I am worried about my kitty... I adopted my little guy on NYE and he's been nothing short of amazing. He's roughly 10 months old. However, two weeks ago I noticed a bump/lump inside his mouth when he yawned one day. I made an appointment for his vet the next day and was able to bring him by that Saturday. Due to COVID-19, I was unable to go in for the visit. The vet examined him and then reported to me that he (1) has an oral growth and (2) needs a dental exam to evaluate his gingivitis.
My family and I have had cats before, but this guy is my first. I've never experienced any dental issues with cats before so this news didn't come easy. Of course I went straight to Google and couldn't stop reading all the negative things that it could be.. our vet suggested the growth needs to be biopsied and then removed and didn't give much information about gingivitis - long story short, due to the pandemic our vet isn't doing ANY procedures right now so they referred me to a different vet a town over, who can't see me until next week for an initial consultation and then it might be another month or two before the exam / procedure can be scheduled due to limited staff. I completely understand all the limitations due to this pandemic, but I am just so worried about my furbaby.
On top of it, I've been working remotely from home so I feel like I'm over analyzing everything my kitty does.. needed to find a place to vent. Can anyone relate? Or has experienced anything like this before?
My family and I have had cats before, but this guy is my first. I've never experienced any dental issues with cats before so this news didn't come easy. Of course I went straight to Google and couldn't stop reading all the negative things that it could be.. our vet suggested the growth needs to be biopsied and then removed and didn't give much information about gingivitis - long story short, due to the pandemic our vet isn't doing ANY procedures right now so they referred me to a different vet a town over, who can't see me until next week for an initial consultation and then it might be another month or two before the exam / procedure can be scheduled due to limited staff. I completely understand all the limitations due to this pandemic, but I am just so worried about my furbaby.
On top of it, I've been working remotely from home so I feel like I'm over analyzing everything my kitty does.. needed to find a place to vent. Can anyone relate? Or has experienced anything like this before?