Mazy cat has finally reached the point in her life when a dental is advised. My vet has been watching her teeth very closely, and last check up in January she showed me a back tooth with heavy tartar. She didn't feel the rest of Mazy's dental health warranted a dental yet.
But now she thinks there may be an resorptive lesion behind that area and it's time for the dental.
Mazy has not had a dental before (she is 11) but she did have GA 2 years ago (just around this time) for an ear clean out. She does very well with the sevoflurane anesthesia.
My biggest concern for Mazy has always been her stainless steel fear, but they kept her in her carrier instead of a vet cage last time and she was not traumatized. I don't see any reason why she can't be treated that way again, so I am, I think a little calmer this time.
Here's the hurt my heart part. Now that I know Mazy may have a resorptive lesion (oh heck, I know she does. My vet knows what she sees in a cat's mouth, and I dealt with them in Tolly
.)
Anyway I AM seeing the tell tale symptom and realize I have actually been seeing it for
a few weeks. Actually I just cheeked the journals. Back in the middle of April there is a notation "Mazy teeth chatter? watch for it".
Yep, I knew FORL when I saw it in April, and then in May she had the ear flare up (which is gone now) but tsk tsk, if I'd remembered the chatter, remembered to watch for it, AND took her in when she had the ear flare up like my vet wanted, that resproptive lesion might have been caught two months earlier.
On the other hand, is the thought that two months ago, maybe it wouldn't have been jnoticlbe to be caught. Nah, I can't buy that, considering we've been watching that area. I simply goofed.
And of course knowing about the FORL also brings to my eyes other sublte changes in bheavior that indicate she's not top shape.
I would tell anyone else not to be hard on yourself. Cats are the masters of hiding any discomfort at all let alone pain, so it's not your fault you didn't realize right away. Even with the symptoms right in front of me. Tsk.
Well, well, anyway vet says Mazy cat certainly isn't suffering, just a little momentary discomfort now and then, so I am planning to schedule the dental on September 1st, the blood work is scheduled to be done August 25th.