2nd set of teeth

[jenfer]

Gigi has been replacing her baby teeth with her adult teeth. And I have a couple of her baby teeth saved. And this morning I discovered on her upper jaw most of them are adult teeth, but I can also see she has 4 very tiny baby teeth left. It looks kind of creepy to see 2 sets of teeth. Anyone has this happen to them before? I will wait and see if they will fall out...if not, I will take her to the vet.

[aly]

Yup - it's happened to a few of my foster kitties. Merlin's ended up falling out on their own and Magic's were pulled when he went in to get neutered. A phone call to your vet will probably be good enough. They'll let you know how long to wait.

Good luck !

[Tonya]

Teddy had that. It is called peridontia. I had to get his teeth pulled twice. The vet said that you have to do it ASAP or the other teeth will grow in wrong and cause problems.

[Tonya]

If I remember right, he had 11 teeth pulled. Around 7 or so the first time, and then more grew in...Oh, and I just remembered....His problem wasn't as much that the baby teeth weren't falling out...His problem was that he had more then one set of adult teeth grow in.

[jenfer]

Thanks for the info.
I can see 4 very tiny teeth in front of her regular-adult-looking-teeth. I will call and see what the vet say.