I took a good look inside Fang's mouth, the sun helped, and his back teeth look really bad/. First the gums are real red right under the tooth, and you can see the tarter along the gumline. His breath is bad. I feel so bad that I have had him almost a year, and his mouth was in this condition. When I got him, I took him to the vet (whom I decided I would not use for anything major because I feel he failed me and my senior cat before I got Fang), and he looked in his mouth but didn't say I should get his teeth cleaned. He came from no kill shelter, so teeth cleaning is probably not even considered, when you think of everything else that needs done after rescue off the street.
Anyway, we have an appointment saturday with what I hope is a better vets office. Fang is also a crystal cat, so I am hoping his crystals, and PH might be related to the teeth. Someone posted something like that earlier.
What are the risks? Should we be doing bloodwork? What other things are necessary? I remember years ago at another vet, I felt I was ripped off because he did blood work and an EKG and other stuff I didn't think was necessary. the bill was around 300 bucks and that was ten years ago. I don't want to spend more thatn I have to.
Anyway, we have an appointment saturday with what I hope is a better vets office. Fang is also a crystal cat, so I am hoping his crystals, and PH might be related to the teeth. Someone posted something like that earlier.
What are the risks? Should we be doing bloodwork? What other things are necessary? I remember years ago at another vet, I felt I was ripped off because he did blood work and an EKG and other stuff I didn't think was necessary. the bill was around 300 bucks and that was ten years ago. I don't want to spend more thatn I have to.
