Speaking of cats, our own Tasha continues to adjust to life with half as many teeth. {Actually, that's not literally true since the upper and lower jaws of the feline have differing tooth counts. Hopefully you get the point anyway.} She did have a rather messy problem Wednesday, however, as her tummy reacted violently, possibly to a change in her wet food diet. We went from one brand to another of canned foods hoping to find something that she liked better. The day of the switch she began, well let's say, returning the food after eagerly consuming it. If you think cat food looks bad coming from the can, you should see it coming back from the cat! I stopped feeding to give her stomach a rest, gave her an "extra" dose of her stomach med in case she missed one or needed a bit more, and went to bed. Next morning I cautiously offered her a few morsels of her favorite dry kibble. Dr. B. had said Tasha would adjust to her inability to crunch the pellets by swallowing them whole. I watched her closely as she first tried to bite a piece of food, then swallowed it. She quickly learned she could only lick up the bits and gulp 'em down. Once she finished the small meal I watched for, er, returns. None! A full day later we've returned to feeding kibble, Tasha's happily holding on to her food, and (for better or worse) she's likely going to regain some of the weight she lost in the entire dental ordeal. I'm purring.
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Obviously Get Fuzzy is one of my faves as well.Could you moisten her dry food so it gets soft? I know it's alright for them to swallow it whole but really, it seems it would be difficult to digest. Perhaps not though. I'm not sure how much crunching my cats do before swallowing either. Glad she's doing well.
I actually thought to do that but Tasha doesn't seem to need the dry food moistened. Besides, it won't keep as well or as long when dampened. So long as she can manage it, I'm okay and judging by her feeding time purring, she's okay as well! — JG
So glad to hear that. You are right, of course, about the food not keeping as long. It would smell nasty as well!
Listening to Tasha eat this morning, I believe I heard the beginnings
of food crunshes. Dr. B. said that cats and dogs can also get to the
point where they can use their remaining teeth to press food chunks
against the toothless jaw and crunch them there. We may be seeing that.
At any rate, she's eating well and seems happier than before the
dentistry. — JG