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by Darcy Lockman

Last January, Ingrid Duthie’s favorite pants became very uncomfortable. Holiday parties led to extra calories, along with less time at the gym, for the 40-year-old Detroit native. She wasn’t surprised she’d put on a few additional pounds, but she was taken aback when she noticed some extra girth on her 6-year-old cat, Felix, too. “I was probably more aware of Felix’s belly since I was thinking a lot about my own, but I’d always thought of him as skinny, since he was very thin as a kitten,” she remembers.

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by Timothy Brill

Have you brushed and flossed? No, not your teeth — your cat’s teeth. Your feline needs regular dental care just as you do. That’s because dental disease can affect the gums, bones, and connective tissue around your cat’s teeth. It can even cause your pet to lose one or all of its teeth. The statistics for this are startling. According to a recent study conducted by the American Veterinary Dental Society, 70 percent of cats develop dental problems by the age of three. To ensure that your cat doesn’t suffer a similar fate, here’s what to do.

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