Cat with Stomatitis

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have any natural remedies or recommendations for a natural supplement to help with this?

I’ve heard conflicting things about teeth removal. And recently saw some homeopathic remedies and wondered if anyone tried or could recommend please

[Anonymous]

We were lucky enough (haha) to adopt 2 young shelter cats (brothers) with stomatitis. What a surprise that was, I almost fell over when our vet gave me the diagnosis and said the absolute best treatment was removal of all teeth. Yikes! That visit led us to the Center for Veterinary and Oral Surgery in Gaithersburg, MD. Can't recommend them more highly - absolute pros. My cats came home so doped up but recovery was easy and 5 years later they are happy and healthy as can be. Stomatitis is a miserable disease, no regrets about taking care of it immediately and not looking back. One word of caution - DO NOT go to the Animal Dental Clinic in Vienna. Our vet told us that several of their patients did not wake up from the anesthesia.

PS - This isn't cheap surgery, nor should it be. We gave up our spring break trip that year to fix the kitties.

[Anonymous]

Our vet revived our cat’s teeth. Her breath was rancid. There was no saving them. She bounced back quickly.

[Anonymous]

Our vet doesn't believe in removing healthy teeth, so we have done two rounds of extractions over the past 6 years. So far the remaining teeth look good, but if she needs any more pulled I think they'll do all the remaining teeth at that time. She's currently 11 years old-- we got her at 5 and her mouth was a mess.

[Anonymous]

Full mouth extractions is the way to go...you can get some temporary relief with steroids, antibiotics and "magic mouthwash" - talk to your vet. The aforementioned dentist up in Gaithersburg is wonderful. As is ADOS in Leesburg. I prefer them both over ADC in Vienna. For lower cost, Anicira in Manassas will do FME, as will Helping Hands in Richmond. Make sure you get radiographs to make sure roots are removed!!!

[Anonymous]

To be clear, stomatitis is a nasty, nasty disease that causes inflammation of the entire mouth. If left untreated, a cat will literally starve to death because the mouth becomes too painful to eat. One tell tale sign is a bright red line that traces the teeth right at the gum line, also horrid breath, and drooling.