Thread: Temporarily Feeding Raw for Juvenile Gingivitis

You’re right in that massaging the gums won’t clean their teeth. But is is believed to stimulate the blood vessels in the gum which could alleviate the inflammation.

As for the bacteria, my Coonies have never had any issues from that. I follow common safe meat handling practices just like I would when preparing our own meals. Also, cats seem to know when meat is “off” before we do. I once got some gizzards from a different butcher than my regular one. The cats wouldn’t touch them, even though they smelled OK to me.