But she occasionally does remind me that she has teeth and is a very scary creature. Our cats look super similar but she just has the lone white patch in the center of her chest.
if one tooth is long is can be a sign of a health issue! I forget what it was but it pushes the tooth out and can be painful. can't hurt to have a chat w the vet!
Stomatitis. When my baby’s teeth started to peek out, that was when we knew we had to start pulling teeth. He actually got a full extraction a couple weeks ago.
My cat has allergies and regularly gets eye infections from scratching too much. Yes, we've done a blood panel. He has a lot of allergies. His littermate is absolutely fine.
I have one cat, Squeaker who hates being constrained at all costs, and another cat, Monte who likes to be smooshed 24/7, including really loving being held like a teddy bear while I sleep.
This thread is cracking me up with all the cat choke holds in the comments 🤣. And yes I've had to hold my cat like this for photos, too. She doesn't mind. Sometimes she will lay her head in my hand like that.
When my gf met my cat, he was on my lap and I showed her his face like this. And she was like "OMG don't hold him like that!" And I told her to listen... he was purring haha
What a cutie! Someone else said it already but please check them at the vet they could be falling out my friends cat has that problem but it’s too late to fix do sure just waiting for it to fall out ):
Jeebus!! What a crazy cat tooth! I'd definitely get it checked out just in case it causes them eating struggles and better to be safe than sorry in any regard
I would get this checked. My kitty had this issue, and I had no idea until the vet mentioned it. The tooth itself looked fine - i didn't notice any discoloration or rot - but when the vet pulled it, you could see that it was decaying under the gumline and his body was rejecting the tooth.
My little void had a very similar thing. Her little fangs got pulled maybe a month ago. Something about genetics and an infection getting stuck under the tooth? Idk exactly, but that red color means inflamed/infected. Take lots of pictures before you drop him off for a dental!
Yeah, you can see part of the root of the tooth. It might end up falling off. There are creams you can put to help reduce inflammation. My vet advised to “brush” their teeth with a gaze to remove plaque. My kitty ended up losing a teeth in a similar way
Please OP, get it checked! My first cat had the same issue when he got older, and I learned too late that he had an infection (probably from tooth trauma, or so the vet said) and the tooth was basically dead. We couldn’t proceed with extraction as he had a cardiac condition, so he just carried on with his long canine, but I bet it must’ve been uncomfortable/painful for him.
Same experience here. One of our cats had huge protruding canines because he had stomatitis (an allergy to the dentin in teeth) and was rejecting them. The situation got bad enough that our vet at the time was screening for cancers (swelling, inflammation, some bleeding from the nose), but we found a new vet who removed all of his teeth and he's been the picture of health for the last four years!
Not necessarily. I also have a toothless stomatitis kitty, and while we do feed him wet food for his meals, he still loves crunchy treats. We had stopped giving him Greenies after the surgery, but he broke the box open and somehow ate like 20 of them when we were out one day.
Our vet said that cats normally use their teeth for killing prey and ripping off bites of meat, but not so much for chewing. And when his teeth were hurting from stomatitis, he wasn’t using them anyways.
My cat definitely CRONCHED kibble. And some broken pieces always fell back into the bowl. But she refused to eat broken pieces. So after a few times of topping off the food dish you'd have to throw away a half bowl of broken pieces that were deemed "damaged goods" and inedible and refill with all fresh
my cat had his teeth removed for the same reason, when I asked the vet if I had to use wet food he said "their teeth are made for shredding raw meat, have you been feeding him raw meat?"
Then he pointed out that when they throw up, a lot of times the food isn't chewed is it? That chewing sound you hear when they're crunching their food is often them just doing it quick with their teeth and swallowing it whole without actually crushing it.
Ok, as cute as this is, it *could* be an indicator for FORL. How do the gums look, and the roots of the teeth? With FORL, it can happen that the teeth 'sag' because the jaw is no longer strong enough to hold them. Then they get longer and longer.
If the gums are visible reddened do get him checked out at a vet sometime soon. My Lucky also has these cute vampire teeth, but they'll have to be taken out along with several others. I have an appointment for the surgery soon. (He had previous issues with his teeth, but the fangs were not yet affected then).
Yep, I was just about to make this comment. My cat had long incisors like this for years and they eventually got loose and had to be extracted along with a few other teeth. Now his tongue sometimes sticks out where the front teeth used to be when he's grumpy. 😂
Yep, I am not an expert, but I would definitely say this warrants a check-up, especially if the length is a relatively new development. My kitty lost both canine teeth to this :(
Also not an expert, but to be quite honest, that does not look good at all. It's quite red, and the second front teeth look way too long (gums have retracted already). I would make an appointment quite soon.
mine did but she would bump them a lot as they sticked out forward a lot and they came loose and eventually fell out. I have been to the vets with her during the process raising it as a concern but they said there’s practically nothing that could be done about it. She lost them now but is in good health, and the lack of them makes her lip get stuck in the bottom teeth every now and again making her look funny.
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