Sara and Snoopys mom
Member Since 2013
Hi, I'm an old time member from back in 2003 when I adopted a diabetic cat Snoopy (GA).
My question is about my almost 15yr old tuxedo girl named Nell. She has been plagued with those nasty FORLs for many years now. Almost every time she has a dental, she loses at least one tooth.
Some have actually just fallen out. One broke off, leaving the root under the gums, that had to be dug out.
Her most recent dental was early last Dec. At that time, I requested that the vet take ANY teeth that looked like they were starting to have issues. I almost asked the vet to take all her teeth!! I don't like having her put under anesthesia so often.
The vet only took a two teeth.
Less than 4 mos later, her teeth were again in terrible shape.
I'm thinking it would be best for her to have all her back teeth removed, those that are left.
That's where all the troublesome teeth are, her front teeth are fine (so far as I can see)
she does not chew her food. She eats mainly canned food but does get a small amnt of grain free dry that she swallows whole most of the time. Every once in a great while, she might crunch on one or two pieces but that's pretty rare.
BUT........
I happened across a You Tube video of a cat having a dental. It showed a cat's tooth being pulled and frankly I was shocked- I had no idea it was that difficult to do. It looked so violent! :shock:
Now I'm wondering if maybe the vet's approach is better, to just take the teeth that truly need to come out now, and wait to see if the rest continue to go bad.
But every time she goes under anesthesia, I worry. She had a bad reaction to some of the meds used for her very first dental, so I worry that something will go wrong.
And she was very sick in April....without a firm diagnosis of what she had. (probable IBD, possible intestinal lymphoma, maybe pancreatitis? we never found out)
Now it's all so much harder to decide what to do.
what do you think?
She is eating ok but her mouth looks awful. Her gums are inflamed and red, they bleed with just a tiny bit of pressure.
My question is about my almost 15yr old tuxedo girl named Nell. She has been plagued with those nasty FORLs for many years now. Almost every time she has a dental, she loses at least one tooth.
Some have actually just fallen out. One broke off, leaving the root under the gums, that had to be dug out.
Her most recent dental was early last Dec. At that time, I requested that the vet take ANY teeth that looked like they were starting to have issues. I almost asked the vet to take all her teeth!! I don't like having her put under anesthesia so often.
The vet only took a two teeth.
Less than 4 mos later, her teeth were again in terrible shape.
I'm thinking it would be best for her to have all her back teeth removed, those that are left.
That's where all the troublesome teeth are, her front teeth are fine (so far as I can see)
she does not chew her food. She eats mainly canned food but does get a small amnt of grain free dry that she swallows whole most of the time. Every once in a great while, she might crunch on one or two pieces but that's pretty rare.
BUT........
I happened across a You Tube video of a cat having a dental. It showed a cat's tooth being pulled and frankly I was shocked- I had no idea it was that difficult to do. It looked so violent! :shock:
Now I'm wondering if maybe the vet's approach is better, to just take the teeth that truly need to come out now, and wait to see if the rest continue to go bad.
But every time she goes under anesthesia, I worry. She had a bad reaction to some of the meds used for her very first dental, so I worry that something will go wrong.
And she was very sick in April....without a firm diagnosis of what she had. (probable IBD, possible intestinal lymphoma, maybe pancreatitis? we never found out)
Now it's all so much harder to decide what to do.
what do you think?
She is eating ok but her mouth looks awful. Her gums are inflamed and red, they bleed with just a tiny bit of pressure.
