Comments: Hm.
Hm, indeed. That might explain why he was such an angry little kitten, pushing appliances off of countertops. Poor kitten!
Bad breath is a classic indication of bad teeth. If he's had this problem for years now, it's likely that bacteria may have spread through his furry little body. Hopefully, your vet performed blood work to make sure he's healthy overall. If not, Kuma should have another date with the vet.
Better safe than sorry - and Kuma-less.
Posted by -r at May 8, 2006 05:21 PM
Dude. That's awesome. Poor kitty. Makes you want to teach all your pets sign language or something. Is he going to have to eat smooshie food from now on, or are front teeth all a cat needs? meow.
Posted by Adam HH at May 9, 2006 09:13 AM
I feel bad too that I didn't figure this out about his teeth before... however, the odd thing is that he really has ALWAYS had this god awful breath. The breath, in fact, predates his adult teeth. In Hong Kong, I asked our vet about 'the stink' as it became to be known and the best explaination he could offer was that maybe the PH of Kuma's saliva was more acidic than normal...
So, who knows. But yes, Kuma seems... reinvigorated by being largely toothless. Perhaps a little excessively so. He is still very angry, and was biting us both again by the following morning.
Captain Insano shows no mercy. Even when you pull out all his teeth. Perhaps especially then.
Posted by Mrs. Mr. Fookus at May 12, 2006 04:01 PM