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Tartar prevention products
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Does anyone have any experience with products that are supposed to prevent and reduce the amount of tartar or plaque buildup? I know a good old brush is the best preventative medicine, but is there anything else that has worked? I've looked up Wysong's Dentatreat, ProDen PlaqueOff, greenies, PetAlive Oral Health Mouth spray, and a few others. I would probably accept a toothbrush just fine but we were wondering what else we could use. Anyone familiar with the health risks/benefits? I don't want to order anything unless it is safe and it works - and I sure want to prevent, prevent, prevent.
Thanks for your help,
-Braxton
We were looking at the stuff you put in the water that claims there is no taste. I know my kitties would not allow me to brush their teeth. If Callie is sleeping next to me and I touch her the wrong way - look out, here comes the teeth.
I have always wondered about these products also.... and if they really do work. I couldn't brush either of their teeth and because they eat a mainly canned food diet.... they need SOMETHING. Rasha is just stubborn and Cheetah acts like a feral when I bring anything unfamiliar close to her. I read about The Proden one a while back and found it had Arsenic in it!! But then I read the ingredients a few months later and Arsenic wasn't listed anymore. (Or I just didn't see it) Let me find it:
Ingredients: Natural plant marine algae D1070, minerals and trace minerals 22%, fibre 6%, proteins with all amino acids 6%, Omega-3 fatty acids 2%. Free of artificial coloring, preservatives, gluten, salt and sugar.
If this is supposed to be one of "the best" then I have to wonder about the other ones also. It makes me think they are just good money makers and don't really help anything.
Thank you so much for your posts! I'm so frustrated with this whole prevention thing - there seems as though there's a lot more info for dogs out there than the cats as far as preventative dental goes. So many people say the dry kibble works but it doesn't do a darn thing. Braxtonator doesn't even chew anything so I can't image dry food having any kind of positive affect.
I'll keep checking. I'm so leery of the ProDen now that it has arsenic. ::sighs::
We haven't tried anything yet...we are slacking. Just now switched to better food, now on to the teeth. I have seen greenies for cats. Hopefully someone who knows will post soon!
Kibble does nothing to clean a cat's teeth. The absolute best way to keep your kitties teeth and gums healthy is to feed them raw meaty bones like chicken or turkey necks, wings, drumsticks, ribs, etc.
If raw is not an option then your only other solution is to brush your cat's teeth every day using a brush or finger brush and kitty paste.
if we were to do raw just to keep up with teeth cleaning (not as daily food) how often, once a week? What kind of meat, the kind you get at the store, or should you use a butcher?
Chloe doesn't even eat cooked chicken so I wonder what she would do with raw?
Any is better than none. I bet if you made one meal raw once a week you'd see benefits.
There are options other than chicken too. That's just usually the easiest to find. Rabbit is a good option. Duck. Cornish game hens and frog legs are perfect for beginning raw-eaters.
You may need to acclimate their taste buds to raw by cutting it into small bits and mixing it into regular food. Raw food doesn't have all those unnatural enticement chemicals sprayed on them, so lifetime kibble kitties sometimes don't recognize it as food. But other kitties will scarf up a whole chicken wing right off the bat and look at you like, "where has this good food been all my life?" If your kitty is hesitant about crunching into bone, just take a mallet and smash it up so she can see all the yummy marrow inside. Eventually they'll be crunching it up on their own and you'll get the maximum dental benefits.
It's fine to buy your cat's raw from wherever. If you have any doubts about it, just freeze it for two weeks and that will kill off any bad bacteria or microbes. Kitties are designed to deal with raw meat, so some things like salmonella that may make us sick are no big deal to a cat's digestive system. Don't forget what kitties do to clean their backsides. If they can handle eating a few feces, a little bacteria is not going to hurt them.
Thanks Khina...I think we may try it out to see how it goes as a treat once a week or two. If it goes well we could even look into the forums for how to make it dinner with vitamins and such but we are so far from that.
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