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My senior cat Sir (11-12ish?) has been a bit on the grouchy side lately. Now this...this is unusual. My family jokes that he 'had way too much catnip in his youth' because he's extremely laid back. Nothing phases him. Nothing. I once found my 1 year old niece sitting on his head, squishing him. He was just lying there accepting it. Sometimes you have no idea that you're standing on his tail until you look down and see him quietly staring up at you as if to say 'are you going to get off now?'
But yes, lately he's been a grump. Hissing at poor Reese, not wanting to be petted, even breaking his manners and stealing food from the counters. A total change in behavior from the gentle oaf that I know.
He was sitting on my lap a few weeks ago and I noticed that he had a particularly foul odor coming from his mouth. It took three people to attempt to pry his mouth open and we all failed miserably and came away with nasty scratches.
Since then he's had even MORE of an attitude change, to the point that he is no longer the king of cheek rubs because he doesn't want his sore mouth touching anything. I was able to lift his jowl while he was sleeping yesterday (on his good side) and he was fine, but the second I touched his other side he leaped up out of a dead sleep ready to fight me.
I finally managed to get a look in there and just as I suspected, he has a nasty looking broken canine tooth. (His other canine fell out in a fight with a stray tom years ago)
I would have taken him to the vet for it the moment I noticed his discomfort, but the same day I was issued a summons for court saying I was being sued for thousands in unpaid medical bills. (This is being disputed...I don't owe anyone anything)
Right now every extra penny that I've got has gone into unexpected court costs, but I'm coming into some money soon to get this resolved...does anyone know what it costs to get a tooth extracted? And if there's anything I can do to ease his pain in the meantime?
Not to mention the fact that I don't know a thing about this procedure like recovery time, whether he'll have to stay overnight, things of that nature.
All I know is that my poor boy is in pain!
But yes, lately he's been a grump. Hissing at poor Reese, not wanting to be petted, even breaking his manners and stealing food from the counters. A total change in behavior from the gentle oaf that I know.
He was sitting on my lap a few weeks ago and I noticed that he had a particularly foul odor coming from his mouth. It took three people to attempt to pry his mouth open and we all failed miserably and came away with nasty scratches.
Since then he's had even MORE of an attitude change, to the point that he is no longer the king of cheek rubs because he doesn't want his sore mouth touching anything. I was able to lift his jowl while he was sleeping yesterday (on his good side) and he was fine, but the second I touched his other side he leaped up out of a dead sleep ready to fight me.
I finally managed to get a look in there and just as I suspected, he has a nasty looking broken canine tooth. (His other canine fell out in a fight with a stray tom years ago)
I would have taken him to the vet for it the moment I noticed his discomfort, but the same day I was issued a summons for court saying I was being sued for thousands in unpaid medical bills. (This is being disputed...I don't owe anyone anything)
Right now every extra penny that I've got has gone into unexpected court costs, but I'm coming into some money soon to get this resolved...does anyone know what it costs to get a tooth extracted? And if there's anything I can do to ease his pain in the meantime?
Not to mention the fact that I don't know a thing about this procedure like recovery time, whether he'll have to stay overnight, things of that nature.
All I know is that my poor boy is in pain!