My kitten Giada, 6 months, started teething about a month ago and I thought everything was going fine. She had some sore gums and bad breath. I reported it in my previous thread and also told the vet when she was vaccined two weeks ago, and I was reassured that all of this was normal during teething.
On Friday she wouldn't eat, just a few bits of food during the day. On Saturday she still wasn't eating, in the early afternoon I checked her mouth to see if some tooth was bothering her and saw a moving tooth (a molar, or a premolar) and a tiny drop of blood from the gum, so I put her in the carrier and rushed her to the vet. I thought it was just a minor thing, I just wanted to hear it from the vets.
Well, when we were at the clinic the moving tooth had disappeared, likely swallowed. The vet told me it was an adult tooth and asked me if the kitten crashed into something.
What I know is that Giada usually falls from high surfaces, but I think it's just because she's impetuous.
Anyway, the vet checked Giada's mouth, and saw these reddish gums and above all, the teeth didn't look good, the vet said they are stained, not bright white as they should be, and her canines have fissures, vertical lines, meaning that the kitten might have a lack of calcium, or a genetic condition, or a malnutrition in her infant days. The vet said that it is likely that Giada cold lose all her teeth soon.
What the vet told me is that Giada might need a bone densitometry test. Meanwhile she's been given a supplement for her bowel and a soothing gel for her gums.
The photo attached is from last night, yesterday. The gums are sore, the canine shows some vertical lines, and there's a gap in the rear teeth where the moving tooth was.
Does anybody have experience with this issue?
How common is a lack of calcium in a kitten body?
On Friday she wouldn't eat, just a few bits of food during the day. On Saturday she still wasn't eating, in the early afternoon I checked her mouth to see if some tooth was bothering her and saw a moving tooth (a molar, or a premolar) and a tiny drop of blood from the gum, so I put her in the carrier and rushed her to the vet. I thought it was just a minor thing, I just wanted to hear it from the vets.
Well, when we were at the clinic the moving tooth had disappeared, likely swallowed. The vet told me it was an adult tooth and asked me if the kitten crashed into something.
What I know is that Giada usually falls from high surfaces, but I think it's just because she's impetuous.
Anyway, the vet checked Giada's mouth, and saw these reddish gums and above all, the teeth didn't look good, the vet said they are stained, not bright white as they should be, and her canines have fissures, vertical lines, meaning that the kitten might have a lack of calcium, or a genetic condition, or a malnutrition in her infant days. The vet said that it is likely that Giada cold lose all her teeth soon.
What the vet told me is that Giada might need a bone densitometry test. Meanwhile she's been given a supplement for her bowel and a soothing gel for her gums.
The photo attached is from last night, yesterday. The gums are sore, the canine shows some vertical lines, and there's a gap in the rear teeth where the moving tooth was.
Does anybody have experience with this issue?
How common is a lack of calcium in a kitten body?