Donkey crunching carrots
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 7:37 am
For the second time in his life, my elderly Boo is making an awful noise when he eats like a donkey crunching carrots.
It happened a few years ago and it is not the normal noise of a cat crunching dry food, it sounds more like teeth grinding. I thought at first he had a loose tooth and it was grinding as he chewed, but it wasn't. The vet could not find anothing wrong with his teeth other than a bit of tartar, he did have a dental and an extraction but I am 99% sure that was before the noise. He had another dental two years ago and no more extractions, vet checked his teeth in the last few months and no issues, and his health would not allow for another anaesthetic.
But does anyone else have any ideas what this could be? I've never had another cat make this awful noise no matter how bad their teeth have been and his are pretty good for his age. His appetite does not change, just this awful crunching noise. He is seeing the vet again in 4 weeks' time.
It happened a few years ago and it is not the normal noise of a cat crunching dry food, it sounds more like teeth grinding. I thought at first he had a loose tooth and it was grinding as he chewed, but it wasn't. The vet could not find anothing wrong with his teeth other than a bit of tartar, he did have a dental and an extraction but I am 99% sure that was before the noise. He had another dental two years ago and no more extractions, vet checked his teeth in the last few months and no issues, and his health would not allow for another anaesthetic.
But does anyone else have any ideas what this could be? I've never had another cat make this awful noise no matter how bad their teeth have been and his are pretty good for his age. His appetite does not change, just this awful crunching noise. He is seeing the vet again in 4 weeks' time.