What Do I Do?

[olilac]

My kitten is about 5-6 months old and Im just noticing his bottom left canine looks to be either split in half or falling out like a loose tooth. Ive never seen this happen before. What should we do?

 

[Furballsmom]

Hi
Can you send that photo to a vet? I can't see clearly enough, and I'm not a vet anyway but it might need to be removed.

 

[Norachan]

Hi olilac

It looks like your cat is teething. Kittens usually lose their deciduous (baby) teeth at around 6 months old and get their adult teeth. What I am seeing is a deciduous tooth being pushed to the front by the adult tooth coming in behind. This isn't usually a problem. You can help your cat by giving them some soft chew toys to help with teething and keeping cat grass around at home.

Sometimes deciduous teeth refuse to fall out and this can mean the cat's adult teeth are misaligned. In that case you will need to get your vet to remove the baby tooth. If the tooth doesn't fall out by itself in the next week or so ask your vet what they think.

One of my cats took ages to lose her baby teeth. She walked around with a fang sticking straight out for about a week.

 

[olilac]

Hi olilac

It looks like your cat is teething. Kittens usually lose their deciduous (baby) teeth at around 6 months old and get their adult teeth. What I am seeing is a deciduous tooth being pushed to the front by the adult tooth coming in behind. This isn't usually a problem. You can help your cat by giving them some soft chew toys to help with teething and keeping cat grass around at home.

Sometimes deciduous teeth refuse to fall out and this can mean the cat's adult teeth are misaligned. In that case you will need to get your vet to remove the baby tooth. If the tooth doesn't fall out by itself in the next week or so ask your vet what they think.

One of my cats took ages to lose her baby teeth. She walked around with a fang sticking straight out for about a week.

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Thank you so much for that information, it actually fell out a little bit ago. As a first time kitten mom I guess I was freaking out a little.

 

[Jcatbird]

You are a very good new kitten mom! Good job noticing!

 

[Norachan]

I'm glad to hear everything is OK.