Do you brush your cats teeth?

[josephinerosa]

And if so how often?

No; I value my fingers

Hah. Twice the vet suckered us into buying cat toothpaste and when we said the cat wouldn't let us near his teeth, just grinned and said, 'Yeah, they don't.' Could have told us that before encouraging us to buy the stuff and traumatise DCat, who is ancient and currently purring, (toothless) on my lap.

Nope.

Nope!

Lol, cross post!

I would consider this an extreme sport.

Hell no!

Ha! Ha!

Haha, theres no way a cat would sit for teeth brushing, the kids are difficult enough to persuade

No

I have dogs do teeth everyday, except odd occasion I forget. But I get toothbrush wipes from pets at home use brush 3 times a week and wipes 4 times. X

I do!

He’s a Siamese, and chews everything he shouldn’t, especially rubber mats and woolly gloves. He’s pretty compliant, though I have given up trying to use the toothpaste for now. He seems to quite like the pressure on his gums and will chew at the brush.

I started doing it as although he is gorgeous, his breath could stop traffic.

No way. I value my life

Hahahahahaha!

No.

Opened this thread as was intrigued as to whether anybody has ever managed this. Somewhat surprised that there is one...

No didn’t realise people did

Persisted until he ripped off my other arm.

No - they would never tolerate it.

Instead I pay £200 to the vet for a 'dental' about once every eight years.

No. Just make sure they have plenty of biscuits, it's good for their teeth and seems to clean them effectively

My Cat loves his teeth being brushed. Then again he's a little weirdo who also loves belly rubs and his fur stroking the wrong way

Er. No

Yes on a daily basis. I still have all my fingers. I have 2 cats (litter mates) who are 20 months old. I started it as soon as they arrived with me.

We use Beaphear tooth gel rather than the paste, the paste is spat out when I tried using it but if I use the gel no problems at all.

It works on the enzymes rather than me having to physically brush for them so once a day I lift cat up on my knees and squeeze a dollop into their mouths and carry on as normal. It takes seconds and they see it as a treat. It's liver flavoured.

They have healthy teeth and gums as per the vet, even boy cat who broke one of his front fangs last year but it isn't exposed and he is eating well since, he did bite his lip which caused a bit of pain for a few days.

Lesson being to not jump from the top of the wardrobe to the chest of drawers and miss the drawers but hit your jaw on the corner of it ouch.

I was given some toothpaste for Cheddar. She was pretty good about it, until she tasted it. It was vanilla flavour. It clearly tasted vile, so I didn't bother with it. Chicken or fish flavoured, she'd have been ok with. (She is an exceptionally placid and gentle cat. My life or fingers , were never in danger)

@NotMyCat that is the best picture of Ollie ever!

Ok... I'm glad I'm not the only one who hasn't managed 😂