she feels it is important to do. I disagree as none of my cats in the UK ever had their teeth cleaned, but then again I am sure she knows more than me about this and the British are renowned for bad teeth
Holy Crap
I just took Puss to the Vet's and they said that he needs to have his teeth cleaned? never had a cat's teeth cleaned before is this a US thing? Well I am going to have it done because I would hate to think he was in pain.
Rushie is going to have a field day on this one, they told me that it is going to cost $175 plus an extra $85 for the blood test if I want it and the heart monitor? Holy Crapper that's $270 bucks to clean the cat's teeth
The OH reckons that I am wacked paying this and that cat's teeth clean themselves?
Any thoughts am I getting ripped off the cat is 4 years old.
Poppy.
I just took Puss to the Vet's and they said that he needs to have his teeth cleaned? never had a cat's teeth cleaned before is this a US thing? Well I am going to have it done because I would hate to think he was in pain.
Rushie is going to have a field day on this one, they told me that it is going to cost $175 plus an extra $85 for the blood test if I want it and the heart monitor? Holy Crapper that's $270 bucks to clean the cat's teeth
The OH reckons that I am wacked paying this and that cat's teeth clean themselves?
Any thoughts am I getting ripped off the cat is 4 years old.
Poppy.
Feb 20th 2007, 10:29 pm
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Re: Pet's Fee
Some cats get dirtier teeth than others so if your vet thinks they need their teeth cleaning, I'd probably go ahead and do it, but I volunteer in cat rescue and see the results of not keeping on top of the cats oral health on a regular basis.
We usually get the cats when the owner didn't bother to clean teeth and the cat needs even more expensive surgery to have the teeth pulled. Also, dirty teeth can lead to some very painful conditions and can cause infection in the heart etc in the same way it can happen to humans.
The best thing you can do for your cats oral health is to actually clean their teeth yourself. It's best to do it as often as possible but anything is better than nothing.
I have two kittens with bad gingivitis at the moment, that can turn nasty quickly so I am just teaching them to get used to beef flavoured toothpaste
This is a great article on why they need their teeth cleaned.
http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.ph...talcareforcats
We usually get the cats when the owner didn't bother to clean teeth and the cat needs even more expensive surgery to have the teeth pulled. Also, dirty teeth can lead to some very painful conditions and can cause infection in the heart etc in the same way it can happen to humans.
The best thing you can do for your cats oral health is to actually clean their teeth yourself. It's best to do it as often as possible but anything is better than nothing.
I have two kittens with bad gingivitis at the moment, that can turn nasty quickly so I am just teaching them to get used to beef flavoured toothpaste
This is a great article on why they need their teeth cleaned.
http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.ph...talcareforcats
Feb 20th 2007, 10:41 pm
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Re: Pet's Fee
And here is a teeth cleaning 'treat' specifically made for cats.
http://www.greenies.com/en_US/products_feline.asp
http://www.greenies.com/en_US/products_feline.asp