My poor Ozzy.

kara7758

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

I'd hazard a guess at Whiskas & Felix or similar

My cats are in their 20s now and have never even needed so much as a scale & polish. Fed a dry diet all their lives, only supplemented with high quality meat (Nature's Menu) within the last few years whereby I'm only just starting to notice a slight build-up of calculus.

You are spot on. I stopped giving dry food to my cats a few years ago because of the possible risk of exacerbating kidney disease when older, which I felt would be more problematic that tooth decay to be honest.

However, I've been investigatin' online and discovered larger dry food which is suppose to help tartar and plaque build up, which I am going to start to feed my other cats and strays that I also feed.

I intend this as a supplement not sole feed as my cats prefer wet food. I have tried them on high meat content foods as suggested on other threads, but this has been unsuccessful as they have refused to eat, including the stray cats, despite my trying to introduce it by mixing with their regular food.

As for Ozzy he can eat what ever he wishes to as long as he is with me. He enjoyed some poached fish last night, his particular favourite!! All feels well in my world..............

kara7758

SnowyOwl wrote: »

I'm glad to hear that Ozzy's op was a success and he's made a full recovery.

Not trying to rub it in or anything, but my Mitzi had her teeth done Tuesday as well, including extractions (she's fine btw, face stuck in her bowl the minute she got home). The final bill was £65. I thought of you and Ozzy when I handed the dosh over. If you'd booked with my vet you and Ozzy could have flown over to NI, stayed a night in a B&B leaving Ozzy at the vet overnight, and ate out and had Ozzy's op done and still have change for an ice cream. There's a business opportunity there I'm sure.

This made me smile thank you!!

Ozzy was the same when I brought him home, starving! Would have been an excellent way to spend a day and eve!!

I do feel vets fees should be moderated in some way as the prices some charge are simply extortionate (as we seen). That won't happen and I feel that pet owners need to shop around (as so many folks suggested), and get the best price to ensure that they can afford treatment!

podperson

I'm so glad Ozzy's doing well and you managed to find someone cheaper to carry out the work.
It is ridiculous the difference in prices between vets. My cat had to have some dental work done a few months ago - they advised me £150-200 and this included an extra approx £40 for blood work as she's an older cat (this was optional but I thought better safe than sorry!) Ended up nearer the £200 mark but only because it was more extensive then they'd originally thought and she ended up with the vast majority of them coming out!