I try to brush my cat's teeth at least once a week and recently got a new
toothpaste for her in the malt flavor.  Before that I used a fish flavor and
she liked it all right.  Now, she ABSOLUTELY LOVES the malt flavor so much
that when she sees me get out her tooth brush and the tooth paste and her
grooming brush, she starts going nuts.  The problem is, that she licks the
brush so much that I can barely get at her teeth! I usually have to sit her
on a pillow between my legs on the floor so I can sort of restrain her in
order to keep her paws from grabbing the brush.  I start by letting her lick
some off my finger so she doesn't go too nuts and then I TRY to brush them
by pulling her lips up on the sides and working my way in and then  using a
finger tip brush to just stick in  her mouth and get the backs of her teeth
last.  She doesn't like that part too much.  So, I have had the fish flavor
that she liked ok and let me brush her teeth with and now I have this malt
flavor that I swear gets a better reaction that cat nip and I can't really
get to her teeth as well as I'd like...so, any suggestions on flavors that
have been a middle ground for you or how to get to her teeth?  She is
literally licking the brush so much that I can not get around that little
tongue at all.

Beth