So Goose has bad breath. And I when I say "bad breath" what I really mean is "you want to kill yourself when she opens her mouth even if she's 10 feet away-bad breath". She is from Europe after all (Greece to be exact) but her teeth are rotting and two have already fallen out. Being that our children need to go to the dentist before our cat she hasn't really made it to the top of the list as of yet. We were talking in passing to our neighbor, who has 5 cats, and said something to the effect of "Goose's breath smells like she keeps a dead animal in there". He told us that we needed to take her to the vet to which we agreed but told him it wasn't currently in the budget. A few days after Christmas he came over with a Christmas card and inside was a gift certificate to have Goose's teeth cleaned. We were excited to get it done but also a little
anxious for Goose as well as what the vet would say. I told our neighbor that she would probably need dentures. Well, I got the carrier out and made an appointment and then this morning we put Goose in the carrier- which was much easier than we had expected it to be. Goose sang all the way to the vet and was very scared about the whole thing. I was a bit reluctant to let her go but I had to get to work. It seemed like I waited all day for the vet to call me and tell me Goose was all done. It was after noon and I was told she did fine. When I went to pick her up after work I could hear her screaming in the back room. She was not a happy kitty. The nurse said she did well but they had to extract 6 teeth in all. They told me was "spicy and quite
the character". Goose is really a one person cat. She loves me and tolerates Peter but outside of us she hates strangers. When I got her back to the car to take her home she looked all around to see what was happening again but she didn't talk at all. I took her upstairs to our room and opened the carrier, she came out on her own but her legs were still under the influence of anesthesia so walked like her butt was really heavy. Hopefully soon she will settle down and let it wear off.
**Update 1/20; Goose is all better and eating well. She seems really happy too. We don't know if it is just our imagination or if maybe she feels much better and is no longer in any pain.
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