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Dental cleaning - how often?
Amber had her first dental cleaning last October at age 9 (after losing
one of her fangs). I just got a "reminder" from the vet that she is due again next month. Are yearly dentals really necessary? Amber HATES to travel and the procedure is expensive. I would prefer to wait if it isn't really needed. ---MIKE--- |
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Amber is a very "personal" cat. She loves to be petted and skritched
but the only way I could look at her gums would be to take a quick look when she yawns. Over the years the orange pigment has turned partially black (normal for orange cats). Her breath is not bad (before her dental last year her breath was foul). ---MIKE--- |
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Amber is a very "personal" cat. She loves to be petted and skritched
but the only way I could look at her gums would be to take a quick look when she yawns. Over the years the orange pigment has turned partially black (normal for orange cats). Her breath is not bad (before her dental last year her breath was foul). ---MIKE--- |
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in article , ---MIKE--- at
wrote on 9/25/04 11:51 AM: Amber had her first dental cleaning last October at age 9 (after losing one of her fangs). I just got a "reminder" from the vet that she is due again next month. Are yearly dentals really necessary? Amber HATES to travel and the procedure is expensive. I would prefer to wait if it isn't really needed. ---MIKE--- It depends on the cat. Some take a long time to build up plaque and some not. How do her gums look? |
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in article , ---MIKE--- at
wrote on 9/25/04 12:55 PM: Amber is a very "personal" cat. She loves to be petted and skritched but the only way I could look at her gums would be to take a quick look when she yawns. Over the years the orange pigment has turned partially black (normal for orange cats). Her breath is not bad (before her dental last year her breath was foul). ---MIKE--- Well, if you can't look, you might want to get a vet to do it, but I wouldn't decide about a cleaning until then. The breath is a good indicator that they are doing well but not a certainty. If she has black gums it's hard to catch bad gums early. I think you are just going to have to make the call. |
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in article , ---MIKE--- at
wrote on 9/25/04 12:55 PM: Amber is a very "personal" cat. She loves to be petted and skritched but the only way I could look at her gums would be to take a quick look when she yawns. Over the years the orange pigment has turned partially black (normal for orange cats). Her breath is not bad (before her dental last year her breath was foul). ---MIKE--- Well, if you can't look, you might want to get a vet to do it, but I wouldn't decide about a cleaning until then. The breath is a good indicator that they are doing well but not a certainty. If she has black gums it's hard to catch bad gums early. I think you are just going to have to make the call. |
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