I've been thinking about Harry's broken jaw from 2016 for a while and something is bothering me. The day it happened he came home rubbing at his mouth so DH took him to the vet where he was examined by a vet we hadn't seen before. She opened his mouth and could see that one canine tooth was missing and told us he needed a dental. He didn't protest when she opened his mouth.
During the dental the same vet phoned me to say that he had a broken jaw and would need another operation the following day as she was struggling to get some of his teeth out. The next day another vet took over and his jaw was wired and the rest of the teeth removed.
With hindsight I'm wondering if the first vet broke his jaw trying to remove the teeth. I've read that it's fairly easy to break a cat's jaw if the teeth aren't loose enough and we found out that Harry had a jaw infection and was very weak.
I found out later on from the receptionist that the staff were glad when the second vet took over and that the first vet had left shortly afte Harry's dental. I'm in no way saying anything was deliberate but I am wondering if his jaw was broken at the vet rather than before and no one told me. There's absolutely nothing I could or would do now and I couldn't fault the treatment he had from the second vet.