Have you ever heard of stomatitis? I hadn't until my grandcat was diagnosed with it this week. Turns out it's an inflammation of the soft tissues of the cat's mouth. You can Google it if you want all the gruesome details. Untreated, it can lead to all kinds of health problems but it is treatable with antibiotics and oral steroids. If all else fails, they will pull all of the cat's teeth. My son's vet described it as the cat being basically allergic to her own teeth. Of course my son and daughter-in-law are administering all of the medication as directed. Unhappily, cats don't seem to appreciate what's good for them. Evidently there is a lot of scratching, clawing and hiding under the bed going on at my son's house these days. And people keep telling me I should get a cat.
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