Thread: Update on Darcy

So sorry to hear about poor Darcy, she has been through it. She's very fortunate to have such a loving and caring home, and with persistence you've been able to identify what's wrong - we'll keep fingers and paws crossed that she's now on the road to recovery.

Candes - Thank you! We will look into Healthy Mouth. I've been brushing her teeth with a baby tooth brush and malted enzyme tooth paste and it's not helped her at all.

After they clean and remove the yucky teeth this time, they will be putting a sealant on her teeth. They said this sealant with how I care for her teeth will hopefully keep her teefers healthy for a while.

Also GOOD on you for keeping up to date and knowledgable with TBs teeth! I pray that his issues go away as this is very traumatic both for kitty and mommy

She's afraid of the finger brusher. LOL so it was the soft brush or nothing. She doesn't like fingers in her mouth.

If you didn't brush, Darcy would be a lot worse! She is having an immune response to plaque.

Thank you for saying this. I feel kind of helpless with her teeth issues. Because we've been doing so much to keep them healthy and it wasn't working

Originally Posted by candes

I missed brushing Teddies teeth twice in the same week. He ended up back at the vet and on antibiotics. Right now he just has a faint pink line. Wahoo!!!

Did they do a biopsy? That is the only way to be certain of the stomatitis. Once certain, removing teeth can possibly make them totally normal. I tell you what, even just plain ol Gingivitis is nerve wracking. They suffer sooo much. And you spend your life trying to keep it minimal. Oh please.... oh please..... let Teddy Bearz outgrow his!

They did a biopsy on Monday. They took out a sample from the most swollen part of her gums. It is stomatitis but they think it's from the virus

She IS FELV and FIV negative Thank God. So that's why our next move is to take out her really bad teeth and give her a cleaning and a sealing