Many new and even sometimes old cat owners forget about the Dental health of their kitties, which has serious repercussions for cats in the senior age. Cats dental care is very important in the early age as it has serious impacts on its health in the later years of its life. Now once we realize this, the second question that comes to mind is as to how to clean Cat teeth?
Difficulty: Average
Time Required: 5 minutes
Here’s How to Clean Cat Teeth:
1. Assemble supplies: sterile gauze, scissors, cat toothpaste (available at pet stores) or a weak sterile solution recommended by your veterinarian.
2. Wrap a strip of gauze around the index finger of your dominant hand and either dip it in the sterile solution, or apply a small amount of toothpaste to your fingertip.
3. Holding the cat in your lap, open his mouth
4. Gently rub your ‘finger brush’ in a circular motion on his teeth, concentrating on the area next to the gums. Gently massage the gums at the same time. It’s not necessary to do the back sides of the teeth.
5. Once your cat will tolerate this procedure, you can graduate to a small child’s toothbrush.
6. Give kitty a few loving pats and kind words, along with a little treat to polish off with his shiny clean teeth.
Tips for Cats Dental Cleaning:
1. You might want to experiment with flavored toothpaste for cats. There is a fish-flavored one that is quite tasty.
2. If you start practicing examining your cats teeth at a very young age, this process will be much easier. See ‘How To Gentle a Kitten’ for suggestions.
3. Bleeding of the gums is a sign your cat needs professional dental scaling by your veterinarian, so attend to that as soon as possible.
What You Need for Cat Teeth Cleaning?
* Sterile gauze
* Cat toothpaste / solution
* Opt: small toothbrush
* Scissors
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