Missy stopped eating dry food,,,

Missy
I am hoping for the best.

Poor baby! If she is healthy enough for the surgery I would go through with it, it sounds like she has a very good quality of life right now.

In the meantime, I have some fussy kitties about canned food too. Mine will only eat stuff in sauce- they will eat special kitty, but i think 9 lives or friskies is better- not much, but better. I think friskies even has a senior diet in their wet canned- I've seen it at petsmart. You could also try the nutro pouches if you haven't already.

for Missy....

Hi, I just heard from the vet, She said Missy's blood work is great for her age and if she has a infected tooth it is still local because her white count was fine. She said she is showing just a very slight problem with her kidneys but she thinks she is probably a ways off from that becoming a problem.

So for now we are not going to do anything with her teeth, she wants to see if the antibiotic helps take the pain away from her jaw/teeth. She said she thought she is in good enough shape to handle work on her mouth but it would be really hard on her, so at least we still have a couple options. She also said we could try some pain meds to help her with her eating if the pain don't let up soon.

So considering everything its good news.

I guess we will have to start calling her Missy the wonder cat.

Way to go MIssy....

That's great news!!

Since Missy will have to eat soft food from now on and its so hard to keep the others from eating her food I think I might just go to a good soft food for all of them. I want to do what I can for Missy but it is going to get old fast having to stand there to keep the other cats away from Missy as she eats.

I still can't believe we have 5 cats in the house. The kids are calling me the cat man now.

You have smart kids....Cat Man.

It is good that Missy's blood work indicates that she would probably do OK if dental surgery became necessary.
18 really is an advanced age for a kitty. I understand why your vet has chosen a conservative treatment plan.
I have heard that cats do fine without teeth.
Good luck with the soft food and meds.

When I had to feed my cats different catfoods, I DID put my old cat Willy, into another room and since it had carpet, I got a large plastic mat and put it under the catfood. ( A section of plastic runner, cut to size would work well!) Then I'd let him eat his food, wait until my Missy was done with HER food, and then, would let Willy back out. Of COURSE, he'd race over to Missy's dish, to see if ANY molecules of catfood were left in that dish!!
But, this really did work well for us! Good luck!

Hi, The other cats are learning to leave Missy alone till she is done, all but Tuffy, I have never got mad at Tuffy before but I did the other day, When he wants to do something he does it and he won't give up. I would push him away and say NO real stern and he would look at me with big angry eyes as if to say "I am doing what I want when I want so there" and be right back in Missy's dish. He is polite about eating with Missy and don't push her away or anything But Missy gets up set and gives up then the rest of them finish off her food.

Missy did eat a bunch of soft treats tonight without to much problem so maybe the medicine is making her feel a little better. Also Missy and Angel were chasing each other all over the house tonight so I think she is doing good.

Is there a average age that cats live that don't have any major health problems in there life? Is Missy out of the ordinary to be going on 19 years old and doing pretty good yet? Someone tried to tell me that cats live to be 40 years old sometimes and I thought to myself dream on.

Poor Missy. Fingers crossed for her - I know someone who's cat had to have a dental at 19, and he came through (although the vet did only give him a 50-50 chance) - they used a lighter anaesthetic on him.
MissyandSpikesMom - cats with no teeth can eat dry food perfectly well, so if she wants it, I would let her have it. I have had 2 cats with no teeth at all now (one at the bridge, one still with me), and both would have sulked if I hadn't given them biscuits - Ginger is the kind of cat who would go for the bowl of biscuits rather than the supermeat after a dental though.

Good news, last night Yvonne watched Missy eating the dry food and today I watched her eat the dry nutro and seemed to do fine. So I hope whatever her problem was is getting better and we won't have to do anything with her teeth, at least not right now. But then again if she should have some work done it probably should be done before she gets any older.

Way to go sweet Missy.

At Missy's age...to go ahead with the surgery would be a tough decision.
If you feel that your vet is qualified and you trust his judgment..
you should discuss what he feels would be the best treatment for her and why.

You might consider starting another thread -- "anesthesia in older cats?"... or something like that, because it is probably the biggest risk she would face.

I will be sending positive thoughts your way.

Yeah....... I have been letting my Miss Missy eat some dry catfood, as I figured she seems to be doing OK with it, and it makes my little furbaby happy!
I hope your Missy gets through the anesthesia really well.

Yeah Missy - way to go girl

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Here is a new picture of the old lady Missy.