When we adopted Figaro about a month ago, his breath was HORRIBLE and I knew his teeth were going to need some major work. When I took him in for his first vet visit, the vet told me they were the worst teeth he's ever seen and they needed to be taken care of asap.
I dropped him off yesterday morning, and got a call about an hour later from the vet saying a lot had to come out. I told him that was fine, do what needed to be done.
When I picked him up that afternoon, we met with the vet...and he told us that Figaro now had three teeth...lol...his two front canines and one bottom canine (his other bottom one was missing before we adopted him). He said a lot of the teeth were rotted right down to the root, it was pretty bad. I have the teeth he removed, they're horribly gross...and we're both certain he's feeling like a new cat now.
His breath is sooo nice now, and I hope he's feeling much better. He's been as lovey as ever since he got back, and he's on pain meds for the next few days, so hopefully he'll be comfortable. I was expecting to drop about $400 on the whole thing because of how bad it was, but we only spent $280, so that was nice....still money I didn't want to part with, but if it makes him feel better, it was money well spent.
I know many pet owners brush off dental care...but Fig's our second cat with dental problems (Jazmine had horrible teeth when we took her off the streets and we had to give her medication for gingivitis twice and have a full cleaning to take care of everything once...we're now set, but it was a long battle with those issues). My family laughs at me because next to our toothbrushes in the bathroom we have cat toothbrushes and poultry flavored toothpaste...but they need a daily brushing just like we do.
Here's pictures of his teeth...how horrible that these were in his mouth for so long (and we're not even certain how long they've been like this...we've only had him a month, but he's 4 years old).
I dropped him off yesterday morning, and got a call about an hour later from the vet saying a lot had to come out. I told him that was fine, do what needed to be done.
When I picked him up that afternoon, we met with the vet...and he told us that Figaro now had three teeth...lol...his two front canines and one bottom canine (his other bottom one was missing before we adopted him). He said a lot of the teeth were rotted right down to the root, it was pretty bad. I have the teeth he removed, they're horribly gross...and we're both certain he's feeling like a new cat now.
His breath is sooo nice now, and I hope he's feeling much better. He's been as lovey as ever since he got back, and he's on pain meds for the next few days, so hopefully he'll be comfortable. I was expecting to drop about $400 on the whole thing because of how bad it was, but we only spent $280, so that was nice....still money I didn't want to part with, but if it makes him feel better, it was money well spent.
I know many pet owners brush off dental care...but Fig's our second cat with dental problems (Jazmine had horrible teeth when we took her off the streets and we had to give her medication for gingivitis twice and have a full cleaning to take care of everything once...we're now set, but it was a long battle with those issues). My family laughs at me because next to our toothbrushes in the bathroom we have cat toothbrushes and poultry flavored toothpaste...but they need a daily brushing just like we do.
Here's pictures of his teeth...how horrible that these were in his mouth for so long (and we're not even certain how long they've been like this...we've only had him a month, but he's 4 years old).