About how much to get his tooth pulled?

Question

I brush my cats teeth everyday but my oldest who is 4 years old has BAD teeth.

Some are perfectly fine but theres about 3 that are really bad. The skin is completely red and swollen .. and when i watch him eat, a lot of times i don't hear him chew. I hear no crunching at all.
Then, since he eats the food whole he ends up throwing up later. Poor guy.

Will he do better after he gets 1 or all 3 pulled?
Should i get all 3 pulled?

Do you know about how much it will cost me per tooth?

Thanx.

Heres a picture of 2 of the teeth that are hurting him. They are on his left side/top. The other 1 or maybe 2 are the tiny top/front teeth.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f234/jbledsoe86/100_7947.jpg

and p.s .. all of my cats are inside only and only get wet food about once a week, sometimes not even that much.

I guess since some people have to judge i will explain more .. though i should have to tell the whole story to get a good answer .. some people just have to judge. they have to be the one to be an a$$. The reason he has bad teeth is because the people who had him as a baby fed him nothing but wet food and didn't take care of him. Fed him crap food! so yeah, thats why if you MUUUST know.

Answer 1

My 7-year-old Maine Coon just had to have his teeth done in March. I totally understand your situation. The pic was pretty blurry, but I saw really red gums. The poor guy has gum disease at the least. He's probably in a lot of pain, so you need to get him into the vet as soon as possible, even if you have to get a payday loan, or borrow from somebody.
I live in a fairly small town, but have one of the pricier vets in the area. I don't mind because they are close to home (vital in an emergency!), have convenient office hours, you don't have to wait long to get an appointment, and they seem to enjoy their work and really love and care about the animals. You can't ask for more than that! I'll give you the rundown of my actual bill so you'll have an idea of what you're looking at. Extractions are only $5 a tooth at my vet, but there's a lot more to it.
First, there's the exam, that was $35. Then, as you might imagine, a cat isn't going to just sit there and hold his mouth open while getting dental work, so he must be anesthetized for the procedure. That was $25. The teeth that didn't need extracted were cleaned and polished, that's $35. They administered a flouride treatment, that's $7. They kept mine overnight to make sure the anesthesia wore off properly and didn't cause problems, that was $15. They sent us home with an antibiotic to prevent infection, that was $12.
Our instructions were to feed softened food for 5-7 days. I fed him chicken and rice baby food for a couple days while he was the sorest, then switched him back to regular canned cat food. I put the liquid antibiotic in his food, a lot easier than trying to give it to him straight. After about a week, he was eating dry food like normal, and with the teeth gone that were bothering him, he's like a new cat!
So, my bill was $129, plus $5 per tooth for extraction. Sounds kind of high, but the longer you wait, the more it will be, and the more your poor cat is going to suffer. Your vet may be more or less, all you can do is call and ask.
If you can't afford it, call your humane society and see if there is low cost pet care available in your area. Some vets may offer a payment plan, if they sincerely care about getting an animal's pain stopped.
Whatever it takes get it done, asap. He's hurting! A gum infection, if left untreated can enter the bloodstream, potentially affecting the heart, liver, kidneys, and lungs. The vet will decide how many, if any of his teeth to pull, or if they can be saved.
Kudos to you for caring for your pet's teeth. Now take it the rest of the way, and let the vet do his part. It will give your pet so much relief you may not recognize him! Plus, you won't have to clean up vomited food off the floor anymore! I did that, too. Yuck! Maybe you should give him canned food until his appointment so he can keep it down. Make the appointment first thing tomorrow, if you can. Good luck!

Answer 2

It cost $150 for the canine tooth with the black hole in it to be pulled on one of my cats, and $200 for the three teeth to be taken out on my other cat who had them loose in the sockets.

It's painful to eat with aching teeth, so please don't wait. If the vet can leave the tooth in, they will, but if it's loose, cracked, broken, got a cavity hole in or rotten, they'll take it out. He'll feel SO much better and his body won't be continually stressed with the pain of trying to cope with it.

The tiny front teeth usually are no problem to remove. The molars take more time, but really the cost of the removal isn';t so much done on a per tooth bases--it's the anesthesia and the fact there's another person there who needs to be paid, plus the vets time. They can get a tooth out pretty quickly, but need to make sure the cat is ok during all this plus make sure he's out from under the anesthetic ok too, post operative.

Don't hesitate. The vet would know how many to remove by examining him.

Answer 3

Just having them cleaned is probably enough to save the teeth, at 4 years old I doubt they have rebsorbed enough to require removal. And in either case, it is up to your vet to decide, once the cat is under anesthesia and the teeth are clean, whether or not the teeth need to be removed. It is not a measure of the scum on the outside so much as the health of the root, and the likelihood that the gums will reattach after the infection is removed.

Teeth cleaning is usually between $275 and $400, depending on anesthesia time. With extractions you can be looking at much higher, but that is only IF the teeth need to come out.

Answer 4

My cat has that with most of his mouth. It is not because you brush his teeth or not. It is a gum disease and yes the correct thing would be to get the infected teeth removed. Meanwhile, my cat his on antibiotics and pain reliever. Yes he is flying in the house being super cat :) anways, we should have the surgery soon and it will cost app $1,500 for the mouth

Answer 5

You should take your cat to the vet for a dental. A dental they white his teeth and pull the ones that are loose or dead and they prescribe medication, after that he should feel like new cat. good luck.

Answer 6

Haha Gosh That Would Hurt!

Answer 7

you should get him to the vet because something isn't right. i wonder WHY his teeth are bad at 4 years old.

Answer 8

You need to call your vet and ask this question.