Hi.
My Leo turned 17 this past June (he doesn't look or act like it though!) and overall, is in excellent health.
However, for the last few months, I've noticed that I'm seeing more of his teeth and gums than I feel like I should be seeing. He does have some tartar buildup on one side, but on the other, he has what looks like a canker sore. I know that the obvious course of action would be to take him to the vet to find out, but right now, money is not good. Is there any way to fix this like with a home remedy... or is it just an unsightly show of age and nothing more?
Would an allergic reaction cause a mouth sore? We had been going through different flavors of foods, so maybe the ingredients in one may have caused this? (Just a guess)
Just to clarify, he does everything normally. He eats very well, goes to the litter box with no trouble, still has his energy (he still runs around the house like he always has), he purrs, etc. And when we last took him to the vet some months back, the vet said his teeth and gums were in great shape. So it seems too early (I think) to be periodontitis or anything severe like that. And I looked up the symptoms of stomatitis, but thankfully, there were no matches to his situation. It must be something that developed fairly recently.
Here are some pictures so that you can see for yourselves:
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My Leo turned 17 this past June (he doesn't look or act like it though!) and overall, is in excellent health.
However, for the last few months, I've noticed that I'm seeing more of his teeth and gums than I feel like I should be seeing. He does have some tartar buildup on one side, but on the other, he has what looks like a canker sore. I know that the obvious course of action would be to take him to the vet to find out, but right now, money is not good. Is there any way to fix this like with a home remedy... or is it just an unsightly show of age and nothing more?
Would an allergic reaction cause a mouth sore? We had been going through different flavors of foods, so maybe the ingredients in one may have caused this? (Just a guess)
Just to clarify, he does everything normally. He eats very well, goes to the litter box with no trouble, still has his energy (he still runs around the house like he always has), he purrs, etc. And when we last took him to the vet some months back, the vet said his teeth and gums were in great shape. So it seems too early (I think) to be periodontitis or anything severe like that. And I looked up the symptoms of stomatitis, but thankfully, there were no matches to his situation. It must be something that developed fairly recently.
Here are some pictures so that you can see for yourselves:
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