baby teeth in Abysinnians

Hi,
Does anyone know how long it usually takes for adult teeth to start to come in with Abyssinians? My kitten is a week shy of 5 months, with no adult teeth in sight. Her gums are inflamed and have been for weeks, we're trying antibiotics now to see if there's a bacterial component. The vet has told us that it's possibly inflamatory gingivitis, but he's never seen it in a kitten this young/without adult teeth. We'll see if the inflamation goes down this week, after which it's X-ray time to see if there actually ARE adult teeth in there (which apparently there might not be!). She had a rough bout with cat flu early on and was very small, it's only in the last month that she's really grown (1.6 kg today), I'm wondering (hoping?) that it was only this slow start that might have delayed development? Has anyone else had experience with this?


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Luna started losing her baby teeth when she was 3 months old. Midnight just lost his baby fangs (well had 1 pulled) right after he turned 5 months old.

I don't know much about Abysinnians, maybe that breed loses their baby teeth later. There's a breeders corner here, if you ask them, they might know more about Abysinnians and be able to tell you when they start losing their baby teeth.

I'm sorry that your kitten has been having so much trouble. Hopefully when the vet checks, they will find she at least has some grown up teeth in there.

First of all, welcome to TCS. What is your kitty's name? What color is she? We'd love to see some pictures.

Merlin, my aby, was just over 5 months old when I got him and already had his adult teeth as far as I could tell. He also has chronic gingivitis with gum overgrowth. My vet (who also owns an aby) says this is common in abys, but he's never mentioned a difference between baby teeth and adult teeth, probably because it wasn't an issue with Merlin.

I hope your vet can find a solution for you. Unfortunately, you may be in it for the long haul. Merlin is a almost a year and a half old now, and we've not found anything that completely cleared up the gingivitis. The inflammation will go down for a while, then flare up again. However, he's completely healthy otherwise, and still eats anything and everything.

Sending lots of for your baby.

Thanks for all of the information, I'll post on the Breeder's forum as well, just in case they can give me some info. We weren't very original with her name even though we waited 2 wks to come up with something perfect. (This was while she was battling the cat flu and was very docile and quiet). Her name became Abby (kind of by default), but had we waited another week it would definitely have been Monkey!
She's a ruddy abysinnian. Not sure exactly how to attach pics, so I hope this link works!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...0&l=56d72507bf

She's a beauty. I think half the abyssinians in the world must be called Monkey. The breeder named Merlin and I liked the name so I kept it when I registered him. However, he doesn't really know his name because all he ever hears is Monkey.

That's too funny!! I'll post again (one day) when we know more of what's going on, just in case anyone ever wonders. Thanks for everyone's quick replies, this has been my first experience with a forum, and it's pretty neat!

Just saw the pictures, what a beautiful cat you have