August is dental month at Hall Vet Surgery.
Bring your cat in for a free dental check this month and learn how to keep her mouth and teeth clean and healthy.
Phone us a few days ahead to make an appointment.
Dental health is essential to overall health in our cats. Learn more about cat teeth problems and keeping cats' mouths healthy on this blog.
Cats hide pain from us. Often they have just got used to a level of dental pain and infection that soon cripple us!
Make sure your cat is happy, healthy and pain free. Phone for an appointment during Hall Vet Surgery dental month
Showing posts with label teeth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teeth. Show all posts
Aug 3, 2011
Mar 1, 2010
Teeth and tartar
A healthy mouth equals a happy, healthy cat. In nature cats hide pain so that predators and rivals cannot better them.
In our homes this is a huge disadvantage. We don't often look in our cats' mouths so we don't realise that they are hiding holes in their teeth, loose teeth, tartar or gum disease.
Cat's teeth are prone to decay at the gumline. Rough teeth gather plaque and tartar which rub against the gums and cause inflammation and infection, resulting in loose teeth.
Cat owners are often surprised when we recommend dental work for their cats They are even more surprised - and delighted! - at how happy and playful their cats are after bad teeth are removed and the remainder scaled and polished.
A good Australian pet dentistry site is:
Sydney Pet Dentistry
The staff at Hall Vet Surgery are happy to talk teeth any time.
In our homes this is a huge disadvantage. We don't often look in our cats' mouths so we don't realise that they are hiding holes in their teeth, loose teeth, tartar or gum disease.
Cat's teeth are prone to decay at the gumline. Rough teeth gather plaque and tartar which rub against the gums and cause inflammation and infection, resulting in loose teeth.
Cat owners are often surprised when we recommend dental work for their cats They are even more surprised - and delighted! - at how happy and playful their cats are after bad teeth are removed and the remainder scaled and polished.
A good Australian pet dentistry site is:
Sydney Pet Dentistry
The staff at Hall Vet Surgery are happy to talk teeth any time.
Jan 27, 2010
Nick the great Siamese Warrior
Nick, my sister’s Siamese, asked me to confirm the goodness of raw rabbit for cats’ teeth and condition. He lives in country NSW and often brings home feral rabbit (thousands are currently swarming the farm) to supplement the meagre offerings of his staff.
Nick’s favourite stashing place for rabbits and other treasures is under my niece’s bed. One morning my niece woke up to a crash and snapped on the light in time to see Nick disappearing under the bed with a 6 foot long brown snake hooked to his ear. After some commotion Nick emerged with his usual elegance leaving the snake writhing under the bed for the staff to clean up.
The family were left in a quandary. Should they rush him to the vet or not? In the end they did but the snake must have pushed his fangs through the ear and wasted the venom on the ground because Nick didn’t develop any signs of snake bite.
Most people only know that their cat has been bitten when he becomes paralysed by the venom next day. Antivenom, intravenous fluids and TLC save most cats from Australian brown snake envenomation.
PS Nick has flawless teeth and a perfect condition score at 12 years of age – from all that raw meat and exercise! My city cats can only dream of such freedoms and good health.
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