The cat is the full member of many modern families. These fluffy purring creations cause delight and affection in the owners. But only a small part of cat's owners looks after the pets correctly. It turns out that besides feeding, comb-out of a skin and timely change of filler in a cat's toilet, cats should brush teeth. It is necessary to carry out such procedure regularly to avoid appearance of various tooth diseases in cats.
Instruction
1. To accustom a cat to brush teeth it is necessary for owners from early age of an animal. Kittens get used to toothbrushing usually quicker, but also adult cat begins to treat this procedure calmly over time.
2. To avoid when toothbrushing a cat of consequences of her possible aggressive behavior, claws follows a pet obstrich in advance.
3. The owner before the procedure of cleaning of cat's teeth needs to wash up carefully hands with soap and to process them any antiseptic.
4. Before toothbrushing, the cat needs to be put to herself on knees, tenderly with it to talk, stroke, calm. Generally to try to assure an animal that nothing terrible will happen to it.
5. That the cat though got used to action, new to it, teeth to it a little, for a start, it is possible to brush, without opening companies. Then when toothbrushing the animal should move apart lips a few. And further already normally to open a mouth and to brush teeth from all directions.
6. Cats can brush teeth the gauze which is reeled up on a forefinger, a Q-tip or a children's toothbrush. As toothpaste use soda, peroxide or tooth-powder.
7. It is improbable that the cat will treat cleaning of the teeth at first calmly therefore the owner of an animal should call the assistant who will be able to take it for paws and by the scruff or to give the necessary tool.
8. During all process of toothbrushing it is necessary to talk to a cat, distracting it, thereby, from the possible unpleasant feelings caused by the new procedure.
9. The outer surface of teeth of a cat should be cleaned with circular motions or vertical, from gums to tips of teeth.
10. It is necessary to brush teeth to cats very accurately and carefully not to injure a gum.
11. After the owner understands that his pet got used to cleaning of external teeth, he can pass to toothbrushing of radical. It will be for this purpose necessary to throw back to a cat the head back.
12. After each toothbrushing the cat's brush needs to be placed in the special children's sterilizing solution divorced according to the recommendations of his producer.
13. For elimination of an unhealthy dental plaque of a cat the animal should brush teeth daily. Then in the preventive purposes it is necessary to carry out the procedure of toothbrushing once a week.