# My kitty is getting her teeth cleaned

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 8, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kitty-is-getting-her-teeth-cleaned/320698 "2005-09-08T19:46:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kitty-is-getting-her-teeth-cleaned/320698/21 "2005-09-09T23:08:39Z")

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> [@Wolfgrrl](#):
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> The vet’s probably the best judge as to how tender Katya’s mouth feels, and if she’s used to canned food as a treat, she might like some anyway just to welcome her home after her ordeal.

That’s what happened. The vet said she can go back to dry food, but I gave her canned last night, as a treat for being good for the vet.

> [@Pixisis](#):
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> He went back to the kibble as soon as it was out with no problems. Actually he started to beg for it a couple of days early, and I caved on day 9.

That’s amazing. My cats normally get kibble, but they get canned food, which they seem to like much better, as a treat. I don’t want to feed them all canned food, because I’ve heard that cats who eat only canned food tend to have much worse teeth than those who eat mostly dry food.

> [@missbunny](#):
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> Kahtia’s full first name is just Kahtia, but she has a last name too - Kahtia Petrovna.

Interesting- Katya’s full name is Ekaterina Petronilla. I named her after Catherine the Great and Peter the Great. I suppose, naming her after two of the most energetic tsars, I deserved what I got. Once, I decided to test her endurance by playing with her with a mouse on a string (which she loves). I started at 7pm. At 11pm, I got tired before she did and went to bed.

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kitty-is-getting-her-teeth-cleaned/320698/22 "2005-09-10T04:19:01Z")

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> [@Anne Neville](#):
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> Is your Kahtia’s full name Ekaterina? That’s Katya’s full name, but I only call her that when she’s really in trouble. Katya’s a Russian Blue mix (or at least looks an awful lot like a Russian Blue), so I figured I should give her a Russian name.

That could explain the tooth problems–Russian Blues are susceptible to gum problems. My Russian kitty, Meep, had problems with gingivitis and had to have several teeth pulled. We tried to clean her teeth but she hated it and it was stressing her out, so eventually (at age 4.5 or so) she had to have the surgery. She came through it fine and didn’t even seem to miss the missing teeth (including both front fangs).

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