One of my kittehs just had 10 teeth extracted. Ask me anything!

[Liberal Veteran]

He's resting now.

[Curmudgeoness]

1. OMG, poor kitty. That is a lot of problem. What happened?

Sounds like it will be canned food from now on.

[Liberal Veteran]

2. He had stomatitis since we "found" him and he stopped responding to non-surgical care.

So the only choice was removing his back molars on his upper gum. It was only a matter of time, but he should be able to go back on dry food after he heals up (assuming he isn't a spoiled drug addict by the time he heals :) )

[Curmudgeoness]

3. I hope he does just fine now. I hurt just thinking about it.

But I can't imagine how he will be able to eat dry food. That is a lot of molars removed. But I am sure you will know what works after the healing. Good luck.

[Kali]

5. if you watch them (or check a random pile of hack)

you will see they really don't chew much anyway - cats pretty much swallow dry food whole even with sound teeth.

[Curmudgeoness]

7. LOL, ain't that the truth. Don't have to check too carefully to

notice that, although one of my cats sure makes lots of noise crunching away. I have a cat who hacks daily, lots of clean up on her.

[kedrys]

4. My Imhotep had all his teeth pulled because of stomatitis and infected teeth

Once he was able to eat without pain, he put on 3 pounds in a month, and eating dry food didn't bother him - he did get lots of wet food as well, but he still enjoyed his crunchies.

[applegrove]

6. Poor pussycat. If only they could understand we have their best interests at heart.