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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Curious if you guys do the cleanings at the vet because you buy into the recommendation OR you feel like you can't say no to the vet without feeling like an uncaring pet owner? Or some other reason?[/quote]

We feed our cats an all wet diet b/c it is healthier overall for their kidneys to eat a food which is more similar to what they would have eaten in the "wild:"  high in protein, not dried out, not too many carbs, etc.

We feel this is a good investment now and will pay off later b/c they won't be obese or have kidney problems, UTIs, etc.

As a trade-off, we just make sure to take good care of their teeth.  It is easier to clean some teeth, or pull some teeth, than start messing around with obesity or kidney problems.  [/quote]

PS  Also, one of our cats does seem to have genetically "bad" teeth.  He was grumpy for quite some time and then we discovered the poor guy had what is called feline reabsorbtive ulcerative lesions (hope I spelled that correctly and used the right term!) where the teeth sort of disintegrate at the roots and get reabsorbed into the gums :( and we had to pull teh first worst ones, and miraculously  :oops: he was a much happier cat afterwards.  The poor guy must have been in pain.  :(  [/quote]

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