Another toothless cat!
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (63664)
United States
March 24, 2012 1:17pm CST
So, Ping, the brother of Pong, went to the vet on Thursday with Solo.
Now, Solo was wheezing really bad and has been, but the other vet said that they didn't hear anything in the chest, so we've just been making sure he was eating and not getting sicker.
Ping, however, had really bad breath, and since we'd already pulled Pong's teeth (as well as Taj and Solo's teeth) we already knew that Ping was having mouth problems.
Since he was eating, we hadn't been doing more than keeping an eye on him as well, but with our income tax refunds, I decided I wanted the other (read - EXPENSIVE) vet to see them.
Well, Dr. L said that Ping's teeth needed to go and that Solo actually had asthma...
So, I borrowed Maggiepie's old nebulizer and today we shoved him in a carrier and gave him a treatment.
After he was done, he got out of the carrier, and ran out of the room, but then wanted to be with me.
So, NOW we have 4 toothless cats, well, she left the left top and right bottom fangs, but other than that...
He's not really happy, but mostly because we tried to isolate him and he wasn't having any of that!
You ever met a toothless cat? How about one with asthma?
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16 responses
@TheCatLady (4691)
• Israel
24 Mar 12
I've never had a toothless cat, but I have an asthmatic cat. Her asthma is much better now that I quit smoking. I quit mostly for her. She still has occasional attacks and makes funny noises, but nothing like when she lived with a chain smoker.
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@Loverbear (4918)
• United States
25 Mar 12
Thank you CatLady, You just confirmed my doctor's diagnosis! I never smoked but I was subjected to second had smoke when I was growing up and again when I lived with my Mom for 17 years. My pulmanologist diagnosed me with asthma and I was informed that I was lucky to be living right now. I had the asthma as a child but what saved my life was that I got out of the environment of smoke. Unfortunately when I moved in to take care of my Mom for the last seventeen years of her life she smoked like a smudge pot (3 packs a day) and I now suffer from horrible asthma.
Your cat's asthma may continue to improve as time goes by, it may be like my first bouts with asthma when I was a child. After being able to breathe clean air it cleared up.
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@allyoftherain (7208)
• United States
24 Mar 12
Umm... no. Can't say I have. Do toothless cats have trouble eating? Do you have to feed them only wet food or something? Will brushing my cat's teeth keep her from losing them? She actually takes to teeth-brushing really well.
As for a cat with asthma, that really stinks for the kitty. Are there kitty inhalers? Maybe I have a bit to learn about kitty health in comparison to human health.
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@TheCatLady (4691)
• Israel
25 Mar 12
There actually are kitty inhalers. Someone invented an adaptation for the human one. It's a bit hard to use because you have to hold kitty with the mask on his face. Kittys hate that.
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@allyoftherain (7208)
• United States
25 Mar 12
CatLady, I can imagine they do! Poor kitty!
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@GardenGerty (161221)
• United States
25 Mar 12
I still think my kitties need their teeth pulled, but so far the vet only does them one or two at a time. I can believe in kitty asthma, as I also have a kitty that seems to have allergies and sneezes all the time.
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@GardenGerty (161221)
• United States
26 Mar 12
For that amount I would have hubbies teeth fixed, zowie!!! I am fortunate to have an economical vet. I guess if kitty needed to defend himself he could give some good puncture wounds with those two teeth.
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@Loverbear (4918)
• United States
24 Mar 12
I know that Ralphie has been losing teeth periodically. He's pretty old by our estimations...approximately 19 years old or more. Which is really old for an outside cat. He's been having problems with infections in his ears but won't allow me to touch him so I slip some antibiotics in his food to help clear that up.
Asthma isn't unusual in a cat. I had one with the problem. I kept eucalyptus leaves where she slept to help keep her bronchial tubes clear. I wasn't diagnosed with it yet so I had to keep using natural remedies to help her out. I'll have to check out my natural cures for cats to see if I can find more to help you out. It's one of the best cat care books I bought!
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@Loverbear (4918)
• United States
25 Mar 12
Ralphie is still going strong at his advanced age. He lives outside my house and dines on top of my car. Since we don't have a large amount of vehicle traffic in my area he's safe from cars. A couple of years ago I reskirted my home and we made a special "cat hole" for the cats to have access to under my house. It's just large enough for the cats to get in but the wild critters can't follow.
Most totally outside cats make it to seven years old. So I feel that Ralphie is a miracle cat.
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@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
25 Mar 12
Cats seem to have many of the same ailments that people have, but I can't say that I've ever met a toothless cat or one with asthma.
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@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
24 Mar 12
I have never seen a toothless cat and you have so many of them! My cat had to have teeth pulled, but he still had most of them. I have also never heard of a cat with asthma. If it were my cats, they probably would have hid and wouldn't talk to me for days. If they even saw the carrier was out, they would run and hide.
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
2 Apr 12
yea,one of my previous cats became toothless.the doc said it had something to do with her diabetes.
it didn't seem to slow her down tho,she had no problems eating anything we gave her.
although,i think her brother was happy-she could no longer nip his tail!
asthma,no.but i did have a blue who got seasonal allergies in spring which was almost as bad.poor thing had to take pills for it.
asthma,no.but i did have a blue who got seasonal allergies in spring which was almost as bad.poor thing had to take pills for it.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Mar 12
Hi ElicBxn why take all their teeth out as how can they eat being
toothless? I do not understand but assume the teeth are infected or
some such thin?O I have never met a toothless cat nor a cat that
has asthma. But it figures if we people can have asthma so can our cats.
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@daeckardt (6237)
• United States
28 Oct 12
I can't imagine having a toothless cat or one with asthma. I think it is more a matter of I wouldn't want to spend that much money on an animal at a time when I don't know when I will get paid or if I will be hit with bills that I woudn't be able to afford.
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@daeckardt (6237)
• United States
25 Nov 12
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you aren't taking it too hard. Thanks for letting me know. Have a great week!!!
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
30 Mar 12
I have never met a toothless cat before but I have met a few that I wished had been toothless..LOL. My mother had one that would lure you in and then suddenly...boom..she attacked. Weird but she knew I would always fall for her little sweet kitty act.
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@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
25 Mar 12
I honestly can say I have never meat a toothless cat or one with asthma! I know before this discussions you had other toothless cats from previous discussions. I bet you go through alot of canned cat food! I never realized cats can get asthma! I learned something! I have met alot of toothless people though! 
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@Zer0Stats (1147)
• India
29 Mar 12
Well I've seen plenty of cats,just not their teeth..
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@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
28 Mar 12
I've never met a toothless cat, and I've never had one either. LOL My cat likes to bite me at every chance he gets. :)
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@BarBaraPrz (47846)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Mar 12
Poor Solo! 
He must "really really like" you to still want to be with you after all that...
He must "really really like" you to still want to be with you after all that...
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