Cat growing permanent fangs without losing baby teeth
Retained deciduous teeth happen when permanent adult teeth erupt before the baby teeth fall out, creating a double row of teeth. This can cause the new teeth to grow in misaligned positions and trap food or plaque, making a veterinarian visit necessary to extract the baby teeth and prevent dental crowding.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Waiting for the baby tooth to fall out on its own
- 2Consulting a veterinarian
- 3Having a veterinarian remove the retained baby teeth during a scheduled spay or neuter surgery
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“My young boy Cid looks like he grew a set of new Fangs without losing his old ones”source ↗
“He doesn't appear to be in pain and is eating normally, should I be worried or even consult the Vet??”source ↗
“He's 4 1/2 months old and scheduled to be fixed in a month. Consensus seems to be that they should fall out on their own or they'll remove during his surgery, right?”source ↗
“My 5 month old cat’s new tooth is coming in but the baby teeth aren’t going away yet. Is this normal?”source ↗
Where this came up
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