Unbelievable! It's Moxie and her teeth again! *UPDATE*

**jazzcat** · 03-05-2007, 03:46 PM

This morning Richard said he noticed Moxie wasn't closing her mouth and was licking but just thought she was being weird. He fed her before he went to work and she ate fine. Just now I noticed her sleeping in the basket and her mouth wasn't closed so I looked. On her left side her top canine tooth is stabbing into the the back of her bottom big tooth. I'm not sure which one has moved. My guess is she hit her mouth some time last night because all was fine then. I know her teeth lined up correctly before because we just went through that "double fang" issue with her baby teeth falling out late.

I just called my vet and they are busy and about to close but they said I could drop her off in the morning and they will have the vet look at her sometime during the day since they have no appointments available.

There is no telling what happened. She is a daredevil and will jump and go anywhere. She got on top of an opened door last week. She had to have jumped 5+ feet to get there and then she couldn't get down. She also gets up on the tv and jumps to the mantel. If she fell from there it's several feet down to a rock hearth. That would be bad.

I don't see any other injuries but she's not her energetic self. She is eating but mostly wants to sleep so I will wait till morning and take her over. Poor little girl!!

Anyone experience this before? Anyone have a helmet Moxie can wear?

**orangemm** · 03-05-2007, 04:05 PM

Poor little girl.....have you considered a mouthguard??

**kimlovescats** · 03-05-2007, 04:23 PM

My goodness!!!

Never heard of anything like this before. Poor Moxie and poor YOU! I hope everything can be easily "fixed"!

edit: I was just thinking about this. I'm wondering if because there were two teeth there originally and one just fell out, if it left the permanent one sort of loose??? That would explain it moving out of alignment. I wonder how it will tighten back up and be in the right spot again?

**jazzcat** · 03-05-2007, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by kimlovescats

edit: I was just thinking about this. I'm wondering if because there were two teeth there originally and one just fell out, if it left the permanent one sort of loose??? That would explain it moving out of alignment. I wonder how it will tighten back up and be in the right spot again?

I still can't tell for certain which tooth moved. It really looks like they both moved. I just fed her and she ate fine but she doesn't want to be bothered. She usually loves to sleep in my lap and nurse on my hand after she eats but she ran from me and curled up on the blanket on the bed. I almost think she is limping but not sure. She won't walk much but she is jumping up to places just fine. I'll get Richard's opinion on the limp. I may just be looking for something more.

It's crazy, that is for sure! I hope the vet can give us some good news.

Do they make dental braces for cats?

**catmandu** · 03-05-2007, 04:53 PM

Only John Hancock Had Any Real Dental Problems And That Was Due To A Virus , Not From Being A Daredevil Kitty.
We Pray That Moxie Will Be All Right And Not Need A Lot Of Surgical Work.