How often should I feed, bathe, and brush my cat's teeth for health?

Cats generally do not require bathes because they are so great about cleaning and grooming themselvs. Their nails naturally shed every 6-8 weeks and having them clipped actually leads to scratching because they want to make them sharp. As far as hair trimmed, that is personal preference for you. Try to brush her daily to get her used to it so there will be no tangles or mats. IF a mat does develop, then she will it cut out by the groomer. Her teeth should be brushed at least 3 times a week if able and you can do this at home with finger tooth brush and feline approved tooth past to help.

Hi and thanks for posting! The diet you have your kitten on sounds pretty good for a kitten. As he approaches a year of age, I would feed adult formula and no more than 1/2 cup a day if he in an indoor only cat. The earlier you start brushing his teeth, the better so he gets use to you doing it. I would make it a goal to brush his teeth daily if you can. I hope this helps!

The latest research tells us that if we are not brushing at least 4 times a week that we are probably not doing very much. I encourage my clients to brush daily. Best of luck and thank you for using Pet Coach.

Hi, in general cats are very clean animals and they do take care of themselves so you should not bathe them. If you really wanted to bathe them you could get them used to it and bathe them once every 6 months. Hope this helps !

At two months of age, Zuri is old enough to eat dry food on her own and there is no need to give her dry food with water or milk in it. You can give her wet food as part of her diet or as an occasional treat. I hope this helps :-)

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! You can definitely bathe her perhaps every 2-3 months. Also, you could consider a diet such as Hills metabolic weight management diet to try to get her to lose weight. Good luck!

Hi and thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Great question. This really depends on the individual cat, their health, whether they have periodontal disease or other oral diseases, their age, their genetics, and the presence of systemic disease, etc. Each cat is different. So ultimately I would follow the advice of the veterinarian treating Twitchy. If the think their recommendations don't line up with you, then go to another vet to get a second opinion. Typically, in my opinion, I don't think adult cats should have more than one cleaning per year or every few years unless they have some problems. I hope this helps. Good luck with Twitchy.