At cats not only wool and claws, but also teeth require care. And the correct development of the last, contents them in purity - guarantee of health of these animals. Correctly to look after a cat, in particular behind her teeth, it is necessary to know how many they have to be at what age they appear when change of molochgy teeth with constants, etc. begins.
How many teeth at a kitten and when they appearNewborn kittens still toothless. Only after 2 weeks of life at them the first milk teeth begin to be cut through. If you found them in a kitten, so it is already possible to begin to enter a feeding up.
In total at kittens 26 milk (temporary) teeth are cut. During about 3-5 months they begin to drop out, being replaced by constants. As a rule, this process lasts for 5-7 months.
14 milk teeth at kittens are located in the upper jaw, and 12 - in lower.
At healthy nutrition the change of teeth at kittens happens not especially painfully, it does not demand medical assistance. However not superfluous during this period will watch an oral cavity of an animal. And if you notice any deviation - for example, milk teeth do not drop out, and constants are already cut, - surely address in a vetklinik. There the doctor will define whether it is necessary to delete temporary teeth, or they shortly will drop out independently.
How many teeth at an adult catThe healthy cat has 30 second teeth, 16 from above and 14 from below. From them: 12 cutters, 10 small molars (subradical, premolyar), 4 canines (they are also called by predatory teeth) and 4 main radical, or the painter.
The correct bite at cats - kleshcheobrazny (straight line).
If you counted teeth of the pet, and they appeared less, it is not always a reason for panic. For example, at some cats cutters never grow while others early lose them. On the other hand, the infection in a mouth at an animal, avitaminosis or other internal diseases which existence, perhaps, you also do not guess can appear the reason of loss of teeth. That how many teeth are available for a cat, depends on her age. Eventually they are erased and drop out. Generally it concerns the cutters undertaking the main loading in process of chewing of food. And here subradical and molars remain more than 2 decades. However at thoroughbred cats usually the term of life is slightly less, than at others. And therefore teeth at them drop out slightly earlier, than at their fellows.
As it is correct to brush teeth to a catCats periodically need to brush teeth. It needs to be done to prevent emergence of a scale which is formed when hardening a dental plaque. And it, in turn, arises because of the remains of food and bacteria. The scale is capable to cause your pet many problems. The cat can have an inflammation of gums and other associated diseases. The started and not cured diseases are capable to lead to loss of teeth at an animal. That it did not occur, periodically let's a cat gnaw firm food, for example: meat which needs to be chewed; a special stone for cats; dry feed. Then the animal will have a self-cleaning of teeth. In addition to it you can brush to a cat teeth independently. For this purpose it is possible to use, for example, soda and a little red wine. Reacting with soda, wine vinegar well splits a scale if is available not so much. Wipe with the cotton tampon moistened in wine teeth to an animal. After that apply with other tampon the soda divorced water to a kasheobrazny state. This procedure should be carried out accurately, otherwise there is a risk to wound gentle a gum of an animal. Besides, it is possible to brush teeth at a cat tooth-powder by means of a small children's toothbrush. But it is the most correct to use a special brush and toothpaste for cats which you can get in pet-shop. And that your favourite did not resist the procedure of clarification of her teeth from a raid, not superfluous will be to buy paste with taste of fish.