Do cats lose their 'baby' teeth?

Question

Do cats have baby teeth like humans? and if so, do they fall out?

Answer 1

i think they do

Answer 2

Hi! I'm no professional when it comes to cats, but I sure do have a lot of experiences with them. Cats do not have baby teeth like humans - they have baby fangs. There is a point in a cat's life where you'll be able to find 4 pairs of fangs. I am not sure what happens to the baby fangs. I guess they just fall out when the new set of fangs are fully developed. I have yet to observe if my cats grow new sets of the other teeth. I hope this helps.

Answer 3

Yes, cats and dogs both lose baby teeth as their adult teeth come in, the same as humans. Sometimes these teeth fall out and will be found, but often the teeth fall out into the kitten's mouth and the kitten just swallows them. Kittens can have sore gums and even fever with teething, just like human babies.

Answer 4

Cats baby teeth are replaced during the first 6 months of life with 30 adult teeth

Answer 5

My kitten just lost her baby teeth between 5 and 7 months and the adult teeth grew in right behind them so probably about 7.5 months she was finished. Most of the time they will fall out and you won't even notice it. My other cat lost her teeth around the same time and during a checkup the vet pulled one (It was hours from falling out on it's own) and about a year later I found one in the carpet. Yes, I had vacuumed several times. I have no clue how it got there. My new kitten had several teeth that had to be pulled. She had the adult fangs growing in behind the baby fangs, but the baby fangs just wouldn't fall out. When she started pawing at her mouth like something was stuck, I knew it was time for them to come out. I left her alone for two days but she seemed to get more and more agitated. Finally, I tried to pull them out but it was a two person process and I'm one person. I had to take her to the vet. They pulled out the bothersome fang. The next week the other fang broke off leaving a small part near the root. That fell out after a couple of days. I think I pulled out about 4 molars. It's best to let them fall out if they will but in her case she was getting too agitated by the loose teeth to let them stay in so they had to be pulled. They were all loose enough so all you had to do was get your fingers on them and give a very gentle tug.

Answer 6

Yes they do. They usually start getting their 'big kitty' teeth at about 4 or 5 months, then the baby teeth fall out after the big teeth start coming in.

Answer 7

Well, I’ll really get chewed out if I don’t come up with the right answer to this one,ME ! Yes, cats do indeed have baby teeth—26 of them, in fact, to be exact—and they start to lose them when their permanent teeth begin to grow in at about three months of age.

And in case you were wondering, when a kitten puts a lost baby tooth under the pillow at night, the Tooth Fairy doesn’t come. (But the Tooth Furry does, of course!)

Answer 8

Yes. They loose their teeth like humans and they fall out.

Answer 9

I cant wait to read this response as a friend of mine told me my cat would lose its teeth as a kitten but it never happened. If it happens to cats it didnt happen to mine!

Answer 10

all babies loose their baby teeth. because they are so small you will probably never find them when they come out, cats have less of a problem when teething than people or dogs, they do less chewing.

Answer 11

the body grows so therefore teeth have to also,it's a mammal thing. humans and animals share allot of the same growth and diseases.