Our male kitty has some sort of growth in his mouth.
About a month ago, we noticed a red line down his one canine tooth - looked like someone took a marker or somethin and drew a thin red line on his tooth - I thought maybe he cracked it or something, but it was not bleeding and he didn't seem in pain or anything by it. I have been looking at it every so often since (not that he is happy about that!) and about 2 weeks ago I noticed that it changed and looked more like his gum was growing down to cover a little bit of the top of the tooth. I thought maybe it was some minor inflammation - no signs of redness or infection.
I looked at it again over the weekend and it is dramatically different. His tooth is now basically encased in what appears to be gum tissue. It grew ALOT over the last 2 weeks - it literally covers the tooth now, with just the tiny point at the bottom peaking out. Considering it is tissue and rapidly growing tissue, I am thinking it is a tumor. I know they are going to want to knock him out and at the very least removed the extra tissue, maybe even the tooth..... We can scrounge up the funds for surgery but not much more than that. I would not want to even do chemo on myself, so I would not put my baby thru that....
Any natural remedies?? I know DMSO is used on horses. And used for cancer in humans (as an alt treatment of course). I am wondering it applying it to the site after the surgery would help at all....
I have an appt tomorrow with a vet....They are going to just love the fact that we don't vax. Ugh.
I have been googling oral cancer and oral tumors in cats - not very good prognosis but the description also is not exactly what he has...
He is almost 8 years old and my first baby and I just don't know what to do for him.....
About a month ago, we noticed a red line down his one canine tooth - looked like someone took a marker or somethin and drew a thin red line on his tooth - I thought maybe he cracked it or something, but it was not bleeding and he didn't seem in pain or anything by it. I have been looking at it every so often since (not that he is happy about that!) and about 2 weeks ago I noticed that it changed and looked more like his gum was growing down to cover a little bit of the top of the tooth. I thought maybe it was some minor inflammation - no signs of redness or infection.
I looked at it again over the weekend and it is dramatically different. His tooth is now basically encased in what appears to be gum tissue. It grew ALOT over the last 2 weeks - it literally covers the tooth now, with just the tiny point at the bottom peaking out. Considering it is tissue and rapidly growing tissue, I am thinking it is a tumor. I know they are going to want to knock him out and at the very least removed the extra tissue, maybe even the tooth..... We can scrounge up the funds for surgery but not much more than that. I would not want to even do chemo on myself, so I would not put my baby thru that....
Any natural remedies?? I know DMSO is used on horses. And used for cancer in humans (as an alt treatment of course). I am wondering it applying it to the site after the surgery would help at all....
I have an appt tomorrow with a vet....They are going to just love the fact that we don't vax. Ugh.
I have been googling oral cancer and oral tumors in cats - not very good prognosis but the description also is not exactly what he has...
He is almost 8 years old and my first baby and I just don't know what to do for him.....
s I hope it's something easily treated
