Even more snow. Also cats.

[trickofthedark]

The elderly lady down the street told Meesto this was the most snow she'd seen in our town in her lifetime- after Meesto had attached a board with clamps to a hoe and shoveled her walk and drive, and ours and some other neighbors (and then later he broomed the snow off ours and other people's lemon trees at 8pm because branches were starting to

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[archangelbeth]

We occasionally have our cats' teeth cleaned by the vet. (There is also special probiotic powder that can be given to them in gooshy food, which I should do more.)

Cat tooth brushing can be done, but it would probably take a towel-wrapping and neck-scruffing and possibly three hands.

Poor Spencer.

Poor you with snow! Four inches, augh!

[telosphilos]

What she said. Also true for dogs.

[loopyloonyluna]

When the kids took our boy cat out to see the snow (which is rare here too) he weed out of fear. He's a wimp and leaves all the fighting and bravery to the girl cat, who to be fair is much larger than he is. We keep our cats indoors, which is fortunate for the boy kitty-he lacks the street smarts to survive outdoors.

I wish we had Meesto and yourself for neighbors. Our neighbors are nice, but I doubt they would shovel snow for us with their modified hoes.

[loopyloonyluna]

Your snow was so rare they mentioned it on the news here. They mostly mentioned the Christchurch area.

[heavenscalyx]

We were able to toothbrush our cats without undue physical harm (seafood-flavored toothpaste and a plastic fingertip brush), but the fizzy chicken-or-seafood-flavored dental treats were much more of a hit. (Plus, the toothbrushing didn't do any good for Beltane, she just had bad, bad teeth genetically, and so we got a little tired of the rigamarole when we were going to have to shell out to have her teeth pulled anyway [she now has only most of her teeth from fangs forward].) Nowadays, we're primarily interesting them in the dental Greenies, though our youngest cat, who still has all her teeth, has zero interest in the treats. Sigh.

In any case, dental care is possible. Better if you start them young!

[akycha]

Poor Spencer! I picture him crossing his legs and looking at all the snow!

What HC said about tooth-cleaning. I seriously favor tooth-cleaning treats. But do get a good vet with lots of dental experience to look at his mouth, too -- poor baby, bad teeth hurt a lot.

[okojosan]

I have brushed my ferrets' teeth. They were pretty ho-hum about it. I bought a toothbrush set for cats, and one of the things was this rubber finger thing with a brush on one end. I mainly used that. I would pry the lips of the ferret's mouth open and brush the teeth along the side.

Did the vet actually check Spencer's teeth?