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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / April 2008Cat with either a dirty mouth or gum problem?
I thought my cat (male age about 8) had a dirty mouth from eating, but went to wipe it clean and I think it's attached. On one side, a piece of gummish kind of thing LOOKS to be attached. It's almost like a skin tag on a human, but the same color as cat gum. It's at the very bottom of his gum, where the gum ends and his fur begins. Then on the other side, he's got two little white places that I can't decide if it's dried milk or some kind of something. I tried to examine as best I could, but he doesn't care for exams. Any ideas if this is just crud or if it's something else? I'd rather not take him for another vet appointment if I can avoid it, because it's high trauma. But of course I will if needed. Thank you for listening. >I thought my cat (male age about 8) had a dirty mouth from eating, but > went to wipe it clean and I think it's attached. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > take him for another vet appointment if I can avoid it, because it's > high trauma. But of course I will if needed. It is needed. > <kitkatkitkat12...@gmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > It is needed. What could it be??? >> It is needed. > > What could it be??? It could be oral cancer, that is why you need to get your cat to the vet. > <kitkatkitkat12...@gmail.com> wrote > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > It could be oral cancer, that is why you need to get your cat to > the vet. Very oddly, the thing that looked like a skin tag seems to have disappeared. The white spots on the other side are still there, so I'll take him in, but it's weird. It may have just been a dirty mouth...he sometimes does make a mess on his face. >> <kitkatkitkat12...@gmail.com> wrote >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I'll take him in, but it's weird. It may have just been a dirty > mouth...he sometimes does make a mess on his face. You'll feel better if you take him in. Always better safe than sorry. Let us know how it goes, and thanks for being such a caring cat person. > <kitkatkitkat12...@gmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > You'll feel better if you take him in. Always better safe than sorry. Let us > know how it goes, and thanks for being such a caring cat person. Hi, I just wanted to report back that he's been diagnosed with stomatitis. He got a steroid and antibiotic shot and is on oral antibiotics to bring down the inflammation, and then is having a dental. He had a dental two years ago as well. So that "dirty mouth" was in fact goo from his poor mouth. My poor boy had lost three pounds!!! (He needed to lose it, but not like this) He also had a fever (103), but nothing else was out of order, no lumps or anything. Now I'm just waiting to take him in for his surgery and see if he loses any teeth. (He lost a canine a couple of years ago) I'm also trying to learn more about this stomatitis. I feel just terrible that it had been going on long enough to lose three pounds. He's always been so good about letting me trim his nails and things like that, but I've never been able to get him to allow tooth brushing. I don't know if that would help or not. He also eats wet food....I'm wondering if I need to force some dry food on him. He'll eat it, but with great protest. My vet takes a conservative approach on things, but did mention there's a school of thought to pull all the teeth at some point. : ( I'm hopeful the dental will help, and then I can learn what to do to keep this from getting bad again. Thoughts? Thanks again for your support! > He also had a fever (103), but nothing else was out of order, no lumps > or anything. Now I'm just waiting to take him in for his surgery and [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > food....I'm wondering if I need to force some dry food on him. He'll > eat it, but with great protest. I'm very glad you took him in. Cats can be very stoic animals and hide their pain well, so you did the right thing. Don't feed him dry food. Canned is much better for him all around. There's been a lot of talk about dry food and dental health--but cats don't chew like you and I. They bite, tear, and swallow, so dry food does nothing for them. In fact, many cats swallow dry food whole. If he needs most or all of his teeth pulled out, he will do just fine, especially with canned food, which he can lap up. If he does keep some of his teeth, you can try to brush them with a C.E.T. brand brush (make sure to get the cat version). This is the best brush I've found and even my more anxious cat will let me use this on him. Just to report back....he's out of surgery and lost all of his upper teeth behind the canines. Poor guy. He also lost one canine (and had lost one in a previous dental), so he has two canines left plus his lower teeth. My poor big boy. But he's going to feel better once he heals. He definitely has stomatitis, too. At least it wasn't cancer, and all of his blood tests were fine. He spent his first couple of years of life as a feral, so didn't have the best start in life. He already eats just canned food so that's taken care of. I'm just marking time until I can go pick him up. > Just to report back....he's out of surgery and lost all of his upper > teeth behind the canines. Poor guy. He also lost one canine (and had [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > I'm just marking time until I can go pick him up. Thanks so much for letting us know, and bless you for being such a great cat mom. I am so glad it was not anything more serious--this sounds serious enough. ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** >> Just to report back....he's out of surgery and lost all of his upper >> teeth behind the canines. Poor guy. He also lost one canine (and had [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> >> I'm just marking time until I can go pick him up. >Thanks so much for letting us know, and bless you for being such a >great cat mom. I am so glad it was not anything more serious--this >sounds serious enough. Will keep him in our prayers and purrs for a speedy recovery. I have some idea what yous will be going though. My 17 / 18 year old Kitty had to have four teeth removed last year and it was a bugger trying to medicate her. With those 4 removed plus the 2 roots removed when I took her in at 4 years and the fact that her front teeth between the canines were gone when I got her she does not have many left. She stills prefers dry so I buy the smallest dry I can find plus she eats a bit of canned now. |
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