ALL about commerce over care...

I had a PCP like that. And...much as I hate to admit it, he's not a native of this country, and his behavior has jaundiced my view of his countrymen. Which of course means I'll bend over backward to avoid thinking poorly should I have dealings with others of them in future, and probably get rooked again.

Simpler! Life and humans should be simpler!

The cats eat dry food out of little metal bowls that we clean maybe every couple of months. My cat Ashton develops little bumps or zits on his chin when we use plastic food dishes, for some reason. For wet food, I use paper plates since they rarely finish it all and refuse to eat leftovers. The water dish is a hard plastic thing that gets thrown in the washer maybe once a week.

As for teeth cleaning, I think animals have the same issues that humans do - some teeth are just better than others. What I will say is that if your cat meows in your face and their breath is atrocious, have their teeth checked. Ashton had horrible breath a few years ago so I took him to the vet and they had to pull 6 teeth due to a bad infection. And his breath hasn't smelled like that ever since. In fact, it usually doesn't smell at all.

I better get this new job, because my current HoS is a raging bitch.

My cat Ashton develops little bumps or zits on his chin when we use plastic food dishes, for some reason.

This is what I'm told. The plastic, somehow creates an allergic reaction.

I totally sniff Bartleby's breath. Where, before the Plaque Off, it smelled like I expected a dog's breath to smell...the aforementioned dirt eating, et.al...his breath doesn't smell like anything at all. When it does, I know I've been slacking on the brushing.

The burps however, another olfactory event all together.

smonster, yesterday you mentioned how hilarious it is when Frankie burps. I swear, Bartleby purposely puts his snoot to my nose when eh knows he's going to let one rip.

Even more hilarious is when he farts and whips around to see what happened. Slays me every time!

What's up, Pix?

My cats' breath (breaths?) generally smell okay - breath-like. Fishy if they just ate tuna.

Is it possible for a cat to be allergic to fish? Sometimes Leo's eyes get runny, and sometimes he shakes his head like his ears are bothering him - though he doesn't scratch at them. His balance is fine. I wonder if it's the wet food that has fish that's causing it.

The simplest test is to remove the suspected item and see if any improvement occurs.

My cat Ashton develops little bumps or zits on his chin when we use plastic food dishes, for some reason.

Mine gets those sometimes but he has a stainless steel dish. I have noticed that if I'm lax on washing said dish is when it happens. As long as I wash it really well 1x/week, we're good.

Bah. I am at work and trying to be productive, because there's actually a lot that needs to get done today, and instead I keep looking at pictures of my flooded city and wanting to cry. Doesn't help that I didn't sleep well last night, we still have no power at home, and I am worried about drinking our tap water. I personally got off SUPER easy with the flooding, so I feel like I shouldn't complain, but it is still really upsetting to see how deep the water is and how much of the area was affected.

Kate, trust me, it's traumatic. You have every right to be upset and to complain.