Hi J,
Could you give us an update on your little guy? Hope he is feeling better. Let us know, K?
CML
Hi Joeln,
Well you have done all the right things to bring your guy back to health. Working with your vet and keeping him informed is always your first line of defense.
There is a condition called Stomatitis. It is an immune mediated disease that affects the mouth, gums, and roots. This is a severely painful and debilitating condition. It usually will need all teeth and their roots to be extracted. I know--sounds extreme....but my cat had this and could not eat, groom, play, swallow--did not even want water it was so painful. The gum infection can spread to the sinuses also.
Anyway check back with your vet and see if perhaps this is the beginning of this condition. I say this because when my Meezy had a full blown outbreak of this her lymph nodes on either side of her neck were very swollen--making it difficult for her to swallow.
Sure hope it is not Stomatitis. It is difficult to control if the teeth are not removed. Steroids are usually given, but steroids have many very bad side effects and hurt the body in other ways.
Please keep us posted.
CML
Hi Joeln,
Well you have done all the right things to bring your guy back to health. Working with your vet and keeping him informed is always your first line of defense.
There is a condition called Stomatitis. It is an immune mediated disease that affects the mouth, gums, and roots. This is a severely painful and debilitating condition. It usually will need all teeth and their roots to be extracted. I know--sounds extreme....but my cat had this and could not eat, groom, play, swallow--did not even want water it was so painful. The gum infection can spread to the sinuses also.
Anyway check back with your vet and see if perhaps this is the beginning of this condition. I say this because when my Meezy had a full blown outbreak of this her lymph nodes on either side of her neck were very swollen--making it difficult for her to swallow.
Sure hope it is not Stomatitis. It is difficult to control if the teeth are not removed. Steroids are usually given, but steroids have many very bad side effects and hurt the body in other ways.
Please keep us posted.
CML