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Beowulf1976 · #12 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by newbienew

I know ideally you'd like to be brushing their teeth but as an interim measure have you tried using an oral care cat food.
I've been using Hills Feline Adult Oral Care Hills Feline Adult Oral Care with my cats and it works very well.

HOW MUCH is that stuff? You'd have to live on a fortune to afford to feed that as a main food on a daily basis! I thought that Oscar's Whiskas at £6(rounded up) for a 4KG (not quite sure on size bag) bag was expensive! lol

We give Oscar whiskas dentabix as a treat, he has gingivitis but not bad enough for the vet to intervene, we now feed him four biccies in the morning and 4 biccies at night, we use them as a treat so he comes for them so that we can get him to come to us when we need him to, like if the doorbell goes or something (he's an indoor puddy) otherwise he runs straight for the door lol

I have started rubbing the side of Oscar's mouth when he's having a fuss to try and loosen any plaque that is building up, it seems to be keeping a trip to the vet's at bay.

Bit of warning, if it does get really bad, the cat will have to have all their teeth removed so I think having an anaesthetic just for a tooth clean is far better than having no teef for the rest of his life? Me thinks so