Teeth! $$$$$$$!!!!

[RobLynn]

After shelling out 100$ for a cleaning, I'd have no problem just holding him/her down and force brushing the teeth every once in awhile. They make a special paste for it.

[weekendrescuer]

I give my cat a raw chicken wing every week or so for her teeth. She loves them, they work like a charm, and I don't have to bother with brushing. At $1.25 for a 4-pack, they cost less than a toothbrush and toothpaste and are more effective.

[RobLynn]

I was told that chicken bones can splinter in the throat of the cat, and it's not to give them to the animal, so I don't.

Tangerine had her teeth cleaned after like 6 years of life.

I guess the reason our cats need their teeth taken care of by us, is the amount of canned/bagged food they eat. It doesn't clean the teeth as well as say a mole or a mouse with bones would. Also, since feral cats don't exactly have the longest life expectancy, they don't live long enough to develop the tooth decay and such that would happen/will happen to our indoor pets.

Some pets have trouble with it, others don't. I guess it's just like people, you hear about those people who never brush or floss, and have no cavities, but then when you don't brush for like a day, your face rots off.