Today, I brought my Kelsie Kitty (the one in my Avatar Picture--the black and white kitty) to the Vets. I noticed in the past few weeks, she seemed not like herself. Then, she had a series of hacking up furballs and I thought, "Oh good, this is what is wrong..." She didn't seem to rally though, after the furball-hacking stopped. She was eating, but looked like she was losing weight. Her fur started looking bad over the weekend and......she started drooling. Yikes. I got her into the Vet this morning and......she has terrible open sores in her mouth again (Stomatitis). The 4 canine teeth left in her poor little mouth, (as all the other teeth have been previously extracted). now also need to be removed. The Vet said, the Stomatitis is an auto-immune thing and if there is any active infection/irritation going on, the Stomatitis will never go into remission.....
She previously had this Stomatitis when she first came to live with me, after she left the Cat Shelter. Turns out the remaining 1/2 of her teeth needed to be extracted. So, this was done. Her Stomatitis seemed to go into remission and has been that way for about 9 months now. I feel so badly, as obviously, it started back up and I read the symptoms wrongly.
Tuesday March 26th, she's scheduled for a "Dental Under Anesthesia". In the meantime, they gave her Convenia (antibiotic injection) and Depo (steroid injection) to help her until the surgery. My poor Baby Kelsie!!! She has had such a ROUGH, ROUGH life so far. She was 10 years old, when she was brought into the Cat Shelter. They spayed her and said she had most likely spent that 10 years out on the streets of Cleveland, either pregnant or nursing.....pregnant or nursing..... Her teeth were BAD then, and they removed 1/2 of them then and the other half 2 years later. She is THE sweetest, most gentle little girl. Not aggressive, BUT, does NOT like to be picked up! However, she loves......loves being petted and brushed!! Purrs up a storm!!
Anyway, just wondered if anyone knows of anything more natural to help the kitties with their immunity? They were giving her the Depo Shots at the Shelter too and that cannot be a good thing!!!! Just asking if anyone has any suggestions as to how to help her stay healthier after the new dental extractions are done? I HATE the thought that this Stomatitis might keep re-visiting her. Hate that!!!
She previously had this Stomatitis when she first came to live with me, after she left the Cat Shelter. Turns out the remaining 1/2 of her teeth needed to be extracted. So, this was done. Her Stomatitis seemed to go into remission and has been that way for about 9 months now. I feel so badly, as obviously, it started back up and I read the symptoms wrongly.
Tuesday March 26th, she's scheduled for a "Dental Under Anesthesia". In the meantime, they gave her Convenia (antibiotic injection) and Depo (steroid injection) to help her until the surgery. My poor Baby Kelsie!!! She has had such a ROUGH, ROUGH life so far. She was 10 years old, when she was brought into the Cat Shelter. They spayed her and said she had most likely spent that 10 years out on the streets of Cleveland, either pregnant or nursing.....pregnant or nursing..... Her teeth were BAD then, and they removed 1/2 of them then and the other half 2 years later. She is THE sweetest, most gentle little girl. Not aggressive, BUT, does NOT like to be picked up! However, she loves......loves being petted and brushed!! Purrs up a storm!!
Anyway, just wondered if anyone knows of anything more natural to help the kitties with their immunity? They were giving her the Depo Shots at the Shelter too and that cannot be a good thing!!!! Just asking if anyone has any suggestions as to how to help her stay healthier after the new dental extractions are done? I HATE the thought that this Stomatitis might keep re-visiting her. Hate that!!!