William

Het · 11-10-2005, 11:54 AM

William is at the vets today for an anaesthetic, she has an abscess under a tooth and another tooth that needs taken out. Shes twelve years old and eats plenty of crunchy biscuits, I just wondered if anyone knew of anything else I can do to keep her teeth healthy? I seem to remember reading somewhere that there is a Seaweed extract?? that you can give them that helps...or have I totally imagined this??

Mags · 11-10-2005, 12:02 PM

My vet gave me some 'toothpaste' for my last cat.....I had to rub it into his teeth and gums to control the plaque. He was as good as gold letting me do it.......Cassie however, would never let me get near her mouth

Hope William will be ok Het.....let us know how he got on....

Fran · 11-10-2005, 12:08 PM

Good luck William!! Sorry, can't really help over the seaweed...haven't heard of it. Mine all eat biscuits and some of them eat raw meaty chicken wings to help keep their teeth in good working order...

Het · 11-10-2005, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Mags

My vet gave me some 'toothpaste' for my last cat.....I had to rub it into his teeth and gums to control the plaque. He was as good as gold letting me do it.......Cassie however, would never let me get near her mouth

Hope William will be ok Het.....let us know how he got on....

Will do, she wasn't to chuffed this morning about being left there. Shes a stroppy little thing and doesn't like to be too far from the dogs. Sorry the names a bit misleading, she came to me from a farm her mother had died and so had her littermates, a workmates husband worked on the farm and asked me to take her although he told me it was a boy kitten. Anyway he brought 'him' in a cardboard box, he was covered in scratches from trying to get it in there - I opened the box expecting this huge savage beast and inside was a tiny kitten probably only about 4 weeks old. So she was christened William.
My old Springer Jake mothered her, washing her and so on and so she has grown up very 'doglike'

I am a bit nervous as apart from being speyed this is her first anaesthetic but they are very good vets, I just hope she behaved

Het · 11-10-2005, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Pretty Kitty

Good luck William!! Sorry, can't really help over the seaweed...haven't heard of it. Mine all eat biscuits and some of them eat raw meaty chicken wings to help keep their teeth in good working order...

I am embarassed to say that one of Williams favourite things is a Kebab,

and she loves a good spaghetti bolognese as well

Mags · 11-10-2005, 01:24 PM

William (Wilhelmina?) sounds quite a case Het! It seems like all our cats can be right stroppy things at times

She certainly has some unusual tastes in food

Try not to worry too much, I'm sure she will be fine at the vets

Moli · 11-10-2005, 01:24 PM

Is William a girl???, hope she is okay, you can get things called denti bits for cats, they are little treats my cats love them..............

Az · 11-10-2005, 02:46 PM

Poor William hope it goes well for her..

Not sure if the cat system is similar to the human system but you can get an abscess if there is too much sugar in your diet. I had one once after getting addicted to organic flapjacks! all that sugar caused an abscess!!

dinahsmum · 11-10-2005, 02:51 PM

Hope she'll be fine (sure she will)
I think the bad teeth is just a symptom of our cats living longer.
Maybe some good tough meat to chomp on would help? Used to give ours rabbit portions but haven't done that for ages...............mmm, must do do!

xxxxs to William

Mags · 11-10-2005, 05:50 PM

Any news on William Het?

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