Moon is home from his teeth cleaning...funny pic :)

[caseysmom]

I usually ask them to give Casey the most mild anasthesia they can she has had pretty severe reactions to the anasthesia...I still do the cleaning every year because her teeth get very dirty.

[emily_the_spoiled]

This past summer I had Miss Bear's teeth cleaned and she is 16 yo. Before they put her under, they did all the blood work and everything else. Of course I was worried because of her age, but she came out of it with no problems what so ever. If Moon is healthy and he needs his teeth cleaned then you should seriously consider it. As you said, this will not go away on it own.

[caseysmom]

For some reason I thought you were asking about a dog...although it is probably similar but Casey is a dog. My kitty so far has been okay but he is only 6 I think cat's teeth do not get as dirty as dogs.

[MoonandBean]

Thank you both! I also have to convice Moon's other human so I am collecting as much info. as I can.

[carole]

I certainly understand your fears, i too went through the same thing with my Ash, he is around 13 yrs old maybe older, i was worried how it would go,everything went fine,however he was at a point it was necessary to have his dental done, or he was going to suffer, and have repeated infections in his mouth, he ended up loosing two teeth,and of course with older cats they always do a full blood test, and hydrate the cat before hand, also my Ash has a heart murmur so that was even more of a concern for me,they are very professional and make sure they give him just the right dosage, and he sailed through it, alas we discovered he had early CRFailure,but still it is better to know than not,however it was not due to Ash's teeth that he has CRF, which i was worried about, just simply his old age,good luck i am sure kitty will be just fine.

[MoonandBean]

WOW. Thank you both SOOO much; that's a lot of great info!!!!!!!

[krazyaboutkatz]

My Storm will be 13 in Jan. and he had his teeth cleaned in May of this year. He did just fine and even needed to have a few small teeth extracted. I think he's had his teeth cleaned 2-3 other times before and he's never had any problems. Before this last teeth cleaning, he wasn't eating well so I knew that something was wrong. I'm sure that Moon will be just fine. Good luck.