Daisy-possible stomatitis, advice needed

I went to get my first lesson in cleaning dirty ears from Jackie, the rescue group leader that I got Daisy from about three weeks ago. (Also, that's where Oliver came from)

So, basically Jackie cleaned a bunch of stuff out of Daisy's ear. She mentioned that I should get an ear wash, which is at the vet's. So I called the the and they said that we should come on by and we could do the exam/microchipping then instead of in two weeks time, which was scheduled.

Everyone fell in love with her and was happy to meet her. Dr K looked at her ears and thought that she had mites. Low and behold, they got some samples and put them under a microscope and they found a small amount. They washed her ears out and got a ton of brown gunk out. Wow, that was gross. They ran out of the ear mite stuff so one of the techs who lives by me is coming over either later on Sunday or on Tuesday, depending on when they get the meds from the hospital down the street. We gave her some Revolution in the meantime.

But, that's the easy part.

Daisy had a check up and a dental at another hospital right before she came to me and they missed the mites and the fact that she could have stomatitis. OMG! I don't know much about it but will start my research later. I know that it's treatable but I also know that it could be really bad. She's only 2 1/2.They gave me some transdermal Buprinex to give her for any potential pain.

We go in on Thursday morning to see the dental specialist at our vet's office to see what the plan is. In the meantime, Dr K is going to call the clinic that did the dental to see what exactly they did, as it could have been done a bit roughly or whatever.

Does anyone know much about stomatitis? I will look it up online but I am most interested in hearing about people's personal experiences with it.

She does not appear to be in pain at all.

I feel kicked in the gut and I worry about her.
Thanks.

 

I am going through pretty much the exact same thing. I am in the process of adopting Teddi, who has been living with me since January. He had ear mites (which were successfully treated) and as it turns out he has allergies which I am treating with Claratin and he has Stomatitis. He is 4 years old and to date, has not been treated for the stomatitis. He has hardly any teeth left and just last week lost one of his fangs. I have an estimate for a dental which is between $800 and $1100. If you could share with me any info that you find out, I would really appreciate it.

Nancy

 

We talked a bit via PM on FB, but here's the link to my old Bandit threads if you want to go through them. Lots of links, suggestions & information on them.

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Oops, guess that was the main thread for Bandit's stomatitis. I thought there were others, but couldn't find them. Just found this one of her picking out her own treats after a vet appointment. :smile: A little something extra for my special Bandit girl. :smile: (She still eats all treats, moist & hard, without teeth!)

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8868

 

Thanks!

 

so sorry Daisy is going through this.

I know cat and sweetmax has 2 cats with this condition and took them to cornell at one point.
You might pm her. I know she is on the board a bit spotty.

Healing wishes being sent.

 

Houdini has about two flare-ups a year so far. The Dr treats with ATB's and pain meds. It takes a week or two for the lesions to heal so he gets soupy food that I put in the blender and BBF.

Dr did not want to do a full mouth extraction since that doesn't always help and in his opinion just a way for a vet to make more $ since they don't really know what causes stomatitis. Getting rid of the bad teeth does seem to help though. He seems to do just fine without them.

I hope this is just a mild case for Daisy and the dental should help.

 

My Zollikins had stomatitis and it can very easily get so painful that the cat cannot eat. At first the vet tried steroids (dexamethason, IIRC) and that worked for a little while. But pretty soon she couldn't eat again. The local vet was willing to give her more steroid but really had nothing sufficient for pain control. So the vet became a former vet. Luckily I was able to get buprinex and viscous lidocaine from the ER. The latter tastes awful, but it did numb her mouth so Zollidoot could eat. I was very afraid of her developing fatty liver since I'd just had all the vast medical bills for Mini's airway surgeries.

I didn't want to continue the steroid/pain rollercoster. So I took Zoll to a dental specialist who found a cracked fang and she dx'd the mouth issues as stomatitis. I was hoping to she could keep some teeth but the vet recommended strongly against that. So, out they came along with the raw portions of her gums. She had a fentanyl patch plus buprinex afterwards for pain control. Her mouth healed beautifully and we've had no problems since. She is able to eat wet food, dried salmon, etc with no problem.

The unfortunate side effect of all the pain and nasty medicine is that the poor girl goes totally ape when anyone tries to look in her mouth, give her a pill, etc. I dread the day she gets sick.

good luck,
laur