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Harvey has a bad mouth...Hi all I have noticed over the last few days that Harvey seems to be feeling progressively quite poorly and it appears to be something wrong in his mouth. He is 14/15 and suddenly has VERY bad breath, dribbling, pain on the right side of his mouth (I know this because I touched it gently last night and he cried), pain when yawning (cries and runs away), unable to eat, even seems to hurt to lick food that I have pureed for him... I have a vet appointment for the morning but I just wondered if this sort of thing sounds familiar to anyone... Thanks  xx
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My mums cat has gingervitus and Harvey symptoms sound like that x |
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Maybe Harvey has a loose or bad tooth, poor boy ...... hopefully the vet will be able to ease his discomfort. |
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It's bound to be something dental ...... poor Harvey. |
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Aw thanks everyone. Fingers crossed it's nothing too serious, poor baby x |
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Poor little guy, do lt us know the results of the visit. |
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Will do indeed, appointment is at 10am tomorrow. He just ate a little which is good but there's definitely something not quite right. Thanks again guys |
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Poor thing, hope he gets sorted soon xxx |
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Hi all Well we have been for his appointment and he has very swollen red gums and actually started bleeding while we were there. His breath is FOUL, even the vet recoiled in horror at the smell! She is worried about his weight loss too. She has given an antibiotic injection which lasts for 2 weeks, and has taken a blood sample which will be tested for renal failure as apparently renal failure can cause mouth problems. She said that if the teeth do not improve then we might have to look at sedation and extracting a number of teeth  Poor baby. Does anyone have experience of teeth problems? Can they improve themselves? I hope that doesn't sound too daft but I am worried about sedating an older cat, and if it's reaeeally necessary to do the extraction. I'm off to search the forums now to see what else has been said about this sort of thing. xx |
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If there is an underlying issues such as kidneys then the answer is probably no, if the underlying issue is stabalised then the gum disease may well abate for a while. If there isnt an underlying health issue then perhaps after a good dental things should settle down for a while. Bad teeth and gums can affect all of the major organs if left untreated. |
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