What is puzzling about the connection between stomatitis/teeth/gums is that one could understand if they were in bad shape, but our FIV+ Sox has gorgeous white teeth and great pink gums. The consensus is that there may be things going on deep down at the roots, not visible in the mouth. Natalie
-----Original Message----- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Diane Rosenfeldt Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 7:00 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] DMG Yes, in cats (and in humans) the constant infections and abscesses in a bad mouth of teeth have all sorts of dire consequences in the rest of the body's systems. I have never heard anyone who regretted having some or all of their babies' teeth pulled in the interests of clearing up stomatitis, etc. Diane R. -----Original Message----- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Heather Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 10:00 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] DMG Yes, we have had 3 cases (2 rescues of mine, one a friend's so I don't know his testing status, he could be FIV+ though, he was a big male brought in from the streets) of full mouth extractions that resulted in a very sick kitty soon becoming a 'brand new cat". One is a year out from the extraction, the other is 2 years out, both are doing so well! Both of those guys were negative. My friend's kitty is doing wonderfully, too, and his full mouth extraction was done by our humane society low-cost clinic for a fraction of what my guys were done for--most low cost clinics probably can't do that, though. All 3 of these guys now also eat dry food, by their own liking, I couldn't believe it. On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote: > Your cats had stomatitis? And it helped having all teeth removed? > The problem with doing this to a cat with immunodeficiencies is (ours > is > FIV+, which is better than FeLV+) obviously slightly more risky! It > FIV+does > sound rather drastic, doesn't it? > We have several old cats without teeth, and they look like they're > chomping a way at dry food...they just swallow it and love it more > than canned food at times. > Natalie > > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Heather > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 10:18 AM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] DMG > > Hope the DMG proves to be helpful, but just thought I'd mention the 3 > we've had who had full mouth extractions were like new cats > afterwards, and have done wonderfully ever since. They were not FELV > cats, though. > > On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote: > > > Has any vet ever suggested using DMG (N, N-DIMETHYLGLYCINE)for FeLV+ > cats? > > > > I AM USING IT ON A FIV+ CAT THAT HAS PAINFUL STOMATITIS IN THE > > MOUTH, TO THE POINT WHERE HE COULDN'T EAT; FIV/FeLV+ cats often get > > that condition, and unfortunately, the only suggested and supposedly > > appropriate thing is to have their teeth pulled by a specialist, > > with special emphasis on > cleaning > > out the areas extremely well. My vet says that he doesn't like > > doing it because often it doesn't help at all, so we are trying DMG. > > > > I am using the liquid form, but it apparently also comes in > > different forms. > > > > > > > > It has many clinical uses and a variety of applications: > > > > http://www.goodsearch.com/search.aspx?keywords=N%2C+N-DIMETHYLGLYCIN > > E > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.o > > rg > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
