Tuxedo cat with gold eyes. His mouth is scrunched up because he has very few teeth.

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    17 hours ago

    Toofleff kittief if fweet .

    For those who don’t know, feline dental resorption lesions can be very painful although cats refuse to show their pain. They aren’t preventable or curable and require the teeth to be removed. Toothless cats can still eat dry food, either by crunching it with bony plates in their mouth or just gobbling it whole.

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      14 hours ago

      Cats have a very high pain tolerance, unfortunately. Ours had a canine just fall out during weekly teeth brushing, and we never ever knew anything was wrong.

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          You don’t “have to”. It can help reduce inflamation in the gums if your cat already has dental problems, but it won’t fix dental resorption though.