The hanging out tongue must be something other than missing teeth.
We have
quite a few cats with no teeth, and their tongues don't hang out the
side of
their mouths, if anything, the tips of the tongue might stick out in
front -
and looks adorable. We have some real oldtimers here - started out
feral
and are mushes now.....
Life with bad teeth must be absolutely horrible and painful I am
always
surprised how toothless cats just love dry food!
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From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 6:31 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] DMG
Pretty Boy, a feral who hangs around and who is very loved, was live
trapped for neutering. The vet called me after they put him
under...he had shuttered in pain when they put a tube in his mouth.
She checked his teeth and they were totally awful. Most of them
were
pulled. The only side effect is that his tongue hangs out a lot of
the time...no teeth to help him keep it in...or maybe he is
expressing
his opinion. He eats both canned and dry food with the rest of the
clan and is so handsome. He is probably 13-14 years old (per vet)
and
is a total doll. Like the rest of the clan, he is not touchable most
of the time. He fusses and fumes and catches ground squirrels and
others who are stupid enough to come into an area guarded by
numerous
cats. Removing his teeth has definitely improved the quality if not
quantity of his life. As far as I know, none of the clan is FeLV+.
On Jul 6, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Diane Rosenfeldt wrote:
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.
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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
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