Miss Moneypenny got FIVE teeth pulled yesterday. They were quite nasty. After sleeping off the anesthesia, she devoured an entire can of food by herself and is already acting like a whole new cat.
I have a sneaking suspicion that her bout with hepatic lipidosis last year may have been brought on from her teeth hurting and that's why she stopped eating. She'd had gingivitis when I adopted her, but kept putting off the cleanings until her teeth just gave up and started rotting on her. :-/
Do you think that could be it? I really hope this is the end of her vet problems for a while.... she is one expensive kitty! I really wish I'd taken care of the cleaning years ago, because if I'm right about the two issues being linked, I could have saved almost $3000 this last year.
So: moral of the story is - take care of their teefs!
I have a sneaking suspicion that her bout with hepatic lipidosis last year may have been brought on from her teeth hurting and that's why she stopped eating. She'd had gingivitis when I adopted her, but kept putting off the cleanings until her teeth just gave up and started rotting on her. :-/
Do you think that could be it? I really hope this is the end of her vet problems for a while.... she is one expensive kitty! I really wish I'd taken care of the cleaning years ago, because if I'm right about the two issues being linked, I could have saved almost $3000 this last year.
So: moral of the story is - take care of their teefs!
