Friday Cat Blogging, Bonus Edition
Having done my duty for the day I moseyed on over to The Poor Man, where I found this link amongst the Editors’ particularly good haul of cats. How could I not blog it?
Sebastian the cat gets a gold grill
The owner, a dentist, gives Persian blinged out teeth to strengthen them
Updated: 9:53 p.m. ET Aug. 16, 2006
ALEXANDRIA, Ind. – This cool cat has traded in his catnip for some bling. Sebastian, a 1-year-old Persian with long black hair, sports gold crowns on his two bottom canines, which grew sticking out from his lips in an underbite similar to a bulldog’s.
His owner, dentist David Steele, said he gave Sebastian gold crowns to help strengthen the fanged feline’s teeth. Steele said he was worried the unique canines would break off or become a problem.
“It’s possible to work on animals the same way we do humans,” he said. “I did it to strengthen (Sebastian’s) teeth, but it had an excellent cosmetic result. The cat gets a lot of attention now. Everyone is tickled to death when they see him.”
Sebastian’s two gold teeth protruding from his furry face make him seem a little menacing, like a hip-hop star’s guard-cat or a movie villain’s pet. The feline didn’t seem too happy with his new look at first.
“He’s normally around me all the time,” Steele said. “After I put the crowns on, he didn’t ‘speak’ to me for two days.”
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