Cally and Princess' visit to the vet

[stephbg]

I try to keep on top of the cats' dental health, but since they're all getting on I sent them off for a teeth clean. Well, that was the plan back in September when they had their shots. Pumpkin got done last year, but life intervened as it tends to do, so Cally and Princess didn't get done until today. $700 later... (actually over a thousand all up

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[jennyblackford]

If your cats won't eat the vet-recommended chicken necks or chicken-wings to keep their teeth nice - and my old cat and new cat both abominate/d them - you could try quail, which are much more like small birds. Expensive, but one a week compares very favourably with a vet tooth-clean, and it's much more fun for the cat.

[stephbg]

I've never managed to persuade a cat to do any more than sniff a raw chicken wing, including dangling one from a piece of string. Enticingly! I've been feeding them special teeth crunchies as part of the crunchie cocktail for years, but only found out last year that they're effective only if eaten separately.

[jennyblackford]

The cocktail doesn't work? Really? I'm giving Felix alternating top-ups of Hills Science Diet Dental Care (or whatever it is) and Indoor Cat in his huge bowl - so how does the Indoor Cat portion nullify the toothy bit?

Let me know how your cats deal with quail, if you try it. Brucey used to attack his whole, but fussy Felix requires them sectioned. The drumsticks are the best, he says, followed by the backbones. He's not at all keen on the meaty torso, especially the breasts - so I remove the backbone and drumsticks, give them to Felix, and freeze the yummy butterflied remainder for us, to be grilled when we accumulate enough for a decent feed.

Brucey used to leave the room, pointedly, if I tried to tempt him with raw chicken.