Front Row Of "teeth" Look Strange..

[coniferously]

Hello, all. I just noticed my two year old cat's top row of teeth look very.. abnormal. I just noticed it because I wanted to look at his teeth randomly and what I saw sort of scared me. His breath has always been way worse than a normal cat's breath, but I never thought anything of it. He is strictly indoors, we found him outside in a sewer on a very busy road when he was a couple of months old and has been inside ever since. He doesn't paw at his mouth or anything and he isn't acting abnormal outside of his normal. I'm going to post a photo of his teeth; the best I could get. He is either missing most of them or it looks like his gums are going over his teeth? I am pretty certain his teeth have not always looked like this, and if they have, I was unaware until now, so I'm not sure what is going on. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.

 

[stephanietx]

I would encourage you to get your kitty to the vet for a dental check up and cleaning. The gums look red and inflamed, but I'm not a pro at dental issues with kitties.

 

[Draco]

I agree, it looks irritated. Take him to the vet to get it checked out

 

[coniferously]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I've never seen anything like it My poor boy. We will take him in then. Can't today, but soon. Thank you guys.

 

[stephanietx]

Just an fyi, teeth problems are painful for kitties, so don't wait too long to put it off.

 

[weemomma]

Definitely looks like some dental issues going on. However, I will also say that the teeth themselves might be small from genetics. My dog has very tiny teeth in his lower jaw and the vet said that it was simply how he was born.

 

[coniferously]

Just an fyi, teeth problems are painful for kitties, so don't wait too long to put it off.

Oh, I understand. That's why I'm confused though. He isn't acting like he's in any pain, he's eating just as normal as always (dry food), he isn't pawing at his mouth or crying, and he didn't fight us to get those photos either.. and he's actually a bit feral too, or something is off with him. He's very affectionate with me and his dad, but other than us, he's just very strange. Also doesn't know how to really interact with other cats or play like normal cats do (we have 10 cats currently living with us, used to have 16 but we moved out and left some with my mom, so he has definitely been socialised from a young age). He's our little sweet baby and we love him to bits though. As I said, we will take him in soon. I work night shift and so does my boyfriend so it is sometimes hard to find time in the day. We will get him there though. Maybe even today. Hopefully today. Thanks again, guys

 

[coniferously]

Definitely looks like some dental issues going on. However, I will also say that the teeth themselves might be small from genetics. My dog has very tiny teeth in his lower jaw and the vet said that it was simply how he was born.

Yeah, I don't kmow.if he has naturally small teeth or what. I looked at my other cats' teeth and all of theirs looked perfect. We have two other cats whom we think are related to [Cubby], and their teeth look fine too. As I said in my other reply to someone, he has always seemed a bit off, so who knows. Definitely will get him checked out though.