Comments on: February is National Pet Dental Month

By: Geneva Dental Implant

Geneva Dental Implant — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:15:29 +0000

Even animals need dental care! Dental care is very important, especially for kids who are suffering from fear going to dentist. Parents should always remind them how important the oral hygiene is…

DR. Timothy Driscoll, DDS
Geneva Dentist

By: adorablay

adorablay — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:45:07 +0000

ha! i was reading that thinking… is that a slang term for wearing fur? ha!

By: Monika

Monika — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:39:23 +0000

not wearing I mean! LOL Only on my first cup of coffee!

By: Monika

Monika — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:39:06 +0000

I like the anti-fur pic by the way. Animals are for cuddling not loving!

By: Monika

Monika — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:38:35 +0000

My knowledge of animals comes only from the experience of having fabulous animal companions – and loving animals. Trial and error so to speak! Monika

By: adorablay

adorablay — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:37:59 +0000

Monika, you have great knowledge of animals… anytime you feel like contributing… please do!!! Thanks for the added input, it’s incredible and so true to a cat’s personality to have that ability to block pain.

By: Monika

Monika — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:07:40 +0000

This is great that you are posting info about this. Having 9 cats, vet bills can be very costly (particularly since many of our cats have special needs) but it is true that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure (or however that goes).

As my vet once told me, cats ‘mask’ their pain for evolutionary reasons (i.e. demonstrating their pain would make them vulnerable to predators, in the wild) and even though they are ‘domesticated’ this is still the case.

Regular check ups ensure our companion animals are not masking any problems. And keeping on top of how they are eating, whether kitties are cleaning themselves regularly – and other behaviours – also will alert us to any problems.

Keep up the great posts!

Monika

By: adorablay

adorablay — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:47:12 +0000

Your welcome! I hope your pet stays super healthy and won’t ever have this problem though.

By: dreams.corner

dreams.corner — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:04:08 +0000

I have to admit that I do not know much about pet dental problems, and that reading about dental health facts was especially insightful and suggestive. Thank you for opening my views for this topic!