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One of my little guys had to go through that back in August. What’s amazing is that he had to eat wet food for several days, and he and my other cat absolutely don’t like wet food. Even when they were kittens, I tried getting them some nice refrigerated wet food as a treat a few times… barely touched.
I was astonished when my vet told me that once he healed he could go back to dry food. Cats apparently hardly chew their food at all. Vinnie didn’t need all his teeth out, but he had like 8 or 9 removed, and the vet said even if all his teeth had been removed he’d be able to eat dry food.
After the surgery we started calling him gummy nubbins.
Haha. Yeah. My old cat. Before she passed, would vacuum up her dry food and regurgitate it whole.
I knew a cat that would put kibble in her water dish to soften it. I see now that I should have been grateful she didn't use your cat's method.
Yep, in fact my remaining cat has to eat dental care food that is intentionally super-large dry hollow chunks so it's too big to swallow and they have to crack them open, so she cleans her teeth a bit.
But they can also just grind dry food between their gums without injuring themselves. Cats are hardcore! 🤘
My vet quoted like $1100 for removing the rest of my kitties teeth. She doesn't paw at her mouth like it hurts, just drools a little, so I've put it off. What made you decide to do it?
I'm in the same boat. The vet has told us her teeth are inflamed, but she doesn't act like she's in any pain, she just drools some
Yeah, it was fucking stupid expensive at about that same rate. I think in the end, it was more like $1200 or $1300 because there were more teeth that needed to be pulled than she could get eyes on during the exam. I decided to do it b/c there were so many teeth that needed pulling and that it would likely only get worse if I let it go longer.
Might get worse anyway…