But that's also a function of genetics. Lazlo, Spooky, Tuxedo, and Sheldon are all siblings. We think Spooky and Julius (adopted by someone else) had a different father than Laz, Tux, and Shel (the orange in their coloring and their shape and size). We free-fed only dry food for the first... 4/5 years of their life. We tried to feed them wet food, but they hated it. We kept trying, and eventually got them to eat one meal of wet food a day. (Now they're on all wet, except Tuxedo who wouldn't switch - but we went all wet for most of them in November).Originally Posted by mrblanche
To put it entirely in the anecdotal arena, none of my cats has ever had a tooth problem, and they have all eaten primarily dry food.
By the age of 2, Spooky (who lived outside for almost the first year of her life) needed her first tooth removed. She's had four removed, and has to have a dental to remove plaque every six months. We brush her teeth since she was two (and had to have that 1st tooth removed); we add hydrogen peroxide to their water.