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my cat is a persian 14 yrs old and had 2 teeth out 14 days ago, she is still not eating and has trouble swallowing. She sometimes appears as if she is choking making noises like she has a fur ball and cant breath what could be causing this

Symptoms: Breathing, Dental, No Appetite & Anorexia, Pain, Coughing, Weight Loss

• Master Advisor Torunn says:

  January 29th, 2008 at 05:57 PM

  Hi Denise Has she been checked over by a vet after the dental? I always see the dental patients a week after the op just to make sure they are eating and comfortable. During a dental there is water used for the instruments and if the proper care has not been taken some water could have reached her lungs. This in turn can cause aspiration pneumonia. this is just one possibility, there could be something else going on. In any case I think you should take her back to the vets where she had the dental surgery to be checked over as this is certainly not normal that long after an extraction. Good luck! Torunn Beurling, DrMedVet

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• denise says:

  February 06th, 2008 at 01:24 PM

  My cat was back at vets last wed 30/01/08 they found an infection which they treated with a 2week antibiotic, and she is also getting metacalm as an anti-inflamatory daily oraly. She was eating ok up till yesterday but is eating very little now. She also seems to be taking a coughing fit when I pet her, only when she is being petted (when she purrs). Any ideas?

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• Master Advisor Torunn says:

  February 06th, 2008 at 11:33 PM

  Hi there

  I would complete the course of antibiotics and metacam, and if she is still coughing then you bring her back to the vets for some further investigation. I would recommend to do chest x-rays if this continues, and maybe a bronchial wash to get a sample from the lungs and find out what is going on. The coughing could be completely unrelated to the dental, so could be caused by asthma, tumours, allergies, etc.

  I hope she gets better soon.

  Torunn

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• denise says:

  February 10th, 2008 at 02:58 PM

  TOOK PELOUCHEZ BACK TO THE VETS AS SHE IS LOOSING HER APPETITE AGAIN, SAW A DIFFERENT VET WHO HAS DIAGNOSED FELIN ODONTOCLAUSTIC LESION (SHE HAS ANOTHER ONE ON ANOTHER TOOTH), AND THINKS THAT MY CATS ASATHMA IS ALSO A PROBLEM. THE VET ALSO WANTS TO GET A URINE SAMPLE TO CHECK PELOUCHEZ'S KINDNEYS AS SHE FEELS THAT THE CAT HAS SOME DISCOMFORT THERE. PELOUCHEZ WAS GIVEN 3 INJECTIONS: CONVENIA ANTIBIOTICS, LAURABOLIN, AND ANIVIT B12, I ALSO HAVE TO GIVE HER PERIACTIN TABLETS. HAVE STOPPED THE METACALM AS THEY WANT TO GET HER APPETITE BETTER THEN ADDRESS THE ASTHMA, BUT SHE HAS NOT EATEN ANYTHING SINCE SHE HAD THE INJECTIONS (SAT MORNING), AND I AM CONCERED AS THSES INJECTIONS WERE TO INCREASE HER APPETITE. SHOULD THEY NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE LESIONS FIRST AS THIS IS CAUSING PELOUCHEZ A LOT OF PAIN, AND WILL SHE BE OKAY IF THEY REMOVE ALL THE TEETH AS THIS MAY BE THE ONLY CURE?

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• Master Advisor Torunn says:

  February 10th, 2008 at 07:39 PM

  Hi there

  Was this other lesion not noticed during the dental? It should have been addressed then. Also I am a bit confused about the kidneys, I always recommend a blood sample before doing any dental on an old animal, to check the kidney and liver function before the anaesthetic. Also, one should never put an animal on metacam if one suspects kidney failure, as metacam is nephrotoxic with long term use.

  So what I would do is to do a blood sample first to make sure the kidneys and liver do not have any underlying problems. Then I would fix whatever is causing her pain in the first place, as the pain must be very serious for her not to eat. I do use laurabolin in inappetent cats when I do not know what is causing the inappetence, but in this case, when there is a dental problem diagnosed, I would definitely address this before treating medically.

  If there is a problem with all of her teeth, then yes, she would be okay without teeth. I tend to try and save the canines (at least some of them) so that she would have them to "grab" the food with, but if the canines are painful too, these are better removed and she would have to stay on a soft food for the rest of her life.

  I hope this gets sorted, I think you should bring her back to the vets tomorrow, as something needs to be done to get her to eat. Meanwhile, make sure you get some water down her.

  Torunn

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