Originally posted by Shelteez2


That's silly. That's like saying you can eat pretzles and not have to brush your teeth because you crunched on them. I really don't think eating dry food does that much for cleaning their teeth. I also know that when our cats have thrown up right after eating a lot of the kibbles were whole, so they are not even being crunched.

Actually being on a wet-only diet is pretty bad for the teeth. I've seen evidence time and time again at the shelter. When a cat's teeth are really bad, I check the background form and almost always it will say the cat is on a wet-only diet. I adopted Reece (dog) at 1 yr old, but the vet aged him to be 5 because his teeth were so bad from the canned food he ate at his previous home. I got them cleaned and haven't had any problems in the past 3 years that he's been on dry food.

Pam, I know you have no choice and I'm sure your kitties will be fine. If they do get problems, you can always brush their teeth