They got the teeth removed because their body rejected their teeth. They aren’t even brothers. One is the result of a friend‘s outside cat getting pregnant before the castration appointment, the other one we just found at 2 weeks old, scared, behind the brakes of my dad‘s car. They’re without any teeth since they are about 1 year old, so we all are pretty used to it.
The removal is a long story, the short version is that the old vet wanted to sell us special food and inject the cats monthly, the new vet told us about the possibile ways to treat it, naming risks and benefits as well.
Funny enough, the day they got their vaccines the doctor got a new x-ray machine for heads and he exitedly x-rayed the cats for free to test the machine - further showing that a removal of the teeth was necessary.
Anyway - if you‘re having problems with a toothless ambush predator, or want some infos due to an upcoming dental procedure - please just ask!
Those two aren‘t even related! My parent‘s dog had some problem with his teeth and I was curious and checked the cats. They both seemed to have gangrene, which led to the old vet. Nacho’s (the fluffy one) mom has the same thing. The new vet also told us that orange cats and mane coons are prone to this. If unchecked/untreated for too long it could lead to some type of blood poisoning.
Wild! My cat is black/white medium hair, breed unknown. She was a rescue from a feral colony so I never got to know if her parents or siblings had similar issues. Our vet seemed to think her issue was autoimmune - essentially her body rejecting her teeth as if they were foreign objects - but they’ve never been 100% sure.
She was very healthy for a few years after her remaining teeth came out, then got sick again, and it turned out that her lower jaw had started to deteriorate. She’s been on steroids ever since and that has slowed the progress of the disease enough that she can live out the rest of her days in comfort.
I’ve heard a lot of things that are genetically odd about orange cats though. Fostered 3 different orange boys who had extra toes - none of them from the same litters. Yours are adorable and I’m glad you found a cure for their teeth problems!
Autoimmune was the word! Thank you! Yes, this is what mine have too!
Due to them having lost their teeth at such a young age of 1 and 1.5 years the vet said they will be good for the rest of their lives!
Crazy to hear that all of them had the same problem! Send your kitty some cuddles from me! She‘s definitely a good girl!