Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Tim and the v-e-t.....

Well, Tim tried to escape his fate, but mom grabbed him yesterday morning and shoved him in the PTU. Then is was off to the v-e-t. Even his warrior songs in the car did not deter her.....

Dr Tom is a very nice man - he was very gentle with Tim and answered all of mom's questions. Plus he was the first to give her a good explanation of why the stomatitis started and everything else. Our v-e-t Dr Taylor had said she suspected an abcess in the back where he had his molars stolen. Dr Tom said that in some cats, a dental is done and the gums are exposed and the plaque gets in there as it is cleaned off and the body reacts by causing an overwhelming infection. So......

Tim lost all his teefs but the front ones. The infected teefs in the back are being rubbed by his lips and that is aggravating it even more (mom saw pics - it was ugly - poor boy). He will be on anty-biotics for a while and rechecked in 2 weeks. Hopefully he will get more comfortable and be back to his normal lovey self soon.

While mom liked Dr Tom, Tim didn't seem as impressed and at one point even tried to climb into mom's shirt.


Mom was kinda smart last night when she brought him home. She put him in the bathroom with Emma to get some dinner and left him in there for a little bit (she had an appointment). When she let him out, he smelled like home and less like the v-e-t. He seemed pretty comfortable and there was no hissing or anything. Though he does keep rubbing his face on everything like he has an itch (which he probably does).

Fanks for all the comments and purrs for our boy. We have read the sites recommended and know he will be fine.....though mom's wallet can't say the same thing. :)  She is mumbling something about someone around here having to get a job.

23 comments:

  1. Poor Tim! Purrs for his recovery from the boys.

    Derry still has a few teeth (no stomatitis), but only one chewing molar, I think. I force him to eat mostly canned, even though he's a kibble head, but he does just fine with his 2 TBSP of dry a day. He must just swallow the pieces--they have to be the right size for him, not too big and not too small.

    I'm sure once Tim's mouth is healed he'll feel ever so much better.

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  2. I agree with Fuzzy Tales: once Tim's mouth heals, he will feel so much better, he'll be like a new cat. It's too bad he had to lose his teeth but he won't miss them much once he realizes the pain went with them.

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  3. Poor Tim! Hope he feels better soon!

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  4. Purrs to sweet Tim. I have some pals who lost all of their teeth too and they are doing terrific now.

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  5. Tim we've both had our back teeth our because of infection - it is much better than having an ouchie mouth.
    Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx

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  6. I am glad that they found Tim's problem and hope he will feel so much better now. When Orange Boyzo had almost all of his teeth pulled he had a hard time too. But now he eats dry and canned and is doing great.

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  7. Oh sweet darling Tim!! Awwww we send you many purrs and hugs to get all better! Take care
    x

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  8. Wow, mew look furry furry similar to me!!! MOL

    Sorry about the vet visit :( hope mew feel better soon...

    Love your blog though, it's PAWESOME!

    Bestest purrs

    Basil

    www.bionicbasil.blogspot.co.uk
    www.bionicbasil.com

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  9. Good to know Tim should be okay after a course of antibiotics. We're sure he'll be back to his usual loving self once his mouth heals. :)

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  10. dood !!! WAY happee ya iz doin grate N way happee ta send mor blessings oh st francis yur way for a speedy ree cover ree...we hope yur ree cover ree is sew fast ya geta speedin ticket !!! lots oh gosshy foods for a while huh !!! get de blender out N tell yur mom ta make ewe a trout smoothie !!!

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  11. Tim, buddy, we sure hope you get back to the new normal soon! Feel better, buddy!
    Play bows,
    Zim

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  12. Awww... poor boy. I'm wishing him a speedy recovery. I understand how painful teeth issues can be as it's been a constant struggle at my place with Eugene (down 4 teeth) and Nikita (has no teeth). It's also extremely painful on the wallet.

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  13. Poor guy. I hope he feels better soon. Stinky the Farm cat has no teeth and does just fine. She even eats kibble.

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  14. That was not a fun experience for Tim to go through - but I bet that once everything heals he will feel LOADS better!

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  15. I hope Tim will be feeling better once his mouth has healed. I am sure he will. He will be a new cat mol.

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  16. We're glad you got some answers for Tim. We hope he'll be feeling better soon! Purrs,

    Pip, Smidgen, Minnie, Hollie

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  17. Poor Tim. Mariodacat has an entire page of his blog dedicated to his experience with Stomatitis that might help you. He's going to do much better but his front teeth may have to be removed in time also.

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  18. Oh poor Tim. We are purring that he is feeling his ol' self soon.

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  19. man that is a heck of a lot of scrolling to post a few purrs for Tim! :) Looks like he has a lot of people wishing him well.

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  20. Mommy's sooo worried about Maxie and his stomatitis - he gets his teefies cleaned in a few weeks.
    We sure hope he gets to keep all his teeth this time...

    Tim, you had ALL your teef pulled except the front ones? Mowzers, we's so glad you haz your mom to look after you!

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