Doodlediary:
- Vet Fretfulness...
crazycrone- March 20th, 2016
R Next Door, who spends very little time around here of late, because 'this place is unbearable', returned yesterday.She wouldn't help me get the flea treatment onto Moon for fear of exposing the dogs to infestation, which I suppose is fair enough. I managed. She then launched into a tirade about the dental treatment, saying that our vet habitually does needless extractions to make money, and 'everyone knows it.' Cats don't need to have teeth removed, and a mouthful of rotten, broken teeth doesn't bother them, as they live with it all the time in the wild... If I insist on it, I should at least get another opinion, etc. Of course R is mad, but what if she's right? I really can't afford the expense, and what if it does more harm that good? I tend to trust the vet, though. R concedes thats she's very good except for her money-grubbing when it comes to teeth. I'm supposed to take Moon in tomorrow, anyway. I probably will. I'm too feeble to go faffing around looking for other vets to get another opinion...and what if they're crooks? R may stop speaking to me, though,
Doodlediary:
If the broken tooth is cutting her mouth or she has abcesses that won't go away with antibiotics, then the tooth/teeth should come out. Other than flea drops, think she should be ok.
Cats (and dogs) hide their pain, so you've no way of knowing if she is in pain or if the rot (and pain) has returned after treatment. I recall myself going through regular bouts of pain from infections from my trapped wisdom teeth. I'd be treated with antibiotics yearly, and the pain and infection returned yearly until I had the damned things removed.
My Old Mog had loads of rotten teeth removed when I first got her. She lived long and ate well in spite of being pretty toothless, and in spite of her untreatable lung condition. Out they go!
Edited at 2016-03-20 02:33 pm (UTC)
Forgot about this…