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AdviceHow to cope with the possibility of my cat's tooth extraction
Today I was finally able to take my 16 year old cat to the vet.
She's generally doing well, especially for her age, but she had developped a bad breath over the last few months and I finally had the time to take her.
I thought they would only clean her teeth, which they did, but apparently one of her upper canines is wiggly and they nonchalantly told me "do you want us to take this 'piece' off?"
I asked them if it was absolutely necessary and they said no, but that it would be wiggly and could make her uncomfortable at some point.
I told them to just clean her well and treat her as they could without removing anything and that I'd keep an eye on it, but I feel terrible... I can't ask her about what she wants or needs, and she trusts me..
She's an old lady, I know but.. They wouldn't just take a human tooth off like that unless it was a last resort and there was no other choice, right? Why would it be different for a cat?
And the way they talk about it, makes me think they probably take poor animal's teeth off every day of the week and it's nothing to them but for me she's been one of my best friends for half my life, I can't just do that like that... It almost made me cry to be honest. It was also a new veterinarian I had never been to. I don't know... It may have to be done in the future I guess... Am I being too sensitive? I'd appreciate any advice. I feel sad about my poor kitten...