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[madbaker]

First, I've had days like this.

Mild trauma for the kitty yesterday -- just as he was ramping up to run laps and chase things, we forced him into the cat carrier and the car. Yowls proceeded from the unhappiest cat in the world as we drove to the V-E-T.

The visit itself was okay (unlike here, although the temperature was indeed taken) -- he mainly needed an inoculation. The vet complimented his coat, although I don't think Galen was in any mood to appreciate it.

He's now 12 pounds, 10 ounces. (Sheesh. Our previous cat seldom cleared five pounds.) The vet suggested weaning him away from the wet food, saying that it's better long-term for his teeth. I hadn't heard that before. I suppose we'll try it, although Galen likes having his teeth brushed, thanks to the poultry-flavored toothpaste. We usually brush his teeth after we clip his toenails...

Ah well. Back to work.

What I'm reading: Neal Stephenson, The Confusion (finally)

Comments

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Galen weighed more than I expected (I figured 12 pounds even), he is clearly not overweight. Long and lean, that's him.

Wet food sticking more to the teeth and causing tartar buildup makes a certain amount of sense, I suppose. farmount, want to weigh in? No pun intended. Really.

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

No, it makes complete sense. Sigrid - the red girl - had been fed exclusively wet food for the six years before I adopted her. I only fed dry food to all my cats (which is why being told that the veterinary community had "changed their thinking" on this was so weird), and she hated it. She'd sniff at it, look up at me, and then go over to the fridge and yell at it. She was no dummy; she knew where the real food came from!

She's also the one who learned the meaning of the word "can" and who taught it to Harri and Patrick.

She also loved champange, but that's another story...

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure about the "sticking to the teeth" thing, because dry food absorbs lots of saliva in the process of being eaten.

I feed my cat(s) dry food because it doesn't stink up the house, is easy, and that's what they're used to. It's possible that cats will overeat on wet food because it doesn't take much effort to get down. But weight control is a different issue than teeth.

[farmount.livejournal.com]

See my reply to madbaker about this topic... for everybody on this thread!