Thanks everyone! Mishi is doing better than I expected - he even ate some of Mitzi's hard, dry food - He's such a manly man! And he's talking again - not quite as much as before. I don't know if they put a tube down their little throats or what, but he seemed hoarse when he first "talked" again -- all I got was a few of his mrrp'ing mutters; this morning he meowed, so all is well, although he did look a bit down so I gave him some of the pain med. My stoned big boy!

Sirrahbed, my vet never mentioned teeth cleaning to me with my Goldie until she was around 13-14 years old. She was fed dry food all her life and lived indoors, so she never hunted. Wet food was only used as a treat. I think my new two's teeth are so bad because they were living wild and eating who-knows-what. My vet said that was probably why their teeth were so badly in need of cleaning. Mishi obviously had a fighting past, with the broken teeth. I hope I don't have to do this again as I intend to keep them indoors and feed them dry food.

I did get a gander at Mishi's teeth this morning when I was giving him his meds and they're now dazzling white!