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Keris Fox's avatar

Marmalize! One of my favourite words. My mum used to threaten (affectionately) to marmalize me.

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Debs Cooper's avatar

Oh how I empathise with this! Dentistry has plagued my entire life, both in human (my own) and feline form - oddly enough I haven't had any tooth issues with canines - despite the irony.

My current (and last) cat, Panda, has all the endearing qualities that your Derek enjoys. She's never needed a muzzle though, as far as I'm aware. When she was just grown from being an unapproachable rescue kitten (I do love a challenge), she somehow managed to dislodge one of her front fangs meaning her tongue lolled out of one side which was the only way it was discovered this tooth had come loose. She had her first op to have it removed.

By the time she was 6 or so, she'd developed gingivitis meaning about 5 teeth needed extracting and this was especially £££ painful, for it was Christmas-time. The insurance didn't cover it, because, of course owners are meant to be somehow brushing our pets' teeth on a relaxing regular basis. Ha!

Panda might be beauty personified, but my god she's hard work and demonstrates her displeasure on being taken anywhere by defecating in the cat carrier the second she's been prised out of hiding and forced into it.

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