Hello everyone,
Today I took my cat, Trudy (10 year old), to the vet for a check up and the vet told me that one of her molar looks like it needs to be extracted and looking painful. I said okay, but I am a bit suspicious...because she does get her teeth cleaned once a year, it is included in her care plan with the vet. She's had to get teeth extracted twice now even with the deep cleanings and they charge like $800 per tooth. So, they are going to deep clean two weeks from now and do an extraction.
My friend has 2 cats and they don't brush their teeth whatsoever, if they do, they definitely don't do it everyday. And they've had those cats for more than 2 years now and never had to get their teeth extracted. Those cats are both more than 4 years old and one is senior like mine. Ok, I get I should brush her teeth probably everyday from now on but I thought deep cleans once a year and brush once or twice a month would be enough? Has anybody else's cat gotten this many teeth extractions (once a year)?
Today I took my cat, Trudy (10 year old), to the vet for a check up and the vet told me that one of her molar looks like it needs to be extracted and looking painful. I said okay, but I am a bit suspicious...because she does get her teeth cleaned once a year, it is included in her care plan with the vet. She's had to get teeth extracted twice now even with the deep cleanings and they charge like $800 per tooth. So, they are going to deep clean two weeks from now and do an extraction.
My friend has 2 cats and they don't brush their teeth whatsoever, if they do, they definitely don't do it everyday. And they've had those cats for more than 2 years now and never had to get their teeth extracted. Those cats are both more than 4 years old and one is senior like mine. Ok, I get I should brush her teeth probably everyday from now on but I thought deep cleans once a year and brush once or twice a month would be enough? Has anybody else's cat gotten this many teeth extractions (once a year)?