HELP

[Jayne]

My 5 year old Siamese Ayeisha has always suffered from receeding gums,and had a few teeth out by the time she was a year old,no amount of teeth cleaning,oral care food ect will improve the condition.
She has regular check ups and on our last visit last week my vet wanted her in for a dental.
he did warn me she may well lose all her teeth within the next year or two so it was a bit of a shock when i picked her up to be told he took the lot out.
Most cats eat both wet and dry food,most cats like cat treats,most cats eat titbits,chicken, fish,corn beef,ham ect-not Ayeisha???All her life just dry cat food only.
So when she refused to eat after i knew i couldint tempt her too eat again like you can normal cats,although i tried everything,mashing,warm water,gravy,vet food-nothing still after4 days of trying i took her back to the vets.
He found a small piece of back tooth and skin dangling,
they had left-can you believe it.
Problem solved or so i thought as cats gums do harden enough to eat even biscuits-my 17 year old proved that.
Last night she eat some biscuits for the first time(only because they were whole-the other cats)and swollowed them whole,concequently shes regergetated them back up again and has done since.
Im at my wits end as what to do-vet isint helpfull at all.
Jayne

[Ann]

Poor Ayeisha, she's had quite an ordeal with two operations in quick succession. It can't give you much confidence in your vet, especially when you're not getting the back up you need now. I hope she begins eating again soon.

One of my favourite sources of help is www.catclinic.co.uk They're a veterinary clinic in Edinburgh who only treat cats. (I wish they were a bit closer to Whitley Bay so they could treat the boys when necessary.) They have a comprehensive health section on their website, all of it written by professionally qualified members of staff. Try www.catclinic.co.uk/health/nutrition-critical.htm to see what they have to say about tempting a recovering cat to eat. As you will see, one of the first things they say is that there are ways your vet can help! I hope there's another veterinary practice near to you that you can switch to!

Ann

[Jayne]

Thanks for that Ann-Have tried everything they have suggested apart from syringe feeding-which like is a last resort really,my vet sugested the appetite stimulant injection but as i say shes eating now,its just how shes going about it.
Things may be looking up-My friend has just been down with Angels birthday present-she can only have Hills for sensetive skin,my friend got her(dosent matter-didint know they did one)The Royal canin one for sensetive skin and noticed they did a range for cats over 10 years-senior-the kibble is soft-for old/sensetive teeth and its very palatable.So she got one for Ayeisha.
Shes been picking at them a few at a time with her paws and def chewing-touchwood has kept them down.
Jayne

[Ann]

Glad to hear things are improving and that Ayeisha's beginning to eat properly again.

I'm amazed at just how many types of cat food there are these days. The boys are currently tucking into a Hill's Senior that's supposed to help with furballs. Dracs grooms himself so much, he can have problems with them, so I'm hoping that will help.

Ann

[Linda_Wells]

Apart from saying that Peaches manages well with 5 teeth, I can only suggest you try kitten biscuits which are much smaller. There is also something called Veterinary convalescent diet, from Waltham, the Whiskas people, which is milky and you get it from the vets. It saved Saffie's life when he was really ill last summer. Ayeisha can lap it, and they do seem to like it.
Linda