Pru's vet visit last week showed a red gum line and a loose tooth that needed extraction. Originally they thought two teeth, but decided just one needed removed yesterday. She's on antibiotics for 7 days.
DH took 30 minutes to catch her to take her to the vets. He had to pull the washer out to get her. We had trapped her the week before by shutting the doors upstairs. When she ran up there, we had her. She is so smart though, there was no way that was happening twice. DH had put up gates to "corral" her and force her upstairs. She flew right over the gate and behind the washer.
Of course I'm laughing because it wasn't me, I was at work.
My question is this: What can I do to prevent these extractions? When we got her, she had to have 4 extracted and is now missing 11 teeth. The vet said this can be common with feral cats. I don't want her to have anesthesia and to lose a tooth yearly. Do any of you clean your feral's teeth? Is there an easy way to do this without traumatizing Pru? She will not come to us or let us pick her up, although she's getting better; she doesn't run right away when she sees us coming.
Thanks for any input.
~Rhonda
I wrote about this originally in the health section, but didn't get an answer.
She gets dry food only btw.
DH took 30 minutes to catch her to take her to the vets. He had to pull the washer out to get her. We had trapped her the week before by shutting the doors upstairs. When she ran up there, we had her. She is so smart though, there was no way that was happening twice. DH had put up gates to "corral" her and force her upstairs. She flew right over the gate and behind the washer.
My question is this: What can I do to prevent these extractions? When we got her, she had to have 4 extracted and is now missing 11 teeth. The vet said this can be common with feral cats. I don't want her to have anesthesia and to lose a tooth yearly. Do any of you clean your feral's teeth? Is there an easy way to do this without traumatizing Pru? She will not come to us or let us pick her up, although she's getting better; she doesn't run right away when she sees us coming.
Thanks for any input.
~Rhonda
I wrote about this originally in the health section, but didn't get an answer.
She gets dry food only btw.