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1.1K views 6 replies 4 participants last post by  marie5890  
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My cat Blue-just had a rough month, numerous trips to the Vet for a UTI/crystals, had to be unblocked once, however he went to the vet for a follow up (he's been on prescription food Royal Canin SO) and they didn't see any crystals in his urine, he is eating and peeing fine, and seems to be back to normal. The vet showed me during the exam he had some gingivitis, and recommended we bring him in for a cleaning on his teeth. It is only two teeth that have some inflammation and redness on the gums so I thought I would try brushing his teeth, and doing some oral hygiene at home before I have to bring him back to the vet (the last month has completely freaked him out as fas the cat carrier goes) does anyone know if I use the toothpaste that came with the cat-toothbrush I bought at the vet, will this screw up his urine ph? If he swallows the toothpaste?

The vet was very strict about making sure he doesn't eat ANYTHING except the RC? So I am hesitant to put anything in his mouth that he might swallow and then end up going through the crystal problem again....
 
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Most of them have sorbitol, glycerin, flavor, baking soda, etc. which should not interfere with his food (i.e., they're not things that he would normally eat). Worst case, you could just brush his teeth without the toothpaste on it.
 
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the ingredients are Glucose Oxidase and Lactoperooxidase.
I thought about brushing his teeth without the paste, but thought I would check here first and see if any has experience with this sort of situation?
I do not want to go through him getting crystals again, I don't want HIM to go through tht again either...so I am just being really cautious.
 
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Pet toothpaste (dog or cat, doesn't matter) is a bit different from human toothpaste. The companies that make human toothpaste assume you will actually brush your teeth...the pet toothpaste people know that's not always possible.

Even if you can wipe the toothpaste onto the teeth it will help because most pet toothpastes are enzymatic. Just getting the enzymes in there will help.

The best one I've ever seen is called PetzLife, and it comes in both a gel and a spray. The gel is better, but both are super expensive. You take the food and water away for 1 hour, apply the gel/spray, and don't put any food or water down for another hour. It works pretty well if you do it every day for a bit. Once their teeth are better you can cut back to once a week or so.
 
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