Young cat with mouth problems

[CC & The Pussycat Guys & Dolls]

Im sure you wont be scaring her hun  the scarey part comes when your being told there is nothing more that can be done for your baby and then be prepaired to let them go  this happened with my Ollie many times, infact I was being told from the pdsa vets every other month to get him pts just because they didn't exactly know what was wrong with him! They didn't bother to do a biopsy they were just going on his test results from my private vets- Ollie was tested for FIV ect and found to be negative, so the pdsa vets didn't really have a clue as they couldn't be bothered to do a biopsy! 

It went on for a good few months and finially got too much for me, in the end I realised they were trying to hinder rather than help- so I moved back to my own vets and they got Ollie the right treatments he needed 

This was in 2007 and Ollie will be 7 this year thanks to the quick acting from my vets 

[Jiji]

I can understand you not wanting to scare her, but think she probably already is (I know I was).

[Steff - Petsearch Bedford HQ]

Thanks for all of your replies guys.

Bobby was in for neutering when this was mentioned so the vets examined his teeth/mouth when he was under and then gave my friend their comments afterwards - so no biopsy I'm afraid.

I'm going to get and update from my friend and see how Bobbys check up went because I don't want to scare her although she did ask me for more info...its a tricky one :S

[onyx]

the idea of getting the biopsy while neutered sounds really good.


cats do fine without teeth - just see my post about fonize!

[Jiji]

I hope the vet is wrong and it clears up with the treatment, but if not I agree with CC, I would recommend getting a biopsy done as soon as possible and if stomatitis get the teeth removed as soon as possible as well. Sadly I went through some really tough times with my cat Algie (his fum problems started at the same age) as my vets were always reluctant to remove his teeth as they said they were healthy and only when it became the last option did they say they were not confident in removing them and suggested I take him to a specialist dentist. Luckily I found a local vet very experienced at the sort of dentals required and the day after I took him for a consultation he had all his teeth out and a gingivectomy (sp). That was early January and touch wood he had been fine so far, he is like a kitten again, it is so good now he can have toys to play with again without fear of hurting his mouth.

[CC & The Pussycat Guys & Dolls]

Another word of warning- tell her not to use the logical gel, its actually for cleaning the cats teeth, not the gums so in effect it can irritate and make the cats mouth worse. I made this mistake and my vet told me not to use it as it can inflame the gums even more, just tell her to keep to the vets treatments for now 

[CC & The Pussycat Guys & Dolls]

My Ollie's problems were found at 6 months old when he was going to be neutered, same signs you say there stinky breath, infection ect. Ollie was also a sickly kitten, I actually think he had cat flu as a kitten 

I would suggest if the vets think its anything other than an infection for them to do a biopsy when he's out getting neutered, easiest way of finding out what the cause is and could also mean he could be getting the right treatment straight away, instead of what my first vets done and didn't treat the condition he actually had accordingly! Which obviously made Ollie worse   

If it's found at the biopsy that he has actually got some kind of stomotitus, then the best thing to do to deley the process would be to take all of the teeth out to slow it down and stop it getting worse.

Ollie has done much better without his teeth, first he had his back teeth removed and still had the problems severly, once he had the remaining teeth removed he is doing much better but still has the problems- then again I think this has been due to not recieving the correct treatment from the start.

So Im afraid your friends vet is right and Im glad they are willing to act straight away by saying they will remove the teeth, instead of trying loads of different treatments which could only prolong and make his condition worse.

Also if the vet has already recognised the condition then the insurers will see this as an existing condition and it wont be covered, neither will anything else in relation to the condition ie- my Ollie has been on steriods for a long time and if his kidneys failed the insurance would say this has been down to the steriod over use from his already existing condition, as we all know using steriods for a long time is not good for the kidneys, so I think they would lay the blame to this.

Hope it's not what the vets thinking and it can be cleared with a course of anti-biotics 

[Michelle (furbabystar)]

Aww poor Bobby, hope this clears up soon and its not going to be an on going problem x

[Steff - Petsearch Bedford HQ]

My friend took her rescue cat to be neutered last week as he is 6 months. Whilst she was at the vets she mentioned that Bobby often has quite a stinky mouth. The vets checked him out and he had a severe gum infection He has been given anti b's, anti inflams and a mouth wash and has to go back in two weeks.

The vet said that it could have been caused by a virus that he had as a kitten and could be a long term problem which may end with Bobby having to have teeth out

I have been very fortunate with my lot (touch wood) and they have never had any tooth/gum problems so I have no experience.

I have recommended logic gel and also a weekly treat of a raw chicken wing to help with cleaning his teeth. I also said to get him insured ASAP! Does anyone else have anymore advice I could give my friend.