Rescue cats - multiple tooth extractions

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Hi,

Anyone got any comments or long term thoughts on a rescue cat we are looking at who has had 11 teeth extracted, followed by an infected jaw? Her sister had 5 teeth extracted. Both are approx 3 years old.

Rescue centre is saying no adverse affects, and no long term differences compared to a cat with all its teeth.

Any experts out there who can comment? I cant find anything online.
Would be rehoming with older primary kids, making me wary.... however both kids have spent that past 4 years trapping ferals for TNR.

Thank you

What is it that's worrying you? That they will need more out? Or that they won't manage without the teeth? Or something else?

They may need more out, they may not. But considering that all cats seem to need a lot of extractions by the age of 8 at least this way there will be less teeth to be affected.

They cope fine with no teeth at all.

I can't answer the 'something else' question without knowing what it is:) And for the life of me I can't fathom the relevance of having children to homing cats that have had teeth out.

I guess I'm worried they might have long lasting jaw/teeth problems turning them bitey. My old cat had all his teeth to the end, so extracting them is new to me. Seems like I was unusual!

Sounds like I'm being fussy, and rescue are shrugging it off as, although early, it's not massively unusual.
Just not in my cat owning expertise!

My first rescue had about four teeth, luckily they met up! She had had a very rough start, lived semi feral, was beaten up by hoodlums who left her with painful injuries that still gave her problems. The rescue warned us she would need her food mashed a bit, which wedutifully did for a week until I caught her demolishing a cooked chicken carcass she had opportunely pinched off the kitchen table.

No teeth, no problem. A lot better than bad teeth, gum disease, abscesses, stinky breath........

Mia had half her teeth removed when she was brought to the shelter because they were in a terrible state. I adopted her shortly afterwards and she has been with me now for almost three years. She has no problems at all. The vet removed some plaque once when she was there for vaccinations by scratching it off with his fingers.
I‘ve heard that cats with now teeth left are doing absolutely fine.

Ask why the teeth were extracted.
Some cats suffer from a form of decay where the teeth rot along the gum line (can't remember what it's called, sorry) and that will involve further extractions along the line.

Thank you!

Stomatitis is the thing they can have

Mine is a rescue, and had all his teeth removed apart from one lower fang. He eats anything and everything and is a lot happier now he doesn't have constantly inflamed sore gums
He wouldn't know how to bite if I showed him, his idea of telling the vet off the other week was retracting his claws and whacking her with his paw. He doesn't even hunt would rather cuddle

Our cat had six teeth out earlier this year. She’s five, and we adopted her direct from another family at three - they had had her since she was a kitten, and their circumstances had changed. The vet said it was some root resorption thing, and the extractions were not covered by our insurance so cost a bloody fortune.

She was pretty wobbly on the day of the surgery, and we had to give her a painkiller plus mpiuthwash for a couple of weeks, but the day after the extractions she was wolfing down her food like normal.

(She’s yawning there, not bitey!)

My rescue has two teeth. He's approx 6 now. He doesn't like dry food but survives perfectly well solely on wet. So much so he's constantly nagging for food.
He's pretty playful with DH and the advantage is when he bites you don't feel anything.

He also managed to bring home a mouse last night so he must be able to do something with them.