I have before taken my cat to the vet. So you have no right saying I don't cuz I have. We are switching him to senior food for his teeth. He doesn't have any gum desiese or hasn't lost any weight. He is a fat cat. We just have takin my cat to the vet only a couple of months ago. He had an opperation on his ear but it is still getting dirty. We took him to the vet and asked him about it and he just said to keep on cleaning it. Now I was just asking if there was anything else I could do. I LOVE MY CAT TO DEATH. I don't care what you say. I am trying everything I can do for him. It's cats like him and my love for animals that I am becoming a vet. So all you peoples shut your mouth!!!!