Do Kittens Teeth Hurt

Kittens start losing their baby teeth around 9 weeks of age and from that time until their adult teeth are fully grown in at 5 to 6 months you can count on lots of chewing action.

Do kittens teeth hurt. By the time a kitten is about six to seven months old the adult teeth should be in. Be considerate of his sore mouth. As new teeth emerge your kitten may have sore gums. Sometimes the kitten teeth fail to fall out and it continues to occupy space where only the adult teeth should be.

When deciduous kitten teeth don t fall out to make way for the permanent teeth they are called retained deciduous teeth. Even though your kitten doesn t mean to hurt anyone those needle tipped teeth can cause their fair share of damage. That s sometimes a very good thing because kitten teeth can be extremely sharp. And like puppies their predator play involves a lot of biting of their toys.

If this is down to teeth erupting it will usually resolve itself. It can also be comforting to sore gums believe it or not. This means that kittens teeth twice in their lives once for their set of 26 baby teeth and again with their 30 adult teeth. Teething does not typically cause a kitten any pain but they may feel a bit sore as their sharp new teeth emerge from their gums.

He may be more irritable and mouth shy and quit playing abruptly if he catches something in his mouth and it hurts. As their adult teeth erupt kittens may experience mild gingivitis which can lead to inflamed gums and bad breath. If your cat or kitten is chewing everything in sight including its bed your furniture and its toys it may be a sign that teething has begun. Unlike dogs or people all of the kitten s teeth have sharp edges which help their passage through the gums.

Loss of appetite during teething kittens usually have sore gums and loose or missing teeth which can cause trouble eating. As with most mammals in the animal kingdom kittens are born toothless while their diet is mom s milk or a tasty bottle of formula. You should still provide. Kittens get teeth at about 2 weeks of age when the first tiny incisors appear right in the front of the mouth says deb m.

It s when they bite living things that problems might occur. Compared to puppies kittens will not engage in as much haphazard chewing throughout their teething process. You may have noticed your cat chewing on things more lately and that s part of what kittens do to help their loose baby teeth fall out. Just like humans cats have baby teeth that they lose before their permanent teeth erupt.

If your cat is chewing slower or it seems that she lost her appetite and reluctant to eat and drink it could be a sign that she is teething. Eldredge dvm who practices in the utica new york area.