I'm new here, and I wanted to ask a question. I have two furbabies, Missy and Boo, and both are 14 years old and in good health. I just took them to the vet for an annual checkup this week and she suggested it's time for Boo to get his teeth cleaned, so I took him in today. It's much more of an involved procedure than I had thought - anesthesia, IV, the works! Just like surgery, and a price tag to match - some $350! Now, my question is this: I thought I had his teeth "cleaned" at his old vet's, and it certainly wasn't that big of an operation, in fact, they took both cats to the back room and they were both done in a few minutes. I'm assuming that they had received a quick clean of some sort at that time because there was no anasthesia, no huge deal.
Have any of you experienced either/or methods of cleaning? What's the difference? I'm assuming the first cleaning was wiping with gauze (or something cursory like that), and the second will be a true scraping of tartar, kind of like we get when we go to the dentist (ugh). I just didn't know there were two different things that are both called "cleaning" that are so different!
Have any of you experienced either/or methods of cleaning? What's the difference? I'm assuming the first cleaning was wiping with gauze (or something cursory like that), and the second will be a true scraping of tartar, kind of like we get when we go to the dentist (ugh). I just didn't know there were two different things that are both called "cleaning" that are so different!